Cebuano people

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This article is about the ethnic group in the Philippines. For their language, see Cebuano language.
Cebuano people
Sugbuanon
Cebuano men who served as guards in the early 20th century during the American period.
Total population
8,683,525 (2020)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Philippines
(Central Visayas, Negros Oriental, Masbate, western parts of Eastern Visayas, large parts of Mindanao)
Austronesian peoples

The Cebuano people (

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.

History

A Visayan freemen (or timawa) couple, depicted in the Boxer Codex (c. 1595).
See also: Visayans, Lapulapu, and Rajah Humabon

The earliest European record of Cebuanos was by Antonio Pigafetta of the Magellan expedition. He provided some descriptions of their customs as well as samples of the Cebuano language.[2][3] Ferdinand Magellan was killed in Cebu during the Battle of Mactan against the forces of Lapulapu.[4][5]

Later early Spanish colonists referred to the Cebuanos (and other

pintados ("the painted ones"), due to their widespread practice of tattooing to record battle exploits.[5]

Culture and festivities

The Sinulog Festival, which is held annually on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City.

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.[6]

Among the island's notable festivities are the Sinulog[7] festival, which is a mixture of Christian and native cultural elements, celebrated annually every third week of January.

Language

Main article: Cebuano language

The

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  2. ISBN 9780226467320
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  3. ISBN 9789712321429
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  4. ^ 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].
  5. ^
    ISBN 9780313304156
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  6. ^ "Culture and Lifestyle". Cebu Province official website. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  7. ^ "Cebu Philippines Festivals, Fiestas and Cultural Event". eTravel Pilipinas-Discover the Wonders of Island Paradise. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
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