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On the whole, the value system of the Bicolanos shows the influence of Spanish religious doctrines and American materialism merged with traditional animistic beliefs. Consequently, it is a multicultural system that evolved through the years to accommodate the realities of the erratic climate in a varied geographical setting.
Poverty incidence of Bicol Region 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 54.45 2003 48.50 2006 44.23 2009 44.21 2012 41.06 2015 39.85 2018 26.99 2021 21.90 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Pili nuts (shelled and roasted) Bicol Region has a large amount of rich flatland, and agriculture is the largest component of the economy, followed by commercial fishing. Coconuts, abaca, banana, coffee and jackfruit ...
"Ibalon" is a valuable literary work, consisting of 240 lines, offering insights into the cultural beliefs and heroic traditions of the ancient Bicolanos. It is one of the few epic narratives that originate from Christian Filipinos, alongside "Biag ni Lam-ang," with the majority of epics hailing from non-Christian indigenous groups.
When taken as a single group, they number around 33.5 million. The Visayans, like the Luzon Lowlanders (Tagalogs, Bicolanos, Ilocanos, etc.) were originally predominantly animist-polytheists and broadly share a maritime culture until the 16th century when the Spanish empire enforced Catholicism as the state religion.
Bicolanos preparing hemp, c. 1900. The Bicolanos are a predominantly Roman Catholic ethnic group that originates from the Bicol Region in Southern Luzon. They are the fifth-largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. There are several Bikol languages of which there is a total of about 3.5 million speakers.
Folk history or not, this epic is valuable for it enabled the Bicolanos of today to gain valuable insights into the misty past of their land and their ancestors. [7] The epic is celebrated through street performances and floats on Ibalong Festival in Legazpi City, Bicol region since 1992. [8]
They are the descendants of the Austronesian-immigrants who came from South China during the Iron Age who probably came to Masbate after reaching the more southern Visayan islands. Masbateños may be considered Visayans by language but are Bicolanos by region.
Amongst the cheers Bicolanos and pilgrims, holding lit candles in their hands, will kneel on the ground and bow their heads in prayer as the fluvial procession carrying the Virgin traverses the Bicol River in downtown Naga.