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The document summarizes information about the Blaan people, an indigenous group living in parts of Mindanao in the Philippines. It describes their origins, traditional livelihoods like swidden farming and weaving, cultural practices including rituals and traditional clothing, and a prominent elder named Fu Yabing.

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Blaan

The document summarizes information about the Blaan people, an indigenous group living in parts of Mindanao in the Philippines. It describes their origins, traditional livelihoods like swidden farming and weaving, cultural practices including rituals and traditional clothing, and a prominent elder named Fu Yabing.

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which was started in 2015 by Mayor

B’LAAN Ronnel Rivera.

❖ ‌This is a special non-working holiday in


❖ The Blaan people, alternatively spelled the entire city to appreciate the
as "B'laan", are one of the indigenous indigenous Blaan.
peoples of Southern Mindanao in the
Philippines. Their name is derived SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD
from"bla" meaning "opponent" and
the suffix "an" meaning "people". ❖ ‌Swidden farming is the main agricultural
❖ Other terms used to refer to this group method used by the Blaan.

are Blaan, Bira-an, Baraan, Vilanes, and ❖ ‌In their rather small clearings, they grow
Bilanes. rice, corn, millet, sweet potato,
❖ Based on the most recent study by sugarcane, banana, papaya, pineapple,
anthropologists, the Blaan who came vegetables, tobacco, and abaca.
from Indonesia or Malaysia came to our ❖ ‌The last two commodities are produced
archipelago with the second group of
as barter items, for which they get their
people.
food articles, utensils, and tools.
❖ It is estimated that it is between 12,000
❖ ‌The Blaan catch fish in the river
to 15,000 years ago by using boats as
their transportation and landed and ❖ Hunt and trap wild pigs, deer, and other
lived in the plains and mountains of animals.
current SOCCSKSARGEN. ❖ They also gather rattan and almaciga
from the forest to augment their income.
WHERE DO THEY RESIDE?

❖ ‌Part of SOCCSKARGEN

❖ South Eastern part of Davao Del Sur


WEAVING
❖ ‌Buluan Lake in North Cotabato

❖ ‌Mabal is the Blaan term for the abaca


weaving process.

B'LAAN DAY ❖ ‌Tabih is the term for the finished


handwoven cloth and it also refers to the
❖ ‌July 22, 2019-General Santos City traditional Blaan tubular skirt.
celebrated the fifth edition of Blaan Day,
❖ The tabih the traditional Blaan Ikat fabric
made from abaca.

❖ Natural dyes from endemic plant THEIR CHARACTERISTICS


species in the community are the source OR THEIR PHYSICAL
of colors for different designs of this
indigenous textile. ATTRIBUTES
❖ ‌Making basket or Boon in BLAAN PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
language
● Blaan men wear their hair long and have

BEADED EARRINGS AND tattoos on their back, chest, legs and


arms.
NECKLACE ● Both men and women practiced
shaving their brows, blackening their
● ‌B'laans earrings and necklaces consist
tounge and sharpening their teeth.
of beaded jewelry manufactured by
CLOTHINGS
highland B'laan.
● They also sell those beaded pieces as
● For women: Saul S'lah at dafeng
souvenirs to those who visit their
community For men: Saul Laki at Sal'wal
● Men and women usually wear traditional
● The traditional female tube is called
jewelry on occasion.
Tabih made from handwoven abaca
(ikat weaving)
● Blaan male pants/trousers are generally
called Sal'wal. Name can change to
WHO IS FU YABING?
Sal'wal Tnajung or Sal'wal Nihok based

● ‌YABING MASALON DULO ("Manlilikha on the ikat material and embroidery

ng Bayan") design/motif applied.

● ‌Fu Yabing is a 105-year-old matriarch VALUES


who is a healer and a medium to the
● Known for strong family ties. They
spirits. She is also a master weaver and
practice polygamy.
dyer of abaca.
● ‌awarded with the distinction of
THEIR LANGUAGE
becoming a Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
Bayan awardee a GAMABA last 2017 ● The two major dialects of blaan are
by former Pres. Duterte sarangani blaan and korondal blaan.
heaven, making it easier for the gods to
THEIR RITUALS
welcome their spirits.
● Their great creator: Maha or D'wata

FARMING RITUALS

● Pandoman - a thanksgiving ritual


where the farmer thanks the D’wata,
also known as Adwata, for the harvest
and for sparing the elnigo of pests.
● Maba del Nigo - Before the rains come,
a new clearing is chosen for the planting
season. It is performed to consult the
gods or deities of the fields.

WEDDING RITUALS

● Astalo - a ritual carried out by the


betrothed couple's parents when the
girl is around nine or ten and the boy is
around twelve or thirteen.
● Koswo Libon - encompasses the
entire period involved in the ritual
processes of marriage, starting with the
time of betrothal; which can occur when
the parties involved are still infants, and
then concluding with the wedding.

BURIAL RITUALS

● Imalow - is for persons of high stature


in the community: the body may be left
to decompose in his own house, which
will be sealed and kept off limits for at
least a year after the death.
● Sofeng - the body is hoisted up a
branch of the tallest tree available,
there to hang and decompose with time.
The tree burial brings the dead closer to

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