Matigsalug

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Matigsalug
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Total population
30,176 (2010)[1]
Regions with significant populations
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (Bukidnon)
Languages
Native
Matigsalug
Also
Cebuano, Filipino, English
Religion
Traditional religion and Folk Christianity (Roman Catholic).
Related ethnic groups
Lumad, other Filipino peoples, other Austronesian peoples

The Matigsalug are an Indigenous group native to the Tigwa-Salug Valley in San Fernando, Bukidnon, in the Philippines. Although often classified under the Manobo ethnolinguistic group, the Matigsalug are a distinct subgroup from the Manobos.

Way of life

The Matigsalug previously practiced a hunting-and-gathering lifestyle with minimal agriculture. Recently,[when?] influenced by migrant farmers and traders from the northern Philippines and the island provinces, the Matigsalug shifted to sedentary land cultivation with more or less permanent villages.

Signs of their earlier lifestyle are now found in their cultural and artistic expression, as evidenced by their costumes of bright colored mid-rib blouses and short skirts, and skilled hunting and gathering techniques. This early lifestyle is also depicted in their music, songs, dances, poetry, epic, and spiritual expressions. Matigsalug men wear knee-length tight-fitting pants and turbans decorated with beads and fringed with goat or horse hair.

The traditional Matigsalug house has modest windows which is used as part of an early warning system against mangayaw (lit.Template:Thinsp'someone seeking justice').[2]

Language

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Their autonym Matigsalug translates to 'people along the Salug River' in their mother tongue.

Ancestral lands

Matigsalug-Manobo ancestral domain include a 102,324.818-hectare territory that straddles Bukidnon, Davao City, and Arakan Valley in North Cotabato. The Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) was issued on October 31, 2003.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2010 Census of Population and Housing: The Philippines" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kadayawan sa Davao: Celebrating diversity". Philippine Information Agency. August 3, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Most Outstanding Literacy Program!". Archived from the original on October 29, 2002.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Balane, Walter (August 2, 2011). "Tribal chief to DAR: keep off our ancestral domain". Mindanews. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
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