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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Mosque · Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur
Masjid Dimaukom
Also known as The Pink Mosque.
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The place
Mosque in Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur
A mosque painted entirely pink, built by Muslim and Christian hands together.
Mosque
One of the guide’s own places.
When to go
Early morning: a visitor at 8 am found it almost empty.
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
It is exactly as photographed: a mosque, domes and minarets and walls, in an unbroken pink. It was built at the initiative of the town’s then-mayor, and the story attached to it — that the color stands for peace and love, and that Muslim and Christian workers built it side by side in a province better known for the opposite — is the reason it traveled beyond the region.
The temptation is to treat it as a photo stop, and most visitors do. It is worth staying long enough to notice that it is an ordinary working mosque in an ordinary Maguindanaon town, which is rather the point being made.
What to do
Visit the mosque, dressed covered
It is a working mosque: cover up, take your shoes off inside, women wear a scarf in the prayer hall, and ask before photographing the interior.
From the guideLook for the town's other pink buildings
The mayor who built the mosque also had other buildings in Datu Saudi Ampatuan painted pink, including the municipal hall.
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There is no entrance fee; visitors sign in at the gate, where tips are welcome.
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Before you go
- A working mosque: cover up, shoes off inside, and a scarf for women in the prayer hall.
- Reached from Cotabato City by bus on the General Santos highway; ask locally about the road and the current situation before setting out.
- Do not treat the interior as a photo set. Ask.
Where you’ll be
Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur
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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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