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Updated: May 4, 2025
The following stories were obtained from the Bagobo people, one of the groups of pagan Malays in southeastern Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Their habitat is on the eastern folds of the Cabadangan mountain-range, in the vicinity of Mount Apo, the highest peak, and on the foothills thence sloping down to the west coast of the Gulf of Davao.
He lives in the sky in a house made of coins, and there are no windows in this building, for if men should look upon him they would melt into water. About the Gulf of Davao, in the southeastern part of this island, are a number of small tribes, each differing somewhat from the other in customs and beliefs. Of these the most influential are the Bagobo who dwell on the lower slopes of Mt.
BLAIR and ROBERTSON, Vol. XII, 269, XLIII, p. 217, etc. Filed in the office of the Governor of Davao. From this testimony it appears that in a part of the Mandaya territory the spirit Diwata, at least, is represented by images. Asuang. This name is applied to a class of malevolent spirits who inhabit certain trees, cliffs and streams.
In several instances we did not pass the act organizing a given province at the time of our visit, but for one reason or another postponed action until a later date. We visited a number of places like Joló, Basilan, Zamboanga, Cotabato, Davao and Samar, where we had no intention of establishing civil government, in order to observe local conditions.
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