... unlike Luzon and Visayas in spite the Philippines being a Spanish colony for over 3 centuries?
By: John Carlo Dacillo
Mechanical Engineer
Space, Technology, Military and Philippine Culture, Politics and History enthusiast. Loves to read all stuff
Because the Spaniards failed to conquer them. The Moros along with Lumads had resisted them successfully. Thing is, only parts of Mindanao were not conquered. Some parts of it were conquered. The natives absorbed Spanish influences like Luzon and Visayas, take Butuan for example and Zamboanga that even speaks a Spanish Creole language. Also, Luzon was not converted in its entirety too because the Spaniards failed to conquer the Highlands, the land of Igorots.
