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MANOBO
The men wear long strips of handwoven loin cloth called “wanes”. The woman
wear a kind of wrap-around skirt called “lufid”. The Bagobo are proud people with
proto Malayan features. They have ornate traditions in weaponry and other metal
arts.
3. Weaving
Traditional fabric for clothes was abaca or hemp, weaved by the ikat process,
but is now cotto cloth obatained through trade. Dyes were acquired from plants
and trees: the tagum plant and the bark of the lamud treee produced lack, the
turmeric root, yellow, and the keleluza plant, red. Ginuwatan are inwoven
representational designs such as flowers. If cotton trade cloth is bought, big
floral designs are preferred. Typical colors are red, black, yellow, green, blue
and white.
4.traditional Belief
the religious beliefs of the Manobo revolve around many unseen spirits
interfering in the lives of humans. They believe these spirits can intrude on
human activities to accomplish their desires. The spirits are also believed to
have human characteristics.
3 CUSTOMES OF MANOBO