June 4
How can I describe the Manobo-Dulangan?
Its quite intriguing that there are some prejudices that I
personally have and other Christians have against the Manobo. Because they are
so many, and most of them are rooted already in every brain cell of the
Christians, tendency is that its so hard to take them away. The Manobo have
been judge unrightly by so many people.
For me, their culture is very natural. They live not for
themselves but for their community, for their family, for others. They eat,
they work, they laugh not as a single person but always with their family. For
them, they are one family, all Manobo is their relative and therefore, they
have no right to be negative or to be ingrateful to them.
Although, there are still some things that they have to
change so that they can cope with the society. Their tradition is now loosing.
One by one, they are now changed by the attitudes, mentality, perspective, of
the Chritians. That why its sad. Its sad because if we will not do anything
about this, one day we will not be able to a a true blooded Manobo in this
land.
One way to deal with this problem is education. That’s why
the OMI congregation is putting so much resources for their education. Maybe
not drastically but eventually, these young Manobos will learn more on how to
love protect and preserve their culture.
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