H Who are the Higaonon’s?

I THINGS Their way of life is focused on managing

the forests they live in and to create a co-

G PONDER
TO existince with its other inhabitants in a
harmonious way. The Higanaon tribe
consists of eight clans that are centered
around the eight main rivers of their

A ABOUT "Ancestral Domain". The tribe is divided

into peaceful and warrior clans, nowadays
all groups exist in peace with each other.

O THE
HIGAONON’S
N The Higaonons are among the least known

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indigenous ethnolinguistic tribes situated in
north-central Mindanao, the second-largest
island of the Philippines. Etymologically,
Higaonon is derived from the

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words higa (living), goan (mountains),
and onon (people), forming a description as
the “people of the living mountain”.
H Bunkatol Ha Bulawan Daw
Nang Ka Tasa ha Lana
The strive for peace is expressed in their
traditional fabric, the Hinabol. The term
Hinabol is a Binukid term for handwoven

I The tribe of Higaonon is

something to be proud of
for a fact that they are known
textile from the south of the Philippines and
comes from the verb habol, which means
to weave. This kind of fabric is used to

G for being true peace loving refer to the woven hemp that is made by
people, that’s why they are the women of the Higaonon and
known as the weavers of characterized by the typical colorful
peace. Aside from that, the stripes in varying thickness, unique

A culture of the Higaonon’s can

be best describe as a culture
of Peace, for solving internal
conflicts or feuds among other
The Higaonon tribal people follow the
patterns and many creative colors.

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habitual laws of Bunkatol Ha Bulawan
ethnic groups. These traits of
Daw Nang Ka Tasa ha Lana, which
Higaonon’s is something that
means treasured unity of Love and
should be conveyed and
shared to every individual. Peace. In fact it is a code of conduct

N that is the sacred bond that unites the

entire Higaonon community.

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