The cultural heritage of the Mangyan people of Mindoro was highlighted in a recent exhibit, Buklod Mangyan, held at the ...

Move over, haiku, tanka, and the sonnet—the ambahan is here to stay. “Ambahan: A Love Story Poems” by Quintin Jose V. Pastrana, a 2021 release of the Far Eastern University, is no ordinary poetry ...

Generous, resilient and peace-loving — these words best describe the Mangyans of Mindoro. Their rich heritage took center stage in “Buklod Mangyan”, an exhibit mounted by Editha Buñag, Imelda Elido, ...

During the last quarter of 2017, I was lucky enough to be invited to give a talk on the ambahan, the traditional poetry of the Hanunuo Mangyans of Mindoro. Their poems are inscribed normally on bamboo ...

Inspired by the traditional poetry form of the Mangyans, Quintin Pastraña, an Asia 21 Alumnus, presents his new book of poetry, “Ambahan: A Love Story, written in the seven-syllable meter still used ...

For hundreds of years they lived unnoticed and unknown, eight Mangyan tribes in the mountains of Mindoro. They harvested rice, corn, bananas and wild yam, and bathed in rivers and streams. They ...

MANILA, Philippines — An old, disparaging myth about the Mangyan tribes in the island of Mindoro was that they had tails “half a span long.” That was how the 17th century Italian traveler Giovanni ...

Anya Insik Postma did not know how great her Dutch anthropologist-father has been until she started to work with the nongovernment Mangyan Heritage Center Inc. (MHC) in the City of Calapan in Oriental ...