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The Balaylakoy: Means to Reawaken the Alangan Mangyan's Culture
The Balaylakoy: Means to Reawaken the Alangan Mangyan's Culture
Due to the vast amount of external influences, many of the Alangan Mangyans shift from the communal balaylakoy – a shared living space for up to 20 famiies – to individual houses
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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot
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Alangan
Alangan
The Alangan Mangyans live in the municipalities of Naujan, Baco, San Teodoro, and Victoria in Oriental Mindoro, and in the municipality of Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro. The name Alangan was derived from the name of a river and mountain slopes in the upper Alangan Valley [Leykamm, 1979].
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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot
Alangan
Alangan
The eight indigenous tribes of Mindoro have known no other home since prehistory, although their ancestors probably migrated from Indonesia. (The seventh-largest island in the Philippines, Mindoro is part of the MIMAROPA Region and is divided into two provinces, Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro.)
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Published at 2018-03-01 by Puerto Parrot
The Mangyan of Mindoro
The Mangyan of Mindoro
Last month I made a long awaited trip to the island of Mindoro to visit some of the different Mangyan groups there. This trip took a few months to arrange and I was very excited our journey happened as I have been wanting to visit Mindoro for a long time. Although, we knew it would not be easy to get access to the different communities we wanted to visit, our contacts and non-stop effort explaining and promoting the Katutubong Filipino Project helped us significantly on this trip.
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Published at 2017-12-01 by Puerto Parrot