MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - Despite hostilities ... The Sagayan is a centuries-old Maguindanaon war-and-courtship dance depicting the readiness of locales to defend their lands, their women and ...

Maguindanao's capital was Kuta Wato, now known as Cotabato. The Maguindanaos lived in peace but fiercely resisted Spanish and American invasions. Their culture revolves around music, dance ...

On November 23, 2009, 58 people were killed in the town of Ampatuan, in the southern province of Maguindanao. Their bodies were buried in three shallow graves on a hilltop. The wife and sister of ...

(CNN)-- Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared martial law beginning Friday night in the southern province of Maguindanao, where 57 people were killed last week, an army spokesman ...