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The name Lumad grew out of the political awakening among tribes during the martial law regime of President Ferdinand Marcos.It was advocated and propagated by the members and affiliates of Lumad-Mindanao, a coalition of all-Lumad local and regional organizations that formalized themselves as such in June 1986 but started in 1983 as a multi-sectoral organization.
Tasaday. The Tasaday people in their homeland, the last primal rainforest of Mindanao. The Tasaday (tɑˈsɑdɑj) are an indigenous peoples of the Lake Sebu area in Mindanao, Philippines. They are considered to belong to the Lumad group, along with the other indigenous groups on the island. They attracted widespread media attention in 1971 ...
The majority of the Moro people have historically resided in what is now called the Bangsamoro region, which was known as Muslim Mindanao in 1989 when the ARMM was created. That land is located in the provinces of Basilan , Cotabato , Davao de Oro , Davao del Sur , Lanao del Norte , Lanao del Sur , Maguindanao del Norte , Maguindanao del Sur ...
Subanon people. The Subanon (also spelled Subanen or Subanun) are an indigenous peoples of the Zamboanga peninsula area, particularly living in the mountainous areas of Zamboanga del Sur and Misamis Occidental, Mindanao Island, Philippines. The Subanon people speak Subanon languages. The name is derived from the word soba or suba, a word common ...
Okir. Detail of a panolong with a naga motif, from the National Museum of Anthropology. Okir, also spelled okil or ukkil, is the term for rectilinear and curvilinear plant-based designs and folk motifs that can be usually found among the Moro and Lumad people of the Southern Philippines, as well as parts of Sabah.
In Northern Mindanao, Visayans (both Mindanao natives and modern migrants) are also referred to by the Lumad as the dumagat ("sea people", from the root word dagat - "sea"; not to be confused with the Dumagat Aeta in Luzon). This was to distinguish the coast-dwelling Visayans from the Lumad of the interior highlands and marshlands. [11]
The Moro conflict [37] [38] [39] was an insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines which involved multiple armed groups. [40] [29] A decades-long peace process [37] [41] has resulted in various peace deals have been signed between the Philippine government and two major armed groups, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) [42] and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), [43] but ...
The kutiyapi, or kudyapi, is a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat- lute. It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as that from the jackfruit tree. Common to all kudyapi instruments, a constant drone is played with one string while the other, an octave above the ...