Nature · Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur
Ligawasan Marsh
One of the largest wetlands in the country — channels, floating vegetation, birds.
Best: Dawn, for the birds
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Heritage · Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur
Maliga Walay
Also known as The Red House.
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Heritage in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur
The historic red house of Datu Piang, now the town's municipal building.
Heritage
Traced to its sources since the guide was written.
Safety in Maguindanao del Sur
This is the area to arrange rather than improvise. Several municipalities carry standing advisories and a visible military presence, and clan disputes are a real and local phenomenon that outsiders read badly. Travel with a local contact who knows the specific town, coordinate with the LGU, and treat any plan that does not include those two steps as incomplete.
About this place
Maliga Walay means red house. It is a historic building associated with Datu Piang and the history of Maguindanao, and it now serves as the municipal building of the town that carries his name.
Datu Piang sits on the Rio Grande de Mindanao and is also one of the towns where Inaul weaving, the Maguindanaon handwoven textile, is still practised.
What to do
See the red house, now the town hall
The historic house of Datu Piang now serves as the municipal building, so ask at the municipal office before looking around.
newswav.comWatch inaul being woven in Datu Piang
Datu Piang is one of the towns where the Maguindanaon handwoven inaul is still made, and visitors can watch it being woven and buy it.
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Before you go
- A working government building; ask at the municipal office before looking around.
Where you’ll be
Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur
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Crafts made in Datu Piang
Every craft of the region
textileInaulInaul is the handwoven cloth of the Maguindanaon; the word itself means "woven", and the cloth is mostly sold and worn as a malong. Its patterns are passed down in families, some are inspired by stories, objects or emotions, and some designs were once reserved for royal houses.MarkoDalisay · CC BY-SA 4.0Photo by MarkoDalisay, CC BY-SA 4.0. Open the source file.
Where to sleep in Maguindanao del Sur
No lodging here is named by a public source yet. Ask the area’s tourism office, or stay in its main town.
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