MINDANAO REFERRED

TO AS THE LAND OF
THE PROMISE IS THE
SECOND LARGEST AND
SOUTHERNMOST
ISLAND IN THE
PHILIPPINE
ARCHIPELAGO.
MINDANAOALSO HAS
THE LARGETS
CONCENTRATION OF
ETHNOLINGUISTIC
GROUP AND
CULTURALLY DIVERSE
ISLANDS.
THESEGROUPS ARE MOSTLY
MUSLIMS FROM THE BADJAO
IRANUN, JAMA MAPUN,
KALAGAN, KALIBUGAN (
SUBANEN WHO WHERE
CONVERTED TO ISLAM ) ,
MANABO MAGUINDANAO, SAMA
BANGINGI, SAMA PANGUTARAN,
SAMAL , SANGIL, TAUSUG AND
YAKAN GROUP.
OTHER GROUPS ARE THE
LUMANDS, OR THOSE
WHO HAVE MAINTAINED
THEIR INDIGENOUS
BELIEFS AND
TRADITIONS INSTEAD OF
CONVERTING TO ISLAM
OR CHRISTIANITY.
SOME LUMAD GROUPS
IN MINDANAO ARE THE
BAGOBOS AND THE
T’BOLIS.
BEFORE ISLAM TOOK
HOLD ON THE
PHILIPPINES, EARLY
FILIPINOS WORSHIPPED
NATURE AND BELIEVED
THAT PLANTS ANG
INANIMATE OBJECTS
ARE HOME TO ANCESTOR
SPIRITS.
THEY ALSO BELIEVED
THAT NATURAL
PHENOMENA ARE
CAUSED BY GODS. THIS
INDIGENOUS BELIEF
SYSTEM IS CALLED
ANIMISM.
THE BILAAN OR B’LAAN
IS AN ENTHNOLIGUISTIC
GROUP THAT INHABIT
SOME PARTS OF SOUTH
COTABATO, NORTH
COTABATO AND DAVAO
DEL SUR.
B’LAAN IS A
COMBINATION OF
TWO WORDS, BILA
WHICH MEANS
HOUSE AND AN
WHICH MEANS
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE KNOWN
FOR EMBROIDERY,
BRASS ORNAMENTS
AND BEADWORKS
THAT ARE
INTEGRATED IN
THEIR TRADITIONAL
CLOTHING.
THEB’LAAN WEAR
CLOTHES WOVEN
FROM ABACA
EMBELISHED WITH
EMBOROIDERY,
BUTTONS AND
BEADS.
IKATIS A PROCESS
OF DYEING THE
FABRIC WHERE THE
YARNS ARE TIGHTLY
WRAPPED WITH
STRINGS AND DYED
BEFORE WEAVING.
THETEXTILE USUALLY
CONTAIN THREE
COLORS – SHADES OF
BLACK OR BROWN, RED
OR DARKER SHADES OF
ORANGE AND ECRU (
THE COLOR OF THE
UNDYED ABACA )
THE BAGOBOS
ARE A GROUP
PEOPLE THAT
LIVE IN DAVAO.
ACCORDING TO
ANTHROPOLOGISTS,THE
NAME IF HIS
ENTHNOLINGUISTIC
GROUP COMES FROM
THE WORDS “ BAGO ”
( NEW ) AND “ OBO ”
( GROWTH ).
THISIS BECAUSE THEY ARE
BELIEVED TO HAVE COME
FROM THE MIXTURE OF THE
NATIVE POPULATION WITH
THE HINDU MIGRANTS THAT
ENTERED MINDANAO
DURING THE SRI VIJAYAN
AND MAJAPAHIT EMPIRES.
THECEREMONIAL
ATTIRE OF THE BAGOBOS
ARE ELABORATED.THEY
MAKE THESE CLOTHES
FROM SPECIAL TEXTILE
WOVEN FROM ABACA
FIBERS CALLED T’NALAK.
THEIRT’NALAK IS WOVEN
FROM DEEP BROWN
ABACA TREATED IN THE
IKAT PROCESS TO OBTAIN
INTRICATE
DESIGNS.ONLY WOMEN
ARE ALLOWED TO WEAVE
THIS FABRIC.
THEMEN WEAR T’NALAK
SHORTS, AN UNDERSHIRT
AND T’NALAK COAT. THE
BAGANI ( HERO / WARRIOR
) WEAR BLOOD – RED
CLOTHES AND A
HEADKERCHIEF CALLED
TANGKULU.
THESEARTICLES OF
CLOTHING REPRESENT
THEIR COURAGE. THE
WOMEN WEAR WRAP –
AROUND T’NALAK SKIRTS
AND BLOUSES.THIER
BLOUSES ARE ADORNED
WITH FLORAL PATTERNS,
CHECKERS OR PAISLEY
PRINTS.
THIST’BOLI IS FAMOUS
FOR THEIR
COMPLICATED
BEADWORKS,
WONDERFUL WOVEN
FABRIC AND BEAUTIFUL
ORNAMENTS.
THE T’BOLIS
REGARDS THE
T’NALAK AS SACRED.
TRADITIONAL
WEDDING RITUALS
INVOLVE THE
EXCHANGE OF THIS
TEXTILE.
DURING BIRTH, IT USED
AS A COVER. THE
WEAVERS BELIEVE THAT
THEIR ANCESTORS VISIT
THEM IN THEIR DREAMS
TO TEACH THE DESIGNS
AND PATTERNS THAT
THEY HAVE TO WEAVE.
MENS ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO TOUCH THE
MATERIALS USED IN
THEIR WEAVING
PROCESS. THE WEAVERS
IS FORBBIDEN TO MATE
WITH HER HUSBAND
DURING THE TIME THAT
CLOTH IS BEING WOVEN.
 1.2. 3. GIVE THREE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM
MINDANAO.
 4. KNOWN AS THE LAND OF PROMISE
 5.THEY BELIEVED IN THEIR NATURAL PHENOMENA.
WHAT THEY CALLED ON THAT BELIEF.
 6. SECOND LARGEST ISLAND IN THE ARCHIPELAGO
OF THE PHILIPPINES.
 7.HOW MANY ARE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
PROVINCE OF MINDANAO.
 8. BILA WHICH MEANS
 9.OBO MEANS
 10.THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR
ARTRWORK IKAT.
 11. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR T’NALAK
SACRED AND HOLY .
 12.13. TWO DOMINANTS COLORS IN THE
ART WORK IKAT.
 14. SOUTH COTABATO, NORTH COTABATO
AND DAVAO DEL SUR.
 15. A GROUP PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DAVAO.