The T'boli believe in

T’BOLI MANOBO
a seven-level upper
world inhabited by
Parents arrange I
The religious beliefs
Manobo music differs
their children's of the Manobo
many gods, foremost from one group to
marriages as T’boli and Manobo revolve around many
of whom are the another. The variance
early as just after believes that there is a unseen spirits
couple, Kadaw La can be observed in the
birth. Great Spirit which they interfering in the
Sambad and Bulan gong ensembles,
lives of humans.
La Magoaw. recognized as the which may consist of
supreme being or god 8 to 10 gongs.

T'boli houses are built on

The T'boli use their They
supreme being or
Both of the tribe
.
God both offer
traditional clothing rituals, sing chants Known for their intricate The Agusanon Manobo
hillcrests, with slash-and- believes that God is in and play instruments casting, the Ubo fashion usually wears red, with
for daily wear and
burn fields covering the line with nature. for the spirits so that fine weaponry and contrasting colors for the
not for tourist
slopes below. it will guide them in jewelry that they believe sleeves and embroidery
entertainment, as
other groups do. the right path. possess souls, making it thread.
They both rely on the harder for the maker to
Parents train their children spirit with their crops Both of the tribe usually lives
through cautionary tales. According to myth, part with them.
and livestock. on the top of the mountain or
Because of the region's the T'boli's ancestors
near small bodies of water.
isolation, access to formal fashioned musical
The Manobo are both The color of the body of their
education remains limited, instruments to imitate Both of the tribe has their strong in mind and jacket with its matching skirt or
though less so than in the the sound of the souls They both include farming as colorful clothing and spirit, their cultural trousers identifies the tribal
past. of those who had their agriculture. jewelries which they identity is firmly rooted groups to which the wearer
perished in the make themselves. in the land and its belongs.
Hunting with bow and spears deluge.
nature.
used to be important, but now Both of the tribe is polygamy.
the T'boli rely more on slash- They allow their males to have They both have their The Samayaan is a
For burial, the coffin is Social life for the Manobo native ritual, in which
and-burn agriculture and multiple partners or wives. unique instruments.
placed in a house-like is patriarchal. The head of omens are read in
fishing.
structure in a pit. The burial the family is the husband. connection with the
party returns home by a Both of the tribe’s Both of the tribe is Polygamy is common and various stages of the
different route than they females are into weaving. located somewhere is allowed according to a farming cycle: clearing,
originally took to get to the in Mindanao. man’s wealth. planting, growing, and
burial site. harvesting.

There is a common belief that a

The T'boli inhabit a 1,940-sq-km
Manobo hunter will be killed by
(750-sq-mi) territory in southwestern
his own dogs or prey if he does not
Mindanao, where the coastal
ask for permission first from
mountain range joins the Cotobato
Lalawag, the god of all forest
Cordillera at an elevation of 915 m or
games, before going on a hunting
3,000 ft above sea level.
trip.