GENERAL SANTOS CITY — An apostrophe may be a small mark, but for the Blaan indigenous community, ending the practice of attaching it to their tribe’s name, which changes the word’s spelling and ...

A collective of women cloth and mat weavers partners with a school, providing a platform for them to impart their old art of traditional cloth weaving to the younger generation SARANGANI, Philippines ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines – In a place caught in poverty, surviving the daily grind is already a struggle for a member of the Blaan tribe, one of the handful of indigenous tribes in Sarangani.

POLOMOLOK, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — In a remote community nestled in the rolling foothills of Mt. Matutum, South Cotabato’s landmark peak, boys are taking up the cudgels to keep their traditional ...

With growing cultural awareness in recent years, a local entrepreneur saw an opportunity to strengthen appreciation for the tangible heritage of Indigenous Peoples in the Soccsksargen region. Marites ...

Mindanao is rich in culture and tradition. In a small village of Asbang in Matanao, Davao del Sur you can tell the difference in music, clothing, food, herbal medicines as you dig into the indigenous ...

POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato — Yabing Masalon Dulo, Blaan master weaver, lived beyond a century and left a legacy that inscribed her far-flung tribal community in the country’s culture and arts landscape ...

COTABATO CITY — More than 400 ethnic Blaan students in a remote tribal enclave in Tampakan, South Cotabato now have free supply of safe clean water in their campus. Jane L. Jumawan, in-charge of the ...

KORONADAL CITY — Blaan chieftains were elated with the inclusion of 21 more families in nearby Tampakan, South Cotabato as beneficiaries of a joint pig-raising project of their tribal council, local ...