TAU-BUID MANGYANS

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The Tau-buid or  Taw’buid is the largest of the

eight Mangyan tribes of Mindoro. Once occupying
Mindoro’s lowlands, they were pushed deep into
the mountains by both Spanish colonizers and
Filipino immigrants.

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The Tau-buids are known as pipe

smokers and even children begin
smoking at a young age.

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LOCATION:

The Tau-buid Mangyans lives in the

municipalities of Socorro,
Pinamalayan and Gloria, but
mostly in Occidental Mindoro.

 IRAYA
 ALANGAN
 TADYAWAN
 TAU-BUID
 BANGON
 HANUNOO
 RATAGNON

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The Taubuid language is a language spoken by Tau-

build Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines. The
Tau-build (or Tawbuid) Mangyans live in central Mindoro.

In Oriental Mindoro, Eastern Tawbuid (also known as Bangon)

is spoken by 1,130 people in the municipalities of Socorro, 
Pinamalayan, and Gloria.

In Occidental Mindoro, Western Tawbuid (also known

as Batangan) is spoken by 6,810 people in the municipalities of 
Sablayan and Calintaan.

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In some areas close to the lowlands,

women wrap a knee-length cloth
around their bark bra-string and men
wear cloth instead of bark. Bark cloth
is worn by both men and women in the
interior and is also used for head
bands, women's breast covers, and
blankets. Cloth is made by extracting,
pounding and drying the inner bark of
several trees [Pennoyer, 1979].
 NGA PALA!

The tribe’s men and women wear loincloth that is made by extracting,
pounding and drying the inner bark of several trees. Some of the women
who live in the lower part of the mountains wrap a knee-length cloth
around their bark bra-string, while the men wear cloth instead of bark.
However, bark cloth is still worn by both men and women in the interior. It
is also used as breast covers, headbands and blankets.

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Many still sport loincloths called amakan, hunt game
with spears called tulag, bows called gadun and spike
traps called silo. Unlike other Mangyans who chew
betel-nut, nearly all Taw’buid men smoke tobacco—
children included.
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Thank you!

PREPARED BY:
JETHRO MARASIGAN
PAULO ANTE
DEO PARCON
ARCHIVAL MENDOZA
DENNISE SARMIENTO