LANGUAGES REVIEWER
DEVELOPMENT DISEASES
BEST REASONS TO LEARN A NEW
LANGUAGE
1. A WHOLE NEW LANGUAGE
MEANS ACCESS TO A WHOLE
NEW CULTURE.
-“LANGUAGE IS A ROAD MAP OF A
CULTURE. IT TELLS YOU WHERE
ITS PEOPLE COME FROM AND
WHERE THEY ARE GOING. (RITA
MAE BROWN)
-BY COMMITTING TO LEARNING A
NEW LANGUAGE, YOU’RE
AUTOMATICALLY SUBMERGING
YOURSELF IN AN ENTIRELY NEW
CULTURE.
-YOU REFLECT YOUR OWN
CULTURE. UNDERSTANDING OF
ANOTHER CULTURE HELPS YOU
TO LOOK AT YOUR OWN
CULTURE, UNDERSTANDING IT IN
A WHOLE NEW WAY. NEW
PERSPECTIVE.
2. EXPAND CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES
-HAVING A SECOND LANGUAGE
WILL SET YOU APART FROM
OTHER APPLICANTS. LET’S YOU
HAVE AN EDGE OVER OTHERS.
-BEING MULTILINGUAL MUST
HAVE CHARACTERISTICS AS
VERSATILITY, AMBITION AND
SENSITIVITY TO OTHER CULTURES.
3. ENHANCE BRAIN POWER
-THE MORE YOU TRAIN YOUR
BRAIN AND CHALLENGE IT, IT
BECOMES SHARPER. (BODY-
RESILIENT, BRAIN-SHARPER)
-STUDYING OTHER LANGUAGES
HELPS INCREASE BRAIN POWER
IN SEVERAL WAYS
-SPEAKING MORE THAN
ONE LANGUAGES
IMPROVES MEMORY.
-MULTILINGUAL
INDIVIDUALS TEND TO
DEVELOP A FASTER
ANALYTICAL THINKING
SKILLS.
-INCREASE IN COGNITIVE
SKILLS (EVEN NOT
RELATED TO LANGUAGE.)
-BRAIN BOOSTS (DECISION
MAKING SKILLS,
HEIGHTENED LISTENING
SKILLS, LONGER ATTENTION
SPAN)
-PREVENT
SUCH AS DEMENTIA AND
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE.
4. TRAVEL THE WORLD
-EITHER TRAVEL OR RELOCATION,
HAVING A LOCAL LANGUAGE
WILL MAKE THINGS EASIER
FOR YOU.
-CRYSTAL CLEAR. FIND LOCALS
MORE WELCOMING WHEN YOU
MAKE AN EFFORT TO SPEAK
THEIR LANGUAGE.
-GREAT WAY TO MEET NEW
PEOPLE. (NEW LANGUAGE IS A
GREAT ASSET)
5. IT WILL BOOST YOUR
CONFIDENCE
-HELPS YOU STEP OUT FROM
YOUR COMFORT ZONE
-BOUND TO IMPROVE, AND ONCE
YOU NOTICE YOUR
ADVANCEMENTS, IMPROVES
CONFIDENCE.
-CONFIDENCE AND BODY
LANGUAGE IMPROVES
HIGAUNON HISTORY
HISTORY OF CUSTOMARY LAWS
AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANT OF
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT
PASSES TO YOUNG CHILDREN
AND ADULTS DURING RITUALS
OF DUMALONGDONG;
THE NAME HIGAONON COMES
FROM THE ROOT WORD GAUN,
WHICH MEANS MOUNTAIN.
HIGAONON LITERALLY MEANS
MOUNTAIN DWELLERS OR
FOREST DWELLERS.
HIGAUNON COMMUNITIES.
1. KIMANGKIL
2. KALANAWAN
3. SUMAGAYA
4. PAMALIHI
KEY WORDS SA HISTORY
1. GREAT ANCESTOR-APO
AGBIBILIN WITH A FLYING
BAKSAN TWIN.
2. OCCURRED A GREAT DELUGE
OR FLOOD AND TIPS OF THE
HIGAUNON COMMUTIES-
MOUNTAINS WERE FOUND.
 3. PEOPLE SOUGHT REFURE. APO
AGBIBILIN HAD
CHILDREN/OFFSPRINGS WHO
BECAME MANY HIGAONON
PEOPLE
4. HIGAUNONA ARE THE ONLY
HUMANS WHO LIVED IN THE
NORTHERN PART OF
MINDANAO REGION.
5. MANY WAYS OF LIVING,
CROPS AND WILD ANIMALS
FOR HUNTING. NO FAMINE OR
DISEASES, IF SO, IT WAS
CURED BY A
BAYLAN(SHAMAN)
6. INTENSE DROUGHT-DEATH OF
MANY
7. 3 CHIEFTAINS- DALOGDOG,
KABILOG, BALAOY (SOUTH,
WEST, NORTH)
8. A WOMAN SURVIVED AND
MARRIED APO BALAOY
9. ESTABLISHED AND EMBODIED
INDIGENOUS BELIEF SYSTEM
AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE,
GENERAL WAY OF LIVING
BUNGKATOL HA BULAWAN
DAW NANGKA TADYAW HA
LANA (A BOWL OF GOLD AND
A JAR OF OIL. METAPHORIC
BATASAN-LAWS AND NORMS
AND GAGAW-VALUES
(HIGAUNON LAW)
8 BIG RIVERS
1. AGUSAN
2. BALATUKAN
3. CABOLIG
4. BAGYANGON (NOW CAGAYAN)
5. GINGOOG
6. PULANGI
7. TAGOLOAN
8. UDYUNGAN
10. REFERENCE POINT OF THE
DIFFERENT TALUGAN-TERRITORIES
BETWEEN HIGAUNON COMMUNITIES
INGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEM
1. PAGBALA (FORETELLING)
2. MAGBAGTO (SOIL
PREPARATION)
3. PAMOLA (PLANTING)
4. LANGKAY (BETEL CHEW)
5. TALABUSAW (GUARDIAN
WARRIORS)
6. KALIGA (TRADITIONAL
WEDDING
7. AGKOD (TRADITIONAL WINE)
8. DEATH AND BURIAL
9. TRADITIONAL WEDDING
10. DASANG/LIMBAY
DUGSO(CHANTING
TRADITIONAL SONGS AND
DANCES
MAGBABAYA A SUPREME BEING
WITH SPIRIT SERVANTS THAT
NEEDS TO BE PLEASED THROUGH
FOOD OFFERING OF FOOD AND
BLOOD SACRIFICE OF ANIMALS.
8 SPIRIT SERVANTS
1. IBABASOK (AGRICULTURE)-
APO AGBANGALA THE FIRST
FARMER DREAMED HE WAS
SCHOOLED BY IBABASOK
ABOUT FARMING, SNATCHED
FROM LINIBONG/EARTH AND
PLACED IN THE HEAVENS TO
BECOME THE BRIGHTEST
STAR-STAR BANGALA(FOR
HARVESTING)
2. TALABUGTA(SOIL/EARTH)
3. TUMANOD/LALAWAG(FOREST
AND HUNTING)-APO
KAHILING (IBID)
4. PALAYAG/TAMAENG
(HONEYBEES)
5. BOLALAKAW (WATER
FISHING)
6. PANLUYAO/PAMAHANDI
(TREASURES AND DAILY
ACTIVITIES
7. TINOOWAN (HEALTH AND
MEDICINE) BAYLAN-SHAMAN,
PRAYERFUL RITUAL-
SINGAMPO
8. DUMALONGDONG (WISDOM
AND KNOWLEDGE) HIGHEST
SPIRIT
HIGAUNON
HIGA-LIVING
GOAN(GAUN)- MOUNTAINS
ONON-PEOPLE
“PEOPLE OF THE LIVING
MOUNTAINS”
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
CULTURE OF PEACE
13 ETHNIC GROUPS OF
MINDANAO -TAMPUDAS HU BALAGUN OR THE
TREATY OF THE GREEN VINE BRANCH
5 PROVINCES
-CUTTING OF VINE-CUTTING SHORT OF
1. BUKIDNON FEUDS
2. AGUSAN DEL SUR
3. AGUSAN DEL NORTE
4. LANAO DEL NORTE HABITUAL LAWS
5. MISAMIS ORIENTAL
-BUNGKATOL HA BULAWAN DAW NANG
EVENTS KA TASA HA LANAN- UNITY OF LOVE
-MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD AND PEACE

