Tubad Mindanao

Tubad is a Blaan word that means "new generation or descendant of a tribe".Blaan is one of the indigenous peoples group of southern Mindanao, Philippines specifically in South Cotabato, Sarangani Province, General Santos City, and Davao Del Sur.Features on cultural appreciation and development of the different indigenous peoples groups of Mindanao are very welcome to be posted in this blog.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Tabih weaver

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 27, 2008) – Tabih weaver Arsenia Vicente, 48, shows her mastery of weaving the tabih cloth made of abaca fiber at the...

Indigenous showcase

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 27, 2008) – Helen L. Lumbos, 38, keeps in touch with her family in the Malungon uplands as her group of women artists...
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Heritage keeper

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 27, 2008) – Masinden Tumandan, 68, a Blaan master culture mat weaver from Upper Lasang, Sapu Masla, Malapatan weaves ...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

Heritage month

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 26, 2008) – Governor Migs Dominguez mingles with Capitol employees and the Blaan and Tboli tribal groups, the largest...
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Kids with Gov.

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 26, 2008) – Tboli kids of Badtasan tribal dancers from Kiamba town usher Governor Migs Dominguez to the front row bef...
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Philippine epics

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 26, 2008) – May is the National Heritage Month. The theme for this year is "Philippine Epics" and local eve...
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Tribal dancers

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 26, 2008) – Capitol employees enjoy watching and taking pictures as a group of young Tboli girls from barangay Badtas...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Villagers pin hope in baskets

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 22, 2008) - After months of perfecting their craft, members of Sitio Ihan Livelihood Association (SILA) have sold out...
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Weaving

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 22, 2008) – Vice Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon (left), Alcantara Foundation Inc. executive director Cecile Domingue...
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Products

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 22, 2008) - Cecile Dominguez, executive director of Alcantara Foundation, Inc. (left) and Fernando Esguerra of Globe ...
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Nito baskets

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 22, 2008) - Members of the Sitio Ihan Livelihood Association (SILA) show guests the process of making nito baskets du...
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Globe, gov't. & ex-rebs as weave partners

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ALABEL, Sarangani (May 22, 2008) – The Globe Bridging Communities (Globe BridgeCom) program has credited the efforts of the local government...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Village people

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ALABEL, Sarangani (April 24, 2008) - Blaan women, unmindful of the heat of the sun, witness the 20th foundation anniversary program of their...
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Blaan youth

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ALABEL, Sarangani (April 24, 2008) – The Blaan youth entertains guests with their traditional dance during the 20th foundation anniversary p...

Blaan performers

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ALABEL, Sarangani (April 24, 2008) – The Dakita dance group performs Wednesday, April 23, during the 20th foundation anniversary program of ...

Village token

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ALABEL, Sarangani (April 24, 2008) – Gov. Migs Dominguez and Vice Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon each receive a token from barangay captain Car...

Vice Gov. Steve

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ALABEL, Sarangani (April 24, 2008) - Vice Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon encourages village residents to plant coffee as he assures them of a r...

Photo ops

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ALABEL, Sarangani (April 24, 2008) – Gov. Migs Dominguez and Vice Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon are flanked by military and civilian officials...
Friday, April 18, 2008

Cave yields breast-shaped potsherd

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MAITUM, Sarangani (April 18, 2008) – Archaeologists digging test pits inside a newly-discovered cave have found potsherds shaped like a woma...

Bones

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MAITUM, Sarangani (April 18, 2008) – A human or animal bone taken from a test pit inside Sagel Cave is examined by National Museum researche...

Breast

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MAITUM, Sarangani (April 18, 2008) – This part of a woman's breast is among the potsherds gathered Wednesday, April 16, from test pits i...

CAve potsherds

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MAITUM, Sarangani (April 18, 2008) - National Museum researcher Alexandra de Leon lays down potsherds and human and animal bones collected T...

Media briefing

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MAITUM, Sarangani (April 18, 2008) – Reporters get a crash course on archaeology from National Museum researcher Alexandra de Leon at the Ma...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

Datu Damfel Banwe

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (March 27, 2008) – Wearing the traditional Blaan attire, boxing hero Manny Pacquiao becomes Datu Damfel Banwe' which...

Conferment rites

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (March 27, 2008) – Blaan tribal elders confer WBC super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao the rank of datu in Malung...

IPs confer Pacquiao rank of Datu

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (March 27, 2008) – Elders of the indigenous people (IP) conferred world boxing champ Manny Pacquiao the rank of datu (tr...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Malong

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MALAPATAN, Sarangani (March 16, 2008) – Women in Malapatan town keep their traditional arts alive with a malong-weaving project under their ...
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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Weaving

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MALAPATAN, Sarangani (March 15, 2008) – A Blaan woman starts a weaving process (tabih). A dileh (knife), galana (dye) made up of yellow, gre...
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Romblon harvest

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MALAPATAN, Sarangani (March 15, 2008) – A Blaan woman harvests romblon leaves (buli) in Upper Lasang where a School of Living Tradition for ...

