Bukidnon Frontier Flashcards
Magellan’s voyage, reached the Philippine archipelago
1521
Miguel Lopez de Legaspi established the first Spanish settlement in Cebu
1565
Bukidnon became open towards the migrants in Visayas
1870
Philippine revolution
1896
Natural way of the indigenous people to protect themselves against any form of influence or acculturation
Ex. Isolation
Pag-iilihan
Concept of pride, honor
Maratabat
People of the mountains
Bukidnon
People of the coast
Dumagats
Moved south away from the proximity to the north coast and out onto the grasslands
Settlers and ranchers
Locus points of two culture world
Towns and their hillside swidden plots
Like the Deccan Highlands of India, has been a region both of relative isolation and of transition between cultural centres.
Bukidnon Plateau
Rim of the plateau just inland from the sea
Macajalar bay
Two major river systems
Cagayan and Tagoloan
Rio Grande de Mindanao , which operates in the mountains of northeastern Bukidnon
Pulangi
One continuous series of rapids
Pulangi
Last Moro Datu on the river in 1902 going north into Manobo country “knew if no trail up the Rio Grande river”
Datu Masaloot
Leader of an American exploratory expedition from Cotabato to Cagayan de Oro
First Lieutenant R.O. Van Horn
Manobos collected___ which they sold to Datu Ali of Magindanao
Rubber and gutta-percha
Were primarily Maranaos concentrated in the West along the Lanao border
Muslims
racially similar to Visayans but linguistically and culturally distinct
Bukidnons and Manobos
Lived along the middle Pulangi and Mulita south to Cotabato
Manobos
Lived in the northeast along the Tagoloan and upper Pulangi rivers and to a lesser extent on the upper Cagayan bordering Lanao
Bukidnons
Fortress high in the mountains from which they stood ready to repel invading dumagats
Nalandangan
Equate the trek inland with liberation from slavery by the Magindanao to their south
Manobos
Living in the northeast equate it with redemption from Hispanic influence to their north.
Bukidnon
In 1754, ___Governor of the Province in Cebu granted to Lingaon Binoni the title of Maestre de Campo of the monteses
Sr. D. Joseph Romo
Was a Bukidnon Datu, who was given the title of Maestre de Campo of the monteses and was conferred a symbol of office, an ebony, silver topped cane or bastun in recognition of his assistance to Father Ducos in Battle against Moro raiders of northern Mindanao
Lingaon Binoni
Silver-topped cane
Bastun
Tradition of a supreme high Datu known to Bukidnons as
Masikampu or Masalicampo
According to him, Master de Campo was conferred by the Spanish on Bukidnons who had distinguished themselves by some service for Spain
Fr. Jose Maria Clotet, S. J.
A chief Datu was recognized in the central district of Bukidnon but not in the Cagayan River area in 1910
Fay-Cooper Cole
Concluded that the high Datu of northeastern Bukidnon who possessed a giling, enjoyed territorial jurisdiction over all portions of several river valleys occupied by the band’s of subordinate datus
William E. Biernatzki
Black stick the length of one’s forearm and hand
Giling
Next level below the Masacalimpu or the dadatu-on was occupied by settlement chiefs presiding over areas called
Tulugan
Used for hunting not agriculture
Grass plains
Was not confined to the head datu’s immediate family
Datu-ship
Success as an __ presupposed knowledge of customary law and to a lesser degree of the epics
Arbiter
Was characterized by swidden farmers cultivating widely separated upland regions
Bukidnon society in the late 19th century
Determined to halt the spread of Islam in Mindanao
Spanish government
Principal export of Bukidnon
Abaca
Clotet rated as top quality and they grew and sold in large quantity at Cagayan
Tobacco
Adopted the role of middlemen in the marketing system linking the coast with the Manobo people farther to the north
Bukidnons
Most commonly used weapon of Bukidnons
Balarao
Created first mission inland from the coast of Sumilao in 1890 and Linabo in 1894
Jesuits
Then called Oroquieta by the Spaniards
Malaybalay
Now renamed Manolo Fortich and was the first town a trader riding south from Cagayan or Agusan would reach after a days journey
Tankulan