MANOBO TRIBE

Presented by: Aishetea Grace C. Allado

Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson the students can:
• Uncover the origin of Magobo Tribe;
• Discuss the cultural background and traditional practices of Magobo
Tribe; and
• Appraise the importance of Magobo Tribe.
 Origin
• The Manobo tribe who are
inhabitants of the island of Mindanao
in the Philippines are a group of
people speaking one of the languages
that belong to the Manobo language
family. Their origins can be traced
back to the early Malay peoples who
came from the surrounding islands of
Southeast Asia.
 Origin
• The name Manobo may came from
“Mansuba" from ‘man’ (person or
people) and ‘suba' (river), meaning
river people.
• According to an oral tradition, the
Manobos were lead by two brothers:
Mumalu and Tabunaway, they lived by
the Banobo creek, which flowed into
the Mindanao River near the present
site of Cotabato City.
TRADITIONAL COSTUME
 TRIBES
The Manobos are concentrated in:

BUKIDNON
DAVAO
AGUSAN
MISAMIS
ORIENTAL
COTABATO
SURIGAO
DEL SUR
 Community
• A Manobo community is mostly patriarchal (male dominated). The man is
considered as the head of the family and the one who will make the family
decisions.
• Polygamy is common except in some groups where only a Datu can
practice polygamy with the consent of the first wife and her parents.
• Village members are expected to help in any way from their kinship,
group, or persons related by marriage — this relationship is named upakat
or reciprocity.
 Beliefs
• Each tribal group culture believes in one Great Spirit, usually viewed as
the creator figure.
• They are animists.
• There is a common belief that a Manobo hunter will be killed by his own
dogs or prey if he does not ask for permission first from Lalawag, the god
of all forest games, before going on a hunting trip.
Hunting
 Lifestyle
• The Manobo usually build their villages near small bodies of water or
forest clearings, although they also opt for hillsides, rivers, valleys, and
plateaus.
• The communities are small, consisting of only 4-12 houses.
• Cultivating rice and corn has been and still is a part of the Manobo way of
living, some Manobo villages have shifted to the cultivation of coconut
for copra export.
 Summary
Manobo tribe is culturally rich in traditional practices, medicinal
uses, diversity, and traditional knowledge based on their
community plant resources. They dwell in hinterlands and
mountainous regions in the southern part of the Philippines and
live an intricate life dependent on agriculture and forest plants
 Reference
“The Last Tribes of Mindanao, the Manobo, River People of Cotabato.”
ThingsAsian, thingsasian.com/story/last-tribes-mindanao-manobo-river-people-
cotabato.
“Manobo, Obo.” Ethnic Groups of the Philippines,
www.ethnicgroupsphilippines.com/people/ethnic-groups-in-the-philippines/manobo-
obo/.
“Into the Mountains with the Tigwahanon Manobo Travel Photographer Jacob
Maentz.” Jacob Maentz Photography, 24 Apr. 2016,
www.jacobimages.com/2012/02/into-the-mountains-with-the-tigwahanon-manobo.