ENGLISH/ B'LAAN ....WE FEEL THE PAIN OF OUR MOUNTAINS....

ENGLISH......

The indigenous have been struggling for the recognition og their ancestral damain.
The issue goes beyond of land use.  The indigenous people relates to their land resources deeply with their culture and political  practices.  The Government introduced a revised mining acts to attract more foreign companies to massive projects. One of the first companies to take advantage exploring with intention to mine, rich resources of copper and gold.  And its also ancestral lands of the indigenous people.  The company dealing with the indigenous people and the company, going a head with their exploration and drilling to establish how much mineralization of copper and gold in the area.  The company employed many manipulation tactics to force communities to agree to mining in their traditional lands.  The company has exploited the material poverty of indigenous by offering them services.  And this has resulted in confusion division and conflict among people danger is on way, the crops will die, the river poisoned, homes will be flooded and mountains will die.  There is already emerging conflict among the tribes.  Some tribal leaders have already at their right by accepting taken from the company.
.....T.here is no mining activity in the world that does not directly affect the lives of the people.....


..........B'LAAN TRANSLATION.......

........KLAHAT TA TAMDOK DE GITU BULOL......

Di gitu katutubo meningkamot para di go tu gabli di gami.
Egitugman gato di tana, di guto ka B'Laan tu gifu tana igitu fulu,
gi tu kaagi aklo para fulong ato.
Gberno aman mili nang alo amwu anmannanago na dago. Di lain kompanya amdi di B'laans,
Idag kompanya deretso nam aflung, ay makol alu para garu la ani filo kasdun a bluwan dito di tana.
Da kompanya dag trabaho kasdu trabahante para kalo amda di B'laan, abli la para di trabaho la.
Alwon nawan na ani alwo nawan lahat edad tu.  Liku alu basi mati klahat fulu la, E ye el nim, klahat narung dunok, klahat e bulol mati. No nimo lanan para dik lahat. e tribo is a tutu an amda andawat amda de kompanya.
.......Lando blawan mimo di banwu, lamayo deretso apektado lando nawan lahat dadto........

English/ B'laan.The.Lords Prayer....

English...The Lords Prayer....

Our father in heaven,
Holy be thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth,
As it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread,
Forgive us our sins,
As we forgive the wrong that other done to us,
Do not bring us from evil one....Amen....

B'laan translation....D'wata mangamfu...

Ad D'wata dito di langit,
Af dayon nam idagu tam,
Ta rivi bali nam,
Tafngu gunam, dito ga di langit.

Ablim di dago nam,
Bandim agu naan,
Pasaylua am agu isala go,
Afna saylu an agu di kla lahat a sala gu,
Nag am agu nobo dito ani sato....Amen......