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The document summarizes information about the Mangyan tribe, an indigenous group living on Mindoro Island in the Philippines since the 10th century AD. It discusses their origins, location, populations, languages, religions, customs, traditions, arts, crafts, houses, livelihoods such as farming and hunting, music, dances, rituals, political systems, festivals, weddings, burial rites, games, and literature. The Mangyan tribe is composed of eight subgroups spread across Mindoro Island and have a population of 100,000 to 280,000 people who speak five distinct Mangyan languages and practice animism as well as Catholicism and Protestant religions.

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Mangyan Tribe

The document summarizes information about the Mangyan tribe, an indigenous group living on Mindoro Island in the Philippines since the 10th century AD. It discusses their origins, location, populations, languages, religions, customs, traditions, arts, crafts, houses, livelihoods such as farming and hunting, music, dances, rituals, political systems, festivals, weddings, burial rites, games, and literature. The Mangyan tribe is composed of eight subgroups spread across Mindoro Island and have a population of 100,000 to 280,000 people who speak five distinct Mangyan languages and practice animism as well as Catholicism and Protestant religions.

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GE 711:

CULTURES
OF
MINDANAO
Nicole J. Fadrique
Discussant
MANGYAN TRIBE
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students can:

01 identify the origin of Mangyan tribes;

determine the religious beliefs, customs, traditions


02 or related lifestyle of Mangyan tribe; and

appraise the importance of culture and traditions of


03 the Mangyan tribe.
MANGYAN TRIBE
Mangyan refers to an indigenous Philippine
ethnic group living on Mindoro Island since the
10th century A.D.
Mangyan may have been formed by the
prefix mang (“one from a certain place”) and the
root word yan (“that place”). Therefore,
“Mangyan” means “the people from that place.”
MANGYAN TRIBE
The term “Mangyan” is an umbrella term
that refers to eight indigenous communities on
the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. There
are eight recognized groups: Iraya, Alangan,
Tadyawan, Tawbuid, Bangon, Buhid,
Hanunuo, and Ratagnon.
LOCATION
• Island of Mindoro
• Southwest of the island of
Luzon, Philippines.
POPULATION
The total population of
Mangyan may be around 100,000
to 280,000, or 7.5% to 21% of the
total population of Mindoro.
LANGUAGE
Five Mangyan languages:
• Hanunoo
• Buhid
• Alangan
• Iraya ;
• Tadyawan

RELIGION
• Animism, Roman Catholic and Evangelist Protestant
CHARACTERISTICS
• The Mangyans have modified Iberian ears,
long faces, straight noses, and their general
similarity is evident.
• Half European, probably East Indian,
blood lies back of them somewhere in
their ancestry.
CLOTHING
A common attire for the Mangyan groups is the ba-ag or loincloth worn by
males.
• For the male, they are usually long-haired and
then tied in one spot at the back of the head
using a panyo, while for their attire, they wear a
loincloth (ba-ag) and a shirt (balukas).
• Female wears an indigo-dyed short skirt (ramit)
and a blouse (lambung.)
SYMBOL
A pakudos is a visual motif used by the Hanunuo
Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines.
ARTS
AND
CRAFTS
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Mangyan has unique
pattern of crafts they have
placemats, plates, trays,
trinkets, bowls, and baskets of
all sizes, all beautifully woven
by hand-interweaving colorful
vines to make traditional
designs.
MANGYAN HOUSE
LIVELIHOOD
Mangyan tribe are mainly
agriculturalists, they are planting a variety
of sweet potatoes, upland rice, corn, beans,
bananas, cassava, yams and other root
crops. They also practice hunting and trap
small animals and wild pig.
Music of Mangyan
• Ambahan
• Marayaw
• Iyaya
• Ayung or Ngayung
• Pamuybuyen
DANCES AND RITUALS
• Bakal-Tarok
• Panudlak
• Pamag-uhan
MANGYAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
• There are no political structures or
institutions for the Mangyan groups.
• They recognize at least one leader who has
both magical and religious powers.
• Leaders are mostly the gurangan or the
“community elders”.
MANGYAN FESTIVAL
WEDDING
• Pamtang
• Duti - Is like a dowry practice however
this practice does not involve any money.
• Pasalungkita
BURIAL RITES
• A person is sent off to the spirit world with appropriate rituals.
• Kutkot - “Kutkot”, is a burial tradition where they dig up the
remains of their loved ones, a year after his or her death and
dress it up in a white cloth so they take on a human form again.
BURIAL RITES
I-Witness: 'Kutkot,' dokumentaryo ni Kara David (full
episode)
Literary Literature
Mangyan have their oral literature
include the short stories, folktales, Mangyan
Tales, fables and legend.

• Alamat ng Puting Mangyan


• Dunghawan killing the kapri
• “Si Pauu ag si Kamayan” (Turtle and Old
Monkey)
Customs Traditions and Beliefs
• If a pregnant woman eats food that has been buried in a landslide, she
may go into premature labor.
• When the baby is born, the umbilical cord and placenta are hung from
the tree if it is a boy so that he will be an expert at climbing trees;
• If a girl, the umbilical cord and placenta are buried so that she will
know how to plant and grow kamote (sweet potato).
Customs Traditions and Beliefs
• Until they are named, the male infant is called Hag-ama and the
female, Hag-ina.
• When the mother takes her first bath on the fifth day, she takes
a torch with her to keep evil spirits away.
• When the baby turns one-year-old, his or her feet are dipped in
the sea, and a prayer is said for his or her well-being.
Games of Mangyan People
• “Kadang-Kadang” (simple game)
• “Gintong Pana” (basic archery)
• “Hari ng Gubat” (archery assault)
• “Sumpit” (tribal blowpipe arrow)
• “Palakasan ng Sibat”
(javelin spear throwing)
• “Pana Sa Lupaing Ninuno (tree top archery)
Games of Mangyan People
References
Blumentritt, Ferdinand. 1916. “Philippine Tribes and Languages.” In Philippine Progress Prior to 1898, edited
by Austin Craig
and Conrado Benitez, vol.l, 107-117. Manila: Philippine Education Co., Inc.
“Contemporary Mangyan Scripts.” 1971. Philippine Journal of Linguistics 2 (1): 1-12.
“Mangyan Encounters: East and West (1570-1985).” Diwa 10 (1), Special Issue.
“Ethnic Map of Mindoro, Philippines with Approximate Tribal and Language Distribution.” 1988. Mimeographed
copy.
“Leadership and Control in a Sumagui River Bangon Settlement.” 1978. Philippine Sociological Review 26: 49-
55.
“Mangyan Folklore.” 1977. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 5 (1-2): 38-53.
“Mangyan Internal Refugees from Mindoro Island and the Spaces of Low-Intensity Conflict in the
Philippines.”2007. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures 1 (1): 59-72.
“Mindoro Mission Revisited.” 1977. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 5 (4): 253-265.
Miyamoto, Masaru. 1975. “The Society and Folk Beliefs of the Hanunuo-Mangyan in Southeastern Mindoro,
Philippines.” MA
thesis, Tokyo University.
“Ritual in Taubuid Life (Mindoro, Philippines).” 1980. Anthropos 75 (5/6): 693-709.
“The Hanunuo-Mangyan Social World.” 1978. Senri Ethnological Studies 2: 147-195.
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EVERYONE FOR
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