the people of the bangsamoro region, including muslims, lumads, and christians, have a culture that revolves around kulintang music, a specific type of gong music, found among both muslim and non-muslim groups of the southern philippines. each ethnic group in barmm also has their own distinct architectures, intangible heritage, and craft arts. a fine example of a distinct architectural style in the region is the royal sulu architecture which was used to make the daru jambangan (palace of flowers) in maimbung, sulu. the palace was demolished during the american period after being heavily damaged by a typhoon in 1932, and was never rebuilt. it used to be the largest royal palace built in the philippines. a campaign to faithfully re-establish it in maimbung town has been ongoing since 1933. a very small replica of the palace was made in a nearby town in the 2010s, but it was noted that the replica does not mean that the campaign to reconstruct the palace in maimbung has stopped as the replica does not manifest the true essence of a sulu royal palace. in 2013, maimbung was designated as the royal capital of the former sultanate of sulu by one of the family claimants to the sulu sultanate throne where the pretenders are buried there.