PROUD OF B'LAAN PEOPLE

I GREW UP IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAMPAKAN, SOUTH COTABATO, MINDANAO, AND I HAVE MANY MEMORIES OF THE B'LAAN COMMUNITY. I'VE LEARNED SOME B'LAAN LANGUAGE AS WELL, AND THEIR CULTURE AND TRADITION. SINCE CHILDHOOD, I APPRECIATE B'LAAN PEOPLE OF FULA BATO, BECAUSE I CONSIDERED THEM AS GOOD PEOPLE. I DON'T DISCRIMINATE THEM OF WHO THEY ARE, BECAUSE

THEY ARE ALSO CHILDREN OF GOD, ONLY OF DIFFERENT IN TRIBES. I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND TRADITION.............I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS HOW EXCITING IT WAS. WE BEEN THEIR IN THE COMMUNITY WITH MY FRIENDS, ASKING ABOUT THEIR SITUATION. MY B'LAAN FRIEND TOLD US THEY WERE FINE, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE FOOD TO EAT DURING THEIR MEALS. THEY WERE HAPPY TOGETHER WITH THE FAMILY ALTHOUGH THEY LIVE IN A TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIFE....THEY WANT TO SHARE WHATEVER THEY HAVE AND WE APPRECIATE THEM. WHILE MY B'LAAN FRIEND WAS BUSY TELLING HER STORIES, I'M AMAZED OF B'LAAN WOMAN CARRYING BOON BASKET WITH CHICKEN AT HER BACK, ONE B'LAAN WOMAN CARRYING BOON BASKET FULL OF YOUNG CORN ON HER HEAD AND OTHER WOMAN CARRYING BOON BASKET OF FRUITS IN HER ARMS.....THEY COOKED FOOD TO US INCLUDING CHICKEN TINULA MIXED WITH BANANA UBOD. OUR PLATES USED WAS THE PSEUDO STEM OF A BANANA, AND WE'RE USING HANDS DURING EATING. FOOD WAS DELICIOUS AND WE ENJOYED VERY MUCH WITH THEM. THANKS TO THE B'LAAN PEOPLE FOR BEING NICE TO US.........WE ALSO BROUGHT SOME GIFTS, DISTRIBUTED TO EACH ONE OF THEM AND I FELT THEY WERE ALL HAPPY AND EXCITED. THE GIFTS WE SHARED, MAKES THEM HAPPY AND SMILE. THOSE LITTLE THINGS, FOR THEM IT MATTERS THE MOST. THAT'S WHY I NEVER TIRED OF DOING LITTLE THINGS FOR THEM.........I'M SO LUCKY TO HAVE A B'LAAN FRIENDS LIKE THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE HOSPITABLE AND GENEROUS. WHILE DISTRIBUTING THE GIFTS, SOME B'LAAN MEN AND WOMEN, PERFORMED THE MARAL DANCE, PLAYED IN A VARIETY OF UNIQUE INSTRUMENT LIKE TWO STRING GUITAR ACCOMPANIED BY GONGS AND WITH THEIR TRADITIONAL SONGS, AND WITH BEAUTIFUL HAND WOVEN FABRIC WHICH TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS TO FINISHED AND ACCESSORIES. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO SEE THEM DANCING IN FRONT OF US....................I'M PROUD OF B'LAAN PEOPLE OF FULA BATO, THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO MY HAVING A GREAT INTEREST AND PASSION, MADE ME INSPIRED ON MY PAINTINGS ON CANVASS ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND TRADITION....I HAVE COLLECTED SOME B'LAAN COSTUMES, BEADED BELT, BEADED COMB, EARRINGS, BEADED BRACELETS, BANGLES AND SOME BRASS MATERIALS.........MY PAINTINGS AND MY WRITINGS ABOUT B'LAANS ARE MY EXPRESSION OF MY DREAMS AND MY IMAGINATIONS.... THANKS TO MY B'LAAN FRIENDS FOR THE TIME, WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION, I COULD NOT CLEARLY RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATE IT'S IMPORTANCE ABOUT B'LAAN CULTURE AND TRADITION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THEIR CULTURE AND TRADITION MAKES THEM UNIQUE AND DISTINCT. SOME B'LAANS ARE ILLITERATE OF THEIR RIGHTS......WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM AND PROTECT THE RIGHT OF THE B'LAAN PEOPLE.....MY BLOG IS NOT COMPLETE RECORDS OF B'LAAN PEOPLE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT B'LAAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.......THANKS FOR READING MY BLOG..........PHOTOS POSTED ARE SOME OF MY OIL PAINTINGS ON CANVAS......THE B'LAAN TRIBE........