Buid
Buid Love Poetry: Ancient Script, Established Values
Thomas Gibson (1990) has written, “rather than compete in performing acts of courage, Buid youth are most likely to spend their time learning love poems with which to court young girls” (p.131). Although love poetry is not confined to peaceful societies, it may suggest for the Buid of Mindoro Island in the Philippines that they […]
Buid Refrain from Begging
Fewer Buid “tribesmen” have been begging in Calapan City, the capital of Philippines’ Oriental Mindoro province, during the current holiday season compared to previous years. A report from a correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, in the online news source Inq7.com, indicates that tribal peoples on Mindoro Island, especially the Bangon and Buid peoples—called collectively […]
