Mangyans of Mindoro

THE
MANGYANS
OF
MINDORO
The Mangyans of Mindoro
You once were passing this way

Its not long since youve been here
Your footprints are still around
a Hanunuo-Mangyan ambahan
Mangyan is the generic name for

the eight indigenous groups
found on the island of Mindoro,
southwest of the island of Luzon,
the Philippines, each with its own
tribal name, language, and
customs.

The Mangyans were
once the only

inhabitants of
Mindoro.

Being coastal dwellers at first, they have
moved inland and into the mountains to avoid

the influx and influence of foreign settlers
such as the Tagalogs, the Spanish and their
conquests and religious conversion, and raids
by the Moro (they raided Spanish settlements
Today, the Mangyans live

secludedly in remote parts of
Mindoro but eventually
comes down to the lowlands
in order to make usual
trades.
A certain group of Mangyans living in

Southern Mindoro call themselves Hanunuo
Mangyans, meaning true, pure or
genuine, a term that they use to stress
the fact that they are strict in the sense of
ancestral
preservation
of
tradition
and

The northern groups are the Iraya,
Alangan, and the Tadyawan.

The
southern
groups
are
the
Hanunoo, Buhid, and the Taubuhid

who are also known as "Batangan" or

A
seventh
(sometimes
group,
the
Ratagnon
called
"Latagnon"
or
"Datagnon"), is said to be non-indigenous

to Mindoro because they speak Cuyunon, a
Visayan language. Some of the Mangyan
groups are composed of smaller units or
Uniqueness Of Each
Mangyan Group
1. IRAYA live in Naujan,

Baco, San Teodoro, and
Victoria in Oriental Mindoro,
and in Mamburao, Sta. Cruz,
and Sablayan in Occidental
Mindoro.
Iraya
Traditionally, Iraya attire was made

from dry tree bark, flattened and
softened by pounding. The women
wore blouses and skirts, while the
men wore cloth g-strings. Today
most women wear white onepiece, off-shoulder dresses.
Iraya
Iraya
Skilled in nito-weaving.
Known for their nito
baskets, woven into jars,
trays, plates, cups and other
handicrafts of different sizes
and designs.
2. ALANGAN live in
Naujan, Baco, San Teodoro,
and Victoria in Oriental
Mindoro, and in Mamburao,
Sta. Cruz, and Sablayan in
Occidental Mindoro.
Alangan
Alangan
Women wear a skirt made of long strips of
woven nito, wound many times around the

lower half of the body.
A pounded bark g-string keeps what looks
like a slinky, from falling.

The upper covering is made from the leaf of
For modesty, single girls also wear
a red kerchief over this strapless

ulango.
Men
wear woven cloth g-strings
with fringes in front.
Alangan
Alangan
At the middle part of

their houses is a
"square-like box" which
they call palangganan,
built one foot lower than
the floor.
Alangan
This is used as a fireplace. In an
Alangan
communal
house
called
balay-lakoy (big house), where about

8-20 nuclear families live, the number
of palangganan shows the number of
families living in the balay-lakoy.
Tadyawan
C. Tadyawan found
only in Oriental
Mindoro: Naujan,
Victoria, Socorro, Pola,
Gloria, Pinamalayan,
and Bansud.
Tadyawan
Traditionally, the women wound a red cloth
around their chests, and wore a white skirt

together with colorful beaded bracelets or
necklaces.
The
men
wore
g-strings.
At
present, women are rarely seen wearing their

traditional attire, though several men still
wear g-strings.
D. Tau-buid
They live in Socorro,

Pinamalayan and Gloria
in Oriental Mindoro, but
most of them live in
Sablayan and Calintaan
in Occidental Mindoro.
D. Tau-buid
Known as pipe
smokers (even the
children begin smoking

at a young age) and
basket weavers.
E.Bangon
They
River
live
along
and
mountains
municipalities
the
the
Binagaw
surrounding
within
of
the
Bongabong,
Bansud, and Gloria in Oriental

Mindoro and in Calintaan, San Jose,
and Rizal in Occidental Mindoro.
E.Bangon
Formerly
subgroup
Mangyans,
considered
of
the
the
Tau-buhid
Bangons
insisted on being a separate

group because of distinctions
in their culture, language, and
writing system.
Buhid
live in Oriental (Roxas,
Bansud, Bongabong
and Mansalay) and
Occidental (San Jose
and Rizal) Mindoro
Both sexes use a
bag for personal

items such as combs
and knives.
Buhid
Buhid
Known for their pre-
Spanish syllabic
writing system; and
pottery
Hanunuo the largest and

best known of the 8 groups,
they live in Mansalay,
Bulalacao, and Bongabong in
Oriental Mindoro, and in San
Hanunuo
Jose, Occidental Mindoro.
Best known for carving poetry

(ambahan) on bamboo
plants and slats, in their preSpanish syllabary script which
is Indic in origin. Also known
for their black and beige
Hanunuo
baskets and their pakudos
They live in the

southernmost part of
Magsaysay, Occidental
Mindoro.
Ratagnon
Speak a language similar

to Cuyunon, a Visayan
language spoken by the
inhabitants of Cuyo Island
in Northern Palawan.
Ratagnon
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THE

The Mangyans of Mindoro

You once were passing this way

Mangyan is the generic name for

The Mangyans of Mindoro

The Mangyans of Mindoro

once the only

The Mangyans of Mindoro

moved inland and into the mountains to avoid

Today, the Mangyans live

The Mangyans of Mindoro

The Mangyans of Mindoro

A certain group of Mangyans living in

The Mangyans of Mindoro

Alangan, and the Tadyawan.

Hanunoo, Buhid, and the Taubuhid

The Mangyans of Mindoro

"Datagnon"), is said to be non-indigenous

1. IRAYA live in Naujan,

Traditionally, Iraya attire was made

woven nito, wound many times around the

like a slinky, from falling.

For modesty, single girls also wear

a red kerchief over this strapless

wear woven cloth g-strings

with fringes in front.

At the middle part of

balay-lakoy (big house), where about

around their chests, and wore a white skirt

present, women are rarely seen wearing their

They live in Socorro,

children begin smoking

Bansud, and Gloria in Oriental

insisted on being a separate

Both sexes use a

bag for personal

Known for their pre-

Hanunuo the largest and

Jose, Occidental Mindoro.

Best known for carving poetry

baskets and their pakudos

They live in the

Speak a language similar

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