Manobo of

agusan del sur

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Origin Beliefs Source Proble

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Tracing back their
origins
Agusan Manobo in their
Traditional Costume

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Map

Map Source: Bryan Nicholson /

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The elders of San Mariano in the
town of Loreto, Agusan del Sur
agree that even in their
forefathers’ time, their people
have already been called
Manobo.

Source: Bobby Lagsa

Photography
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 Datu Bantuwasan, Datu Miguel Ago, Datu Mabutang and Datu
Roger Habana said their people were the original inhabitants of
the towns of San Francisco, Rosario, Bunawan, Veruela, Loreto,
La Paz, Talacogon, Sta. Josefa, and Trento in Agusan del Sur.

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From their looks alone, the Agusan Manobo of today can
hardly be distinguished from the Visayan settlers.

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However, while the Manobo may have lost some of their
physical signs of being Manobo, they still retain their
traditional values and practices.

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 taghap
Datu Mabutang conducted the ritual called Taghap to invoke the
blessings of the spirits.

Betel nut to welcome the

spirits to enlighten the minds Egg to symbolize
of the researchers and purity and innocence
participants
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 Bolo to signify Rice to Chicken and its
sharpness of mind
symbolize blood for cleansing
and readiness to
productivity and casting out of
absorb the
and wisdom evil thoughts
information
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Kulafu (A commercial wine)

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Beliefs and traditions
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They believe in the presence of the spirits
around them; and
03 that these spirits should be
recognized and respected; friendly with
Nature.

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They believe the alimokon (turtle dove) as
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the messenger of Mother Earth. It warns
people of what is to come.

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SOURCE OF INCOME
 FARM
ING
They plant root crops,
rice and corn for
consumption.
 Cropping season starts
in March or April.

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 RITUALS
a. Pama - to ask permission from the spirits to open a field for
farming

b. Himon to mga duma when they perceive signs of the

spirits’approval

c. Taphag before the actual clearing to invoke the spirits’

protection against accidents and to bless the farm implements
that will be used
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Baliga or pabulig (working together) starts, unity and
camaraderie can be felt all throughout among friends
and neighbors joining the activity.

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 FISH
ING
The Agusan River which
springs from the Tagugpo Range
in Maragusan, Compostela
Valley, provides abundant
supply of freshwater fish like
eel, catfish, mudfish, carp,
banak, and tilapia.

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 Datu Kawayanon of San Marcos, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur
named 17 of the 27 lakes.
Right Side Left side

Bango Ibidon Batangon

Kakabugan Kanawnawan Kiasaw

Mandago Manliso Pigkaluyahan

Yakpyakoh Kangne Kalubidan

on
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 The home of the following species:

132 species of seven species of 14 species of

birds snakes mammals

two species of 22 species of 65 species of

crocodile lizards butterflies

65 species of 47 species of reptiles and

butterflies amphibians;

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 In a rich vegetation that
included:

 44 species of trees
 27 species of vines
 43 species of herbs and grasses

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Problems/present
condition
1 Flash
floods

Ineffectiveness
2
of IPRA
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 Flash
floods
 Most significant wetland in
the Philippines by
Presidential Decree No. 91.
 Agusan Marsh swells
during the rainy season that
usually lasts from
December to March. 25
 Manobo fishers lose to
the more cunning
competitors

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 Ineffectives of Peoples
Rights Act (IPRA)

 Despite the implementation of such laws as the Indigenous

Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), the Manobo of Agusan have not
yet been granted their ancestral domain title.
 Delia Reyes of Loreto, Agusan del Sur

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