Myths of the World

  The  Mamanwa language  is a  Central Philippine language  spoken by the  Mamanwa  people. It is spoken in the provinces of  Agusan del Norte  and  Surigao del Norte  in the  Lake Mainit  area of  Mindanao ,  Philippines . It had about 5,000 speakers in 1990.  Mamanwa is a grammatically conservative language, retaining a three-way deictic distinction in its articles which elsewhere is only preserved in some of the   Batanic languages .  Before the arrival of Mamanwa speakers in central   Samar Island , there had been an earlier group of   Negritos   on the island.   According to   Lobel (2013) , the Samar Agta may have switched to   Waray   or Northern Samarenyo, or possibly even Mamanwa.  In addition to this, Francisco Combes, a Spanish friar, had observed the presence of Negritos in the   Zamboanga Peninsula   "in the   Misamis   strip...

LAKBAYANI is a photojournalism exhibit that aimed to spread awareness on the multitude of alleged state-instigated human rights violations against members of the indigenous community. Decelle Marie Suarez, College of Communication Art and Design (CCAD) Representative of UPC-USC, said the dawn of the crisis of the nation’s minority shouldn’t be ignored. “It is our utmost priority to protect and voice out the calls of our Lumads in Mindanao. This event is only a manifestation that the threat is no longer here but the danger inflicted on them exists,” she lamented. The exhibit, which ran from Sept. 18 to 22 at the UP Cebu Jose Joya Gallery, was also organized by third year Mass Communication students and Layag Productions of UP. AS HUNDREDS walked the streets of Cebu bringing with them tents, placards and limited amount of food last Aug. 22 to 25, students of a state university joined them to listen to the visitors’ stories and share them with the Cebuanos. The lumads, moros and other me...