Mindanao in Pictures: 2001 to 2021 (Part 8 of 10)

It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us as we journey across Mindanao from 2001 to 2021.

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Published at 2021-06-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, History

Tags: Cotabato, Mindanao

Mt Matutum, A True Gift from Mother Nature.

Mt Matutum, a steep, non active, volcano is located north of the town of General Santos in the province of South Cotabato. It's irregular and characteristic shape is formed by volcanic uplift during previous periods of activity.

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Published at 2020-09-19 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Fauna and flora

Tags: Cotabato, Volcano

Possessed and Repossessed in T’Boli Country

Situated about 70 kilometers from the port city of General Santos, Lake Sebu municipality spans 89 kilometers and can be found in the upper Allah Valley near the municipality of Surallah. It has rolling hills, mountain forests and three lakes devoted to aquaculture, the largest of which is the beautiful Lake Sebu, which covers 354 hectares.

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Published at 2018-12-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture

Tags: Cotabato, Tboli, indigenous, lakes, people

The T'nalak Festival, South Cotabato, Philippines

If the Filipino people have a reason for a celebration they will end up having a fiesta. It is a well known fact that Filipinos love celebrations, this can be seen in the way they celebrate their festivals and fiesta's. Festivals in the Philippines are held throughout the country, these occaissions are celebrated with great intensity, passion and enthusiasm, with a a mixture of religion and culture.

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Published at 2018-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary

Tags: Cotabato, Festival, South, T'nalak

The Last Tribes of Mindanao, the Manobo, River People of Cotabato.

Manobo, the name may came from Mansuba from man (person or people) and suba (river), meaning river people. The first Manobo settlers lived in northern Mindanao, at present Manobo tribes can be found at the hillsides and river valleys of the northeastern part of Cotabato.

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Published at 2018-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Cotabato, Manobo, Mindanao, people, tribal

The T'boli Tribe of South Cotabato.

More than 40 different ethnic groups can be found in the Philippines. There are 18 tribal groups on the island of Mindanao. The most well known is the T'boli Tribe, that lives in the province of South Cotabato, around lake Sebu. Since the arrival of settlers originating from the other islands of the Philippines, they gradually moved to the mountain slopes to live in scattered settlements in the Higlands.

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Published at 2018-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Cotabato, South, Tboli, tribal

Southern Comfort

Many local and foreign visitors describes South Cotabato as a "place like no other", an area with a wide range of both natural and man-made attractions which litter the Mindanao country side; nowhere else on this tropical island will you find so much diversity in just one province.

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Published at 2018-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Travel

Tags: Cotabato, South, farming

Ternateño

Chavacano is a Spanish-based creole language and known in linguistics as Philippine Creole Spanish. Spaniards who settled in the Philippines intermingled with the natives and even married Filipinas. To be able to communicate, both sides had to learn each other’s languages.

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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Cavite, Cotabato, Zamboanga

Manobo, Cotabato

The Cotabato Manobo can be found in Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato Provinces, particularly Limulan Valley.

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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Cotabato, Manobo, people

Lake Sebu

Lake Sebu is a natural lake located in the municipality of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato within the Alah Valley region. The Philippine government has recognized it as one of the country's most important watersheds. Lake Sebu is one of the many bodies of water supplying important irrigation to the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato.

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Published at 2018-02-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Fauna and flora

Tags: Cotabato

Lake Venado

Lake Venado is an endorheic lake located at the foot of Mount Apo in the province of North Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines. It is the second highest lake in the country after Bulalacao Lake of Mount Tabayoc in Benguet, found in coordinates 7°00′8″N 125°16′10″E, with an estimated surface elevation of 7,200 feet (2,194 m above sea level). The lake is fed by local run-off and there is no outflow from the lake. The lake usually loses two-thirds of its size during dry months due to evaporation.

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Published at 2018-02-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Fauna and flora

Tags: Cotabato, Lake Venado, Mindanao