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THE BADJAO PEOPLE

THE BADJAO PEOPLE The Badjao people are a minority, often despised by their already-poor "superiors." Their homelands have been taken from them, and their culture is slipping away. Originally, they were peaceful sea-faring people living on the Sulu Islands, who have become both war and economic refugees. They are war refugees, because over the years, they have been caught in the violent crossfire between Muslim separatists and the Christian-backed government in Manila. Economically, they have been victims of over fishing by other groups using everything from dynamite to high-tech fishing trawlers. Now, they are holed up in a seaside slum in Bawing, near General Santos.

• Date: 4 November 2008
• Photographer: danalasta: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: war mindanao sulu badjao bawing refugees
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THE BADJAO VILLAGE

A view of a Badjao Village, located on a little stretch of beach on Sarangani Bay that nobody else wanted, just a few km south of General Santos in southern Mindanao, the Philippines. More of a slum with pathetic living conditions, the village is a seaside risk - a single storm can wash out the village. But the Badjao people accept the harsh reality of life mired in abject poverty.

• Date: 4 November 2008
• Photographer: danalasta: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: seaside poverty mindanao badjao
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FACE OF A T'BOLI DANCER

FACE OF A T’BOLI DANCER.Maria Wanan, T'boli teacher and head of Helobung, the internationally known T'boli cultural troupe, is a T’boli dancer extraordinaire, who has spent her life keeping the Tboli culture, music and dance alive. She also manages the SIKAT School of Living Traditions and the Tasaday development project etc.

• Date: 8 September 2008
• Photographer: danalasta: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: dancer mindanao lake_sebu helebong t'boli
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WOMEN OF BUKIDNON

WOMEN OF BUKIDNON The beauty of the Bukidnon women is always complemented by the style of the traditional dress they wear, specifically designed to show their great pride, dignity and the great characteristics of their tribe and their people. Every material, colour, bead, shell, coin, feather is detailed to represent some aspect of their inner selves. Their pleated and voluminous skirts are held together by decorative belts with extra embroidered or beaded material hanging on each side of the hips. Their jewellery includes beaded earrings, bright multi-coloured bracelets, rings and anklets with tiny bells attached to them, making musical sounds as they walk.

• Date: 5 May 2008
• Photographer: danalasta: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: women mindanao bukidnon traditional_attire
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COLOURS OF BUKIDNON

The traditional Bukidnon women of Mindanao in the Philippines,are remarkable for their most colourful dress and the typical combination of colours used by the tribes are red, black and white. Renowned for their elaborate use of embroidery, appliqué and beadwork, their jackets are made of bright material stitched together like patchwork with geometric designs from different bright coloured materials With their hair combed back, held by headbands with tassels of red or yellow yarn and the ends tied in a bun, they wear fan-shaped headdresses made of bamboo sticks or rattan covered with material and decorated with beads, shells and feathers. The Bukidnon Province has seven ethnic tribes namely: Tala-andig, Higaonon, Umayamnon, Manobo, Tigwahanon, Matigsalug and Bukidnon.

• Date: 5 May 2008
• Photographer: danalasta: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: culture native mindanao bukidnon malasag
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Mantigue Island Camiguin

• Date: February 2006
• Photographer: makulit: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: camiguin mindanao mantigue_island
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White Island Camiguin

• Date: February 2006
• Photographer: makulit: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: white_island camiguin mindanao
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