MARRIAGE AND COURTSHIP

MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD

-SLASH AND BURN CULTIVATION OF ATTIRES AND ACCESSORIES

UPLAND RICE AND CORN
-HUNT BANOGS, SNAKES, FIELD RATS,
MONKET AND DIFFERENT PREVALENT
BIRDS
-FISHING
-HINABOL WEAVERS (HINABOL-
WEAVERS)
MARRIAGE AND COURTSHIP
-ARRANGED BY PARENTS
-ARRANGEMENT LONG AND TEDIOUS
PROCESS
MEN ATTIRE
1. MARINE-COLLARED POLO SHIRT
PLAIN BLACK, WHITE, RED CLOTH
ACCENTED 2-3 COLORS IN JOINT
OF A TRANGLE OR DIAMIND
2. PANTS-TAILORED SAME COLOR
AS THAT OF THE SHIRT
3. TANGKULO- HEADDRESS MADE
FROM HORSEHAIR, NOW
NECKERCHIEF WITH BEADS AND
SEVERAL KULONG-KULONGS
4. BAKLAW- BRACELET
5. SALAY- NECKLACE
6. TIKOS- ANKLET

-MARRIAGE RITES INCLUDE CHANTING

OF PRAYERS BY A WEDDING OFFICIANT
FEMALE ACCESSORIES
CULTURES AND TRADITIONS
1. LUMBONG- HEADDRESS
-WEAVER OF PEACE 2. SALAY- NECKLACE
3. BALADING- BIG CIRCULAR
-CULTURE OF PEACE EARRINGS
4. BAKLAW-BRACELET
-HABITUAL LAWS
5. SINGGIL-FEMALE ANKLET

INSTRUMENTS
WEAVER OF PEACE
AGONG-BRASS WHICH PRODUCED
-CONFLICT RESOLUTION SOUNDS WHEN STRUCK.

-HINABOL-HANDWOVEN TEXTILE OF
SOUTH PHILIPPPINES
HIGAUNON DANCES
-HABOL-TO WEAVE
1. DINUGSO- PERFORMED DURING
-WEAVING-HAPPY ACTIVITY HINABOL KALIGAON-COMPONENT OF
WEAVERS DUMALONGDONG FESTIVALS,
WHEN SOMEONE IS SICK (TIM-UN
 IN THE OPEN AIR SURROUNDED
BY TRIBAL PEOPLE
2. BINAYLAN BANOG- HAWK LURKS
TO FIND PREY
3. INAMO- MONKEY DANCE
4. BINAYLAN- DANCE DURING
KAAMULAN/ BAYLAN OR PRIEST
DURING KAAMULAB
5. SAOT- WAR DANCE