Tadyawan
Socorro, Oriental Mindoro
The Tadyawan Mangyans live in the municipalities of Naujan, Victoria, Socorro, Pola, Gloria, Pinamalayan, and Bansud.
In the past, the women wore for their upper covering a red cloth called paypay, which is wound around the breast. For their lower covering, they wrapped around the waist a white cloth called talapi. The men wore g-strings called abay. For their accessories, women wor ...
e colorful bracelets and necklaces made of beads. Today the women are rarely seen wearing their traditional attire, though some men still wear the abay.
Like all other Mangyan tribes, the Tadyawan depend on their "kaingin" farm for subsistence. Their staple foods are upland rice, banana, sweet potato, and taro. Some have also planted fruit-bearing trees like rambutan, citrus, and coffee in their kaingin.
Tadyawan Mangyan People News
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Leni Vows To Look At Mangyan Needs
Her attention drawn to sheets of paper given to her by Mangyan leader Ahop Agate, Vice President Leni Robredo browsed through each note, which she called "love letter," prepared by members of the indigenous community here so they can convey their wish list for their villages.
Robredo, on Friday, visited Mangyan folk in Sitio Nagkakaisa in Barangay Tiguihan, in one of her "laylayan" (fringes) journeys, where she visits the country's poorest communities. Robredo's trip was part of a campaign promise and advocacy to visit far-flung areas to bring the government closer to poor Filipinos.
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DA Chief To BFAR Boost Fisheries Production Of Mindoro
In what has become a marathon visit in various agricultural and fisheries facilities in Oriental Mindoro, newly-appointed Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has instructed the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to help boost the fisheries production of the island province and the entire country as a whole.
Piñol brought the whole Department of Agriculture family in Oriental Mindoro Wednesday and Thursday last week for a dialogue with the Tadyawan Tribe, a Mangyan community in Barangay Matulatula, town of Pola. He also distributed livelihood support for Mangyan farmers.
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Partnering With IPs To Save Biodiversity In Occidental Mindoro
Since the Biodiversity Partnerships Project's (BPP) formal launch in November 21, 2012, partner national organizations such as Haribon Foundation is coordinating with the implementing head, the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The Foundation is responding through cohesive method to enable and facilitate policies at the municipal and national levels while empowering the Local Government Unit's (LGU) capability to include biodiversity conservation in local development planning.
Haribon is the Responsible Partner (RP) for BPP i ... -
We will not be wiped out by dams
The Dumagats and Remontados of Southern Tagalog are shy by nature, living as subsistence farmers in the southern hinterlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range. But for the past 35 years, they have come out of their shell to defend their homes and culture against a threat that comes from no less than the government: the Laiban dam project.
The Dumagats and Remontados are gearing up for another round of fight against the Laiban dam project, which has been revived for the nth time, now by the Aquino government.
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Mangyan School Seedbed For Learning
Summoned by a blare of the budyong, an instrument made from animal horn, the community of some 100 mainly Mangyan people and their guests took their seats around an area marked for the day's big event at Tugdaan Mangyan Center for Learning and Development.
It was the graduation ceremony for 28 high school students and 26 Mangyan adults who had completed a coffee production course at the 200-hectare facility at the foot of Mt. Halcon in Naujan town, Oriental Mindoro province.
"Together, we proudly thank Kapwan Agalape't for the many blessings he has given us for the whole year," said Li ... -
Tara Tulong Tayo Christmas Outreach In Mangyan Community-Tribu Tadyawan
This was the first time that our high school barkada spearheaded an outreach program. Through the help of our generous friends and batchmates, we were able to make Christmas more memorable and meaningful to over a hundred Mangyans from Tribu Tadyawan in Villa Cerveza, Victoria Oriental Mindoro, by providing simple entertainment and donating gift packs containing grocery items, slippers, clothes and food on December 28, 2013. Happy Christmas indeed!