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Mount Apo is the highest mountain peak in the Philippines, with an elevation of 2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea level. A large solfataric , dormant stratovolcano , it is part of the Apo-Talomo Mountain Range of Mindanao island.
Mount Apo – the tallest and largest mountain in the Philippines and an expansive sacred mountain for the Manobos, Bagobo, Ubos, Atas, Kalagan and Tagacaolo peoples; the mountain is often referred as "grandfather" or "elder"; [36] some ethnic peoples there offer sacrifices to the deity, Mandarangan, for good health and victories in war; [37 ...
Buso were said to live in Mount Apo, leaving it during volcanic eruptions in the form of sulphureous vapor. A number of invisible animals, such as rodents and reptiles, would live near the volcano as servants of the buso. At the center of Apo is a Chinese man who runs a store.
The Apo–Talomo Range (also known as Mount Talomo) or Talomo Mountain Range in the provinces of Davao del Sur and Cotabato on the island of Mindanao contains the Philippines' highest peak: Mount Apo, at (9,692 ft (2,954 m)). [4] Mount Talomo (8,773 ft (2,674 m)) is one of the top 15 highest mountains in the Philippines. In terms of climbing ...
Apúng Sinukuan is the Kapampangan sun god of war and death who lived on Mount Arayat.During the colonial period, the Spanish rebranded him into Maria Sinukuan, the diwata or mountain goddess associated with Mount Arayat in Pampanga, Philippines, and later became a prominent example of the mountain goddess motif in Philippine mythology; other prominent examples being Maria Makiling of Los ...
Mount Apo: The highest peak in the country is said to be inhabited by supernatural beings, including a white deer that is said to assist lost hikers. [85] Palm Drive: A short road in Buhangin district whose south end is to the west of the SSS Bajada branch and Southern Philippines Medical Center. Believers claim it is haunted by a brown lady ...
A volcano belched a plume of ash and steam into the night sky in the central Philippines in a powerful explosion that sent more than 700 people fleeing to evacuation camps. The explosion of Mount ...
Portrait of the first man, Malakas, and woman, Maganda, who came out from a bamboo pecked by the bird form of the deity of peace, Amihan, in Tagalog mythology The Maranao people believe that Lake Lanao is a gap that resulted in the transfer of Mantapoli into the center of the world.