The Cebuano people (Cebuano: Sugbuanon) are a subgroup of the Visayan people whose primary language is Cebuano, an Austronesian language native to the Central Visayas which is also the lingua franca of Mindanao.
Oceanic or Austronesian people called Malayo-Polynesians settled Cebu island and the rest of the Philippines around 30,000 years ago. Most Cebuanos today have Malayo-Polynesian ancestry. The early Cebuanos developed similar seafaring cultures to the Micronesian people; however, being closer to mainland Asia, the Cebuanos also engaged in trade with Japan, Okinawa, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The ancient Cebuanos developed a culture with influence from mainly Japan, China, India and Borneo. They traded pearls and coral for silk, gold, weapons and spices. The early Cebuanos held animist beliefs and worshiped anitos (spirits) until the introduction of Roman Catholicism.
The famous encounter between explorer Magellan and the local chieftain Lapu-Lapu ended in the death of Magellan at the Battle of Mactan. The Cebuanos held off colonization for a while until a Spanish explorer colonized Cebu and the Cebuanos came under Spanish rule.
This is the 'lectric
Lounge
No one's afraid to laugh
So c'mon, man,
Let me break your back
Talk 'bout the Metalin
And what's on tap,
What else you come here
What else could this be
about?
For me it's just
Waiting for the kid to come
Waiting for the kid to come
And I'm finding out what this
is about, yeah
Waiting for the kid to come
Let it be
Seventeen years
And the tradition, your dash
lost track
Everything comes back out (but you
can't hold back)
And this is like being alive (but
Falls right out of your mouth, yeah
(but you can't hold back)
Here at the 'lectric
Lounge
(outside between the
bands)
No one's afraid to laugh
And you get just what you come
to expect
You can stick a lot up your ass
cause for me it's just
Waiting for the kid to come
Waiting for the kid to come
And I'm finding out what this
is about
And I'm waiting for the kid to
come out