Kaliwat is the name of a people’s theater collective based in Davao, Mindanao.
The word Kaliwat is from the Cebuano language, where it means “cousin.”
Cebuano is a language very distinct from Tagalog. Cebuano is NOT a dialect of Tagalog.
The Cebuano language is spoken primarily in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
A similar-looking but unrelated Tagalog word is kaliwa (left, not right).
kaliwa’t kanan
left and right
Kaliwat is a cebuano word which means kindred in english.