Manobo definition

Manobo or "Manuvu" means "person" or "people"; it may also have been originally "Mansuba" from man “person” or “people” and suba “river”, hence meaning "river people." A third derivation is from "Banobo," the name of a creek that presently flows to Pulangi River about 2 km below Cotabato City. A fourth is from "man" meaning "first, aboriginal" and "tuvu" meaning "grow, growth." Manobo “ is the hispanized form. The Manobo belong to the original stock of proto-Philippine or proto-Austronesian people who came from South China thousands of years ago. [Lydia Mary de Leon]

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Manobo or “Manuvu” means “person” or “people”, it may also have been originally “mansuba” from man (person or people) and suba (river) hence meaning “river people”. A third is from “Banobo”, the name of a creek that presently flows to Pulani