What are the Subanen tribe?
PIP: The Subanen people are known as the aborigines of the Island of Mindanao, and are found mostly in the northern, western and southern portions of the Zamboanga peninsula. They were originally found along the river banks or “suba” but now reside in the mountains.
What is the Subanen tribe known for?
The Subanons are farmers and regularly move from one location to another to clear more forest for fields. They cultivate crops, with rice as the most important crop, but they are also known to raise livestock including pigs, chickens, cattle, and water buffaloes.
What is the origin of the Subanen tribe?
According to the history of Zamboanga City, the Subanen came around 2,000 to 6,000 years ago from Indonesia but moved into the hinterlands upon the arrival of the Muslims, who would often attack the Subanen to collect taxes and capture slaves. It is also a thanksgiving festival among the Subanen.
What is the Subanen dialects?
The Subanen languages (also Subanon and Subanun) are a group of closely related Austronesian languages belonging to the Greater Central Philippine subgroup. Often described as a single language, they are considered by linguists as a dialect cluster more than a monolithic language.
What is the meaning of Subanen?
The term Subanen is given to a group of Philippine ethnic tribes that. inhabits areas in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte penin- sula. and the mountain areas of Misamis Occidental on the island of Mindanao. Subanen means ” riverdweller.”
Why is the Buklog ritual dance of the Subanen celebrated?
Buklog of the Subanen is a ritual conducted to appease and express gratitude to the spirits for reasons such as bountiful harvest, recovery from sickness or calamity, or acknowledgement of a new leader.
What is Subanen music?
The biggest group of lumad is the Subanen (Subanon, Subanun) of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. Their vocal music is characterized by chants and different types of songs such as the dionli (love song), buwa (lullaby), and giloy (funeral song), among others.
What is the meaning of Buklog?
Buklog is an elaborate thanksgiving ritual system of the Subanen, an indigenous people in the southern Philippines. The head of a host family, usually a village chief called ‘timuay’, plans the ritual system to express gratitude to the spirits.