Category: Culture

  • KAMAYO-MANDAYA ORIGIN: Tracing the Ethnic Roots of Hinatuan

    KAMAYO-MANDAYA ORIGIN: Tracing the Ethnic Roots of Hinatuan

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    Jomar Pandan

    While the residents of Hinatuan thought they belonged to the Manobo tribe, they in fact came from a different ethnic group, the Mandaya.

  • Paladong Festival 2018: Or the lack of it

    Paladong Festival 2018: Or the lack of it

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    Jomar Pandan

    Where drums and dancing once enlivened the streets of Hinatuan in August, heated debate simmered on Facebook as the town’s annual  festival was axed. Was this the end of Paladong Festival?

  • The Mandaya People of Mindanao

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    Jomar Pandan

    The Mandaya is among the most sophisticated of tribal Philippine culture. How have Mandaya tribes held on to their ethnic identity in a Westernized country?

  • The Kamayo People of Mindanao

    The Kamayo People of Mindanao

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    Jomar Pandan

    An obscure ethnic group in the Philippines is the Kamayo, whose very own people may know little about their roots. Who are the Kamayo people?

  • Paladong Festival 2017

    Paladong Festival 2017

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    Jomar Pandan

    In the 2017 Paladong Festival of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, Cambatong won first place.

  • Paladong Festival 2016

    Paladong Festival 2016

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    Jomar Pandan

    Performed through tribal music and dancing, Paladong is an annual festival of the ethnic Kamayo from the Philippines.