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SoCCSKSarGen is a , '''''C'''''otabato , '''''S'''''ultan '''K'''udarat , '''''Sar'''''angani and '''''Gen'''''eral Santos City . The regional center is Koronadal City located in the province of South Cotabato . Cotabato City itself is part of SOCCSKSARGEN, but Maguindanao is part of the Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao . GEOGRAPHY The region has extensive coastlines, valleys and mountain ranges. Known for its river system, the region is the catch basin of Mindanao . The system is a rich source of food, potable water and energy production. Cotabato contains the Rio Grande De Mindanao , which is the longest River in Mindanao and the second longest in the Philippines. POLITICAL Region XII was previously called ''Central Mindanao'' and originally included the provinces of Lanao Del Norte , Lanao Del Sur , Cotabato , Sultan Kudarat , and Maguindanao . The creation of the Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao in 1990 left Central Mindanao with only Lanao del Norte, Sultan Kudarat, and Cotabato. Then, on September 19 , 2001 , President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 's Executive Order No. 36 reorganized the regions and provinces in Mindanao. This moved changed Region XII into the present ''SOCCSKSARGEN''. CULTURE Region XII 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 )and non-Muslim groups (such as the Tiruray ) 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 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), and a social conduit for young people (Interactions between opposite sexes were not allowed except though such instruments). 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). REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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