Prehistory of Sarangani

rdf:langString Prehistory of Sarangani

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rdf:langString Sarangani is a province located in the Mindanao region of the Philippines and has a total land area of 4,441.79 square kilometers. . Historically, Sarangani already had an established community even before the Westerners came. The early Sarangani society was greatly affected by the Indian and Muslim cultures, and the first inhabitants were the indigenous natives called “Muna’To”, a native term meaning “the first people”. The Spaniards only managed to impose a minimal influence to the province, causing the preservation of the rich cultural heritage of the original settlers. By the American period, the area became a part of the Cotabato Empire and by 1966, a large part of it was incorporated in the province of South Cotabato. It was only changed on 1992, through the Republic Act No. 7228, making Sarangani an independent and separate province. As of present times, the province of Sarangani upholds a great importance for the country in terms of culture. The culture of its ethnic tribes, such as the Manobo, the Ubo, and the Moro, are without comparison, and their preserved values and traditions can serve as reflections of what the early Saranguenos (or on a larger point of view, the early Filipinos) were in the past.