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The Philippines is a country of diverse ethnic groups, each holding festivals every year. Filipinos just love to have fun. You can have fun with us, too! Sinulog is a Bisaya dance festival that romanticizes the movement of wading through the shallows. Sinulog Festival is the biggest festival celebration in the Philippines, with hotels fully booked weeks before the actual event. Photo by Meljoe San Diego.

The Ancient Nations and Monarchies of the Philippine Islands. Before Magellan arrived, the ancient peoples of the Philippine islands lived in separate kingdoms, rajahnates, principalities, confederations and sultanates. These small maritime states flourished from as early as the 1st Millenium, and traded with present-day China, India, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. An animation of Sri Lumay. The youngest of his sons was Sri Bantug. He ruled a kingdom know.

The Different Ethnic Groups of the Philippines. The Bisaya, also known by the Spanish name Cebuano, are the biggest ethnic group in the Philippines. Without the help of legislation, their language is the lingua franca of half the country, being spoken in the Visayas and Mindanao. Land around Lake Bay, most of CALABARZON, and Marinduque. Ethnic Map of the Philippines.