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tagakaolo

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SUB-group ETHNIC group


The Kalagan (Tagakaolo,
TAGAKAOLO TRIBES
Dagan, Laoc, Saka, Caragan,
(signifies “those who dwell at
Calagan, Kagan, Laoc, Saka,
the head of the river” )
Caragan, Calagan, Saka,
Mandaya, Mansaka) belong
to the Mandaya/Mansaka
group, and have three
subgroups: (1) Tagakaolo
proper, (2) Kagan, and (3) Lao.

DIALECT lOCATION
TAGAKAOLO LANGUAGES The western shores of the
(belongs to the Austronesian gulf of Davao and southern
and Malayo-Polynesian part of Mt. Apo. 'Tagakaolo'
language families; its dialect ('from the mountains')
related to the Mandaya, indicates that they came
Kalagan, and Kamayo) from the river sources

MYTHODOLOGY POPULATION
DIWATA (Tagakaolos believe Population of approximately
in a supernatural being who 124,698
lives in Mt. Apo)

LORE RELIGION
Mangkukulam, Duwende Muslim

political system livelihood


WEALTHY DATU (Each upland FISHING, FARMING, PAID
river valley or highland plain is LABOR (Their lifestyle, wholly
the district or domain of a sedentary with principal
ruling datu, a position which subsistence dependent on
was inherited by agriculture, fishing, and paid
primogeniture) labor)

CLOTHING
Complete head accessories,
necklaces, and gold teeth

FACTS:
The name Tagakaolo means inhabitants of headwater (olo
sa tubig) or sources of rivers and streams
Erica H. Yap
The Tagakaulos were described as a warlike and turbulent Jho-marie Vidal
people.

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