The Manóbos of Mindanáo

The Manóbos of Mindanáo - Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir

Throughout this monograph I have used the term "eastern Mindano" to include that part of Mindano that is east of the central Cordillera as far south as the headwaters of the River Libagnon, east of the River Tgum and its influent the Libagnon, and east of the gulf of Davao. A division of a race composed of an aggregate of individuals of a kind and of a common origin, agreeing among themselves in, and distinguished from their congeners by physical characteristics, dress, and ornaments; the nature of the communities which they form; peculiarities of house architecture; methods of hunting, fishing, and carrying on agriculture; character and importance of manufacture; practices relative to war and the taking of heads of enemies; arms used in warfare; music and dancing, and marriage and burial customs; but not constituting a political unit subject to the control of any single individual nor necessarily speaking the same dialect. The word "Manbo" seems to be a generic name for people of greatly divergent culture, physical type, and language. Thus it is applied to the people that dwell in the mountains of the lower half of Point San Agustin as well as to those people whose habitat is on the southern part of the Sarangani Peninsula. Those, again, that occupy the hinterland of Tuna Bay2 come under the same designation. So it might seem that the word was originally used to designate the pagan as distinguished from the Mohammedanized people of Mindano, much as the name Harafras or Alfros was applied by the early writers to the pagans to distinguish them from the Moros. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 18607
Author: Garvan, John M.
Release Date: Jun 16, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English