Lamlunay: Nurturing a culture of business and tradition

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Russtum G. Pelima MAITUM, Sarangani (March 14, 2008) – The place was once a battleground deserted by Tboli villagers, their displaced famili...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

UN official lauds Sarangani town's food program

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MAITUM, Sarangani (March 13, 2008) – United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Country Director Guarnieri Valerie has commended the local gove...

Mango

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MAITUM, Sarangani (March 14, 2008) – A caretaker inspects mango seedlings at the Lamlunay Research and Learning Center (LRLC) in barangay Up...

Tboli violin

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MAITUM, Sarangani (March 12, 2008) – Basilio Kusin plays a Duwagay, a Tboli violin made of lunay tree and a copper coil used as string. A Tb...

UN World Food Program

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MAITUM, Sarangani (March 12, 2008) – Governor Migs Dominguez welcomes residents and guests from the United Nations World Food Program led by...
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Door-to-door consultation

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ALABEL, Sarangani (March 5, 2008) – Blaan women hold an impromptu "door-to-door" consultation with Governor Migs Dominguez through...

Officials listen to villagers' gripes

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ALABEL, Sarangani (March 5, 2008) – Local government officials have sought community cooperation and support for stable peace and order cond...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Sarangani celebrates National Arts Month (NAM)

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By Gandhi C. Kinjiyo ALABEL, Sarangani (February 27, 2008) - Dressed in colorful tribal costumes, Sarangans (people of Sarangani) from the s...
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Arts Festival

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ALABEL, Sarangani (February 26, 2008) - Tboli performers from Kiamba town during the "Ani ng Sining ng Sarangani" celebration of t...

Tboli dance

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ALABEL, Sarangani (February 26, 2008) – A Tboli couple from Maitum town performs a number during the "Ani ng Sining ng Sarangani" ...

Production number

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ALABEL, Sarangani (February 26, 2008) – A dance group of Alabel National High School performs during the "Ani ng Sining ng Sarangani...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Tribal leader

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (February 23, 2008) – Recognized as makabatug (tribal leader), Vice Governor Steve Solon, with wife, Michelle (seated le...

Tagakaolo training center

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (February 23, 2008) – Vice Governor Steve Solon leads the ribbon cutting and inauguration of a Tagakaolo training center...

Flower garden

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (February 23, 2008) – A Tagakaolo girl collects yellow petals to shower visitors as they arrive at the Tagakaolo trainin...

Arrival

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (February 23, 2008) – Tagakaolo girls welcome Vice Governor Steve Solon at the Tagakaolo training center – a School of L...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Two Sarangani finalists in Gawad Galing Pook

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ALABEL, Sarangani (February 18, 2008) – Sarangani's outstanding local governance programs on farm learning and indigenous people are fin...
Monday, February 11, 2008

Tboli Artist

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KIAMBA, Sarangani (February 10, 2008) - Ronald Tamfalan, 31, presents his 5'x6' painting entitled "Panibagong Buhay" on ex...
Thursday, January 3, 2008

Blaan Christmas

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A Christmas celebration with the Blaan ladies (Herminia Lacna, Helen Lumbos, Rose Bantilan, Maribeth Farnazo) from Sarangani Province hosted...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Tboli Dance

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KIAMBA, Sarangani (December 12, 2007) – A T'boli lass performs during the light-a-tree program at municipal kiosk Tuesday evening, Decem...
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Sarangani Village Museum

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MANILA (December 12, 2007) – Herminia Lacna and Rose Bantilan show upland rice packaged in indigenous materials including the tools used in ...
Monday, December 10, 2007

NOTES ON THE EXHIBITION

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Launch at the National Museum of the Philippines, 03 December 2007 Lamlifew Village Museum Malungon, Sarangani NOTES ON THE EXHIBITION* This...

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Some photos taken during the launching of the first Village Museum of the Philippines courtesy of Ms. Marlene Po, co-organizer of the event....
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Blaan ladies

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (December 5, 2007) – B'laan ladies spend leisure time together in the village of Lamlifew where the first village mu...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

5-7 photos of MunaTo Festival Champion

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 29, 2007) – Dancers of Glan School of Arts & Trades perform Wednesday, November 28, at the Sarangani capitol...

1-4 photos of MunaTo Festival Champion

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 29, 2007) – Dancers of Glan School of Arts & Trades perform Wednesday, November 28, at the Sarangani capitol...
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Arjho
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
A Tubad of the Blaan tribe of Southern Mindanao, Philippines.Former employee of the Provincial Government of Sarangani serving as the manager for the Luntiang Lumad Project(LLP) which was later made into a comprehensive Indigenous People Development Program (IPDP).An advocate for cultural development,natural resource management and good governance. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management, Institute and trained Climate Reality Leader in Atlanta, USA. Arjho lives in Atlanta since May 2006 and is married with two children. She actively serves in non-profit organizations in Atlanta.
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