Suguidanon: Epics of Panay Bukidnon
Ramon Ramirez・12 minutes read
Dr. Alicia Magos studied the Panay Bukidnon in the mountains of Central Panay, noting their traditional practices, farming methods, and storytelling traditions. The Bukidnon people engage in highland farming, trapping wild animals, and fishing while maintaining their respect for spirit beings and traditional practices despite exposure to Western influences.
Insights
- The Bukidnon people of Central Panay, descendants of mountain communities, have a rich cultural heritage tied to their environment, engaging in activities like highland farming, trapping wild animals, and fishing using traditional methods.
- Dr. Alicia Magos, through her research expeditions and documentation of epic stories, has played a crucial role in preserving and understanding the cultural traditions, social structures, and worldview of the Panay Bukidnon, shedding light on their unique way of life and historical roots.
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Who are the Panay Bukidnon?
Indigenous people in Central Panay named after rivers.
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Summary
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Exploring the Culture of Panay Bukidnon
- In 1988 and 1989, Dr. Alicia Magos, an anthropologist from UP Visayas, explored the mountains of Central Panay for 10 days with a group of NCIP Region 6 field personnel.
- In 1991 and 1992, Dr. Magos organized her own group, including UPV Iloilo research assistants and a Hollywoodline youth, to journey to the heartland of Panay to study the Panayano and Halawoodland barangays.
- The people inhabiting the interior mountains of the Pascapes and Kalinog, Iloilo, are descendants of mountain people previously called Montes, Mundos, and Solod.
- The Panay Bukidnon, covering the four provinces of Central Panay, are named after the Halawa and Pannai rivers, their sources of sustenance.
- A Bukidnon house is typically a one-room structure elevated from the ground, made of bamboo and lipa or kugon, with tools like sanduko, halo, tagad, and tabongos used for daily activities.
- The Bukidnon engage in highland farming, charcoal-making, and trekking to markets with products balanced on a tuang tuwangan, planting crops like coffee, abakka, and root crops during lean months.
- In the forest, the Bukidnon trap wild animals using balatik, limbaugh, and ligpit, employing various techniques like alimbaong, odd, and tiglapak.
- Water bodies like rivers, springs, and streams provide food for the Bukidnon, who catch fish and freshwater shrimps using methods like pangonog, but, now gone, and patahan.
- Despite exposure to Western medicine and missionaries, the Bukidnon maintain respect for spirit beings, epic chanting, and traditional practices like trapping wild animals and fishing.
- Dr. Magos collected 10 epic stories of the Panay Bukidnon, including tales of Humadapnon, Malitumyawa, and others, which are sung or chanted by kept maidens and offer lessons on social structure and worldview.
