The Cebuano people (Cebuano: Mga Sugbuanon) are the largest subgroup of the larger ethnolinguistic groupVisayans, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group in the country. They originated in the province of Cebu in the region of Central Visayas, but then later spread out to other places in the Philippines, such as Siquijor, Bohol, Negros Oriental, western and southern Leyte, western Samar, Masbate, and large parts of Mindanao. It may also refer to the ethnic group who speak the same language as their native tongue in different parts of the archipelago. The term Cebuano also refers to the demonym of permanent residents in Cebu island regardless of ethnicity.
Later early Spanish colonists referred to the Cebuanos (and other Visayans) as the pintados ("the painted ones"), due to their widespread practice of tattooing to record battle exploits.[5]
They are crucial for being part of the 300 Visayans that conquered the Island of Luzon, and especially Manila for the Spanish Empire together with 90 Spaniards.[6] They are also a crucial part of the native middleman for the trade between China and Spain. For the early years of the Spanish era in the Philippines. [6]
Cebuanos have migrated for centuries, with the most significant waves occurring during the early to mid-20th century due to economic hardship, displacement,[7] and government-sponsored resettlement programs that encouraged settlement in Mindanao.[8]
Cebuano migration to Mindanao accelerated in the 1930s and 1950s due to economic unrest in the Visayas and government-sponsored land settlement programs, making Cebuano the dominant language in many parts of Mindanao. Migrants often moved in groups from their home towns, bringing their language and culture with them. This influx of Cebuano speakers, alongside migrations from other Visayan islands like Bohol and Panay, led to the widespread adoption of Cebuano as the lingua franca across Mindanao.[8]
The Cebuano, Alvarez - Pido Family in the 1960's. Headed by Capt. Pablo Pido Sr. His wife, Luisa Alvarez - Pido, was given the Papal Cross; Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice by Archbishop of Cebu Julio Rosales, which she was wearing in photo. [10]
Sergio Osmeña the Fourth President of the Philippines.
Part of the dominant culture in the Philippines known as the Lowland Christians.[11] The majority of Cebuanos are Roman Catholic, with many in rural areas synchronizing Catholicism with indigenous Bisayan folk religion. A minority of Cebuanos (specifically those in Mindanao) are Muslim (due to their contact with the Moro people), or in mixed Chinese-Cebuano families, incorporate Catholic beliefs with aspects of Buddhism or Taoism.[12]
Among the island's notable festivities are the Sinulog[13] festival, which is a mixture of Christian and native cultural elements, celebrated annually every third week of January.
The Cebuano language is spoken by more than twenty million people in the Philippines and is the most widely spoken of the Visayan languages. Most speakers of Cebuano are found in Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, southeastern Masbate, Biliran, Western and Southern Leyte, eastern Negros and most of Mindanao except Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Like with other Filipino ethnolinguistic groups, Tagalog (Filipino) and English are also spoken by Cebuanos as second languages.
Despite being one of the largest ethnic groups, Cebuanos outside their homeland tend to fluently learn the languages native in areas where they settled and assimilated, along with their native language. Hiligaynon is spoken and understood by the Cebuanos living in Negros Occidental and Soccsksargen. They often speak a mixture of Cebuano and Hiligaynon in Sagay and neighboring municipalities of Negros Occidental facing Iloilo and Cebu and municipalities bordering Negros Oriental, Bukidnon and Davao del Sur. Cebuano residents in Zamboanga City and Caraga Region are fluent in Zamboanga Chavacano, Butuanon and Surigaonon respectively, with the two latter are related to Cebuano. They have also varying fluencies in various Lumad languages, the Danao languages, Tausug (linguistically related to Cebuano), Yakan, and Sama, in which these languages are native to the areas where Cebuanos also inhabit, coexist with and even assimilated to the natives, and to the lesser extent, Ilocano (a language originated in Ilocandia), which is also spoken in Soccsksargen and various parts of Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Caraga, Zamboanga Sibugay and Davao Region. Cebuanos in Masbate and Eastern Visayas can also speak Masbateño, one of the Bicol languages and Waray.
↑ Blair, Emma Helen (August 25, 2004). The Philippine Islands. The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, Volume II, 1521-1569, by Emma Helen Blair. p.126, Volume II. [EBook #13280].
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