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The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or '''ARMM''' of the , Lanao Del Sur , Maguindanao , Sulu , Tawi-Tawi and the Marawi City . Cotabato City is the regional center and the seat of the ARMM regional government, although the city itself is part of Region XII. Executive Order No. 36 moved Basilan from Region IX and Marawi City from Region XII . HISTORY The region was first created on August 1 , 1989 through Republic Act No. 6734 otherwise known as the Organic Act. ARMM was officially inaugurated on November 6 , 1990 in Cotabato City . POLITICS The region is headed by a Regional Governor. The Regional Governor and Regional Vice Governor are elected directly and through a Block Vote similar to the United States President (albeit without an Electoral College structure). Regional ordinances are created by the Regional Assembly, composed of Assemblymen, also elected by direct vote. Regional elections are usually held one year after general elections (national and local) depending on what legislation from the Philippine Congress . Regional officials have a fixed term of three years, which can be extended by legislative act. Since September 30 , 2005 , Zaldy Ampatuan and Hooky Alonto Adiong have been the governor and vice-governor, respectively, of this region. CULTURE Dabakan , one of the instruments found in the Kulintang ensemble]] The ARMM is home to a fascinating culture that revolves around Kulintang music, a specific type of gong music, found among both Muslim groups (such as the Maguindanao , Maranao , Tausug and non-Muslim groups (such as the Bajau ) of the Southern Philippines. Kulintang music functions as a main community unifier, where all of the community can come to engage in events such as weddings, birthday celebrations and festivals to dignitary engagements and pilgrimages to and from Mecca . At home, such music unifies and solidifies family ties as family members take to playing after dinner. Kulintang music also plays a vital role as the accompaniment to healing dances, as a social conduit for young people (Interactions between opposite sexes generally were not allowed except through such instruments), and (particular to the Maguindanao ) as long-distance communication between members (They have the ability to use the Gandingan , also known as the ‘talking gongs,’ to communicate from far away before the invention of the telephone). Kulintang ensembles among those of the Southern Philippines are usually composed of five pieces of instrumentation. Among the Maguindanao, this would include: the Kulintang (strung out horizontally on a stand, serving as the main melody instrument of the ensemble), the Agung (the largest gongs of the ensemble providing much of the lower beats, either coming in a pair of two or just one alone), the Gandingan (four large vertical gongs aligned front to back, used as a secondary melodic instrument), the Dabakan (an hour-glass shaped drum covered in goat/lizard skin) and the Babendil (a singular gong used as the timekeeper of the entire ensemble). The Maranao have similar instrumentation with the exception of the gandingan which they do not have an equivalent of. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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