Mangyan

• The Mangyans are the indigenous people of Mindoro Island
• The word “Mangyan” means human being.
• Surat mangyan – the writing system of mangyans
• Ambahan or Urukay – a form of poetry of song
• They have modified Iberian ears, long faces, straight noses, and their general similarity is evident

  Mangyan
• The Alangans are mostly agriculturists of upland or the kaingin system, which is a slash-and-burn method of farming. ​
• The women traditionally wear ‘lingeb’, a kind of skirt that is made of long strips of woven nito of forest vines and wrapped around their abdomen which serves as an undergarment
• Bangons practice animism and believe in their deities and piritual beings.
• No concept of heaven and hell

  Bangon people
• Kwako – unique recreational item which is a clay pipe for smoking tobacco. Bangon
• the Buhid live between the Batangans in the north and the Hanunoo to the south, and employ two different versions of the Mangyan Hindic script.
• Sayum-ay and Manggat: the ancestral ancient couple who named all trees, animals, lakes, rocks, and spirits.​ Buhid
• Gubatnon tribe They live in tiny villages of thatched huts in the islands interior and a few who live nearer to towns, earn a living by making charcoal from wood.
• Hanunuo means real, genuine or truly.​
• Kalag – most important spirits are guardian spirits
• . Pakudos – a visual motif, common element in Mangyan embroidery and crafts.
• Habilan – weaving process by the use of harablon.​
• The most scattered mangyan typical Iraya has dark skin and curly hair.
• The Iraya traditionally sell handicrafts, as well as trade food and goods with locals.​
• Ratagnon -believed not to be original settlers of Mindoro
• Ratagnons maintain their traditional clothes of a knee-length wraparound skirt and woven breast
• Tadyawans practice swidden agriculture, similar to the other Mangyan tribes.​
• Tadyawan people - Men and women adorn themselves with bracelets and necklaces made of beads. ​
• Their traditional clothing consists of a red cloth in the chest and white waist wraparound for the women, and a g-string called abay for the men

  Ratagnon people
• The Tau-buid live in the heartland of Mindoro
• Mainly subsistence agriculturalists, planting a variety of sweet potato, upland (dry cultivation) rice, and taro. They also trap small animals and wild pigs.
• Protectors of world rarest buffalo, Tamaraw.
• Protectors of world rarest buffalo, Tamaraw.

  Tau-buid
• Men’s wear loincloth called amakan
• The Tau-buid live in the heartland of Mindoro
• Hanunuo means 


  ​real, genuine or truly.
• 2 kinds of basket in iraya

  Hexagonal shape Open grain type ​
• 2 kinds of basket Hexagonal shape from buri palm leaf and nito strips Open grain type from bamboo strips which are blackened and dried.​
• Mangyan groups

  Alangan Bangon Buhid Gubatnon Hanunoo Mangyan

  Iraya Ratagnon Tadyawan Taubuid
• Mangyan group s

  1. Alangan
  2. Bangon
  3. Buhid
  4. Gubatnon
  5. Hanunoo Mangyan
  6. Iraya
  7. Ratagnon
  8. Tadyawan
  9. Taubuid