Indigenous Peoples

Dreaming of the dagmay


Various designs of the dagmay(davaotoday.com photo)

By Germelina A. Lacorte
Davao Today Among the Mandayas, the dagmay has been worn as women?s skirts but it is also used as blankets and to wrap the dead. Each design, however, carries with it a certain story. Most of the traditional designs, which can easily date back to over a hundred years, have come to them in dreams.

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Ginum and Amorsolo painting


NOSTALGIA. A reproduction of Armorsolo's Fruit Harvesting (1950) on display at the Davao Museum until January 13 next year. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

?Celebrating Ginum: A Festival for a Bountiful Harvest,? runs at the Davao Museum until January 13 next year, the 13th of the 20 Amorsolo retrospective satellite exhibits slated around the country. Related story Amorsolo?s ?Fruit Harvesting? and the life of the people
By Lorie Ann A. Cascaro Ten years after a fieldtrip in my kindergarten, I visited Davao Museum again on a Saturday morning. I would not have bothered if not for the Amorsolo?s satellite exhibit. The entrance fee piqued me a bit. It made me think that museums are not really for the common folks but for tourists who would like to see in capsule the city?s history.

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Part of Diwalwal?s 8,100 hectare mining reserve up for bidding

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

Government has declared the 8,100 hectares, which included the gold rush site of Diwalwal, as a mineral reserve, taking over full control of its operation. Government has divided the area into three zones, the 729 hectare gold rush site operated by the small miners, another zone open for large scale investors and the tribal section, where indigenous peoples who formerly owned the land are allowed to operate.

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Lumad leader fears for his life

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today

Lumad leader Kerlan Fanagel is surprised to see his picture on a poster of the wanted list of Communist rebels displayed in public areas in Compostela town, Compostela Valley Province. Fanagel figured in the fight against the militarization of Lumad communities in Compostela. His Lumad group Pasaka points to the 28th IB of the Philippine Army as the people behind those posters, an accusation that the Philippine Army denies. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

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Kadayawan will feature abundance amidst high prices of rice

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

The Kadayawan celebration in August this year will focus mainly on Davao's "tribal diversity," to give due recognition to the 10 tribal groups in the city. The commercial features the Davao tribes and projects reasons why tourists should visit Davao.

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