Dulangan Manobo

Lebak, Sultan Kudarat

The Dulangan Manobo live in the provinces of Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat. The Dulangan Manobo are those who generally live in the mountainous areas. Dulangan is the name of a legendary ancestor and is said to mean "a high place."

Dulangan Manobo News

From Daguma To Sadyandi The Continuing Story Of The Dulangan Manobos Struggles

I'm writing this from the lush montane forests of the Daguma Mountain Ranges of Mindanao, Philippines, where the indigenous Dulangan Manobo people are in an arduous struggle against logging and mining corporations encroaching their land. Twelve of these companies are part of the extractives conglomerate David M Consunji, Inc. (DMCI). The Dulangan Manobo, who have lived in this haven for centuries, are at risk of not just losing their land, but also their lives, livelihood, culture, and identity that are deeply connected to the forests of the Daguma Range.

I was part of an international soli ...
- 10Mo
- F
- Kalikasan PNE
- Sultan Kudarat
- Daguma Mountain Range
Precarious Lives Women In Indigenous Communities

Barangay San Jose in South Upi, Maguindanao is dominated by Indigenous Peoples (IPs)??"with three of its seven puroks (barangay subdivisions) occupied by the Dulangan Manobo. Hills and mountains with very steep slopes??"treacherous rather than scenic, denuded now of former forest cover by private logging firms??"guard the barangay's approach. A trip from the poblacion (municipal capital) by habal-habal (motorcycle) can cost P800-P1,000. The residents themselves generally walk??"six to eight hours??"perhaps twice that time in the rain. Today, Barangay San Jose has been classified as a Geographi ...
- 1Yr
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- Maguindanao
Dulangan Manobo A Tribe Besieged

Last Thursday I accompanied a PeaceBuilders team into the mountains of Sultan Kudarat Province in western Mindanao. At long last, I was able to meet the Dulangan Manobo tribe on their own ancestral territory, and to witness for myself the destruction of their beloved forests. Since last November, when I was delegated to summarize PeaceBuilders' ponderous file on the Dulangans' struggles, I have had a keen interest in this tribe's legal battle for the right to live unmolested in their ancestral territory.

After meeting with tribal leaders in December and in January, and hearing firsthand th ...
- 2Yr
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- Sultan Kudarat
- Daguma Mountain Range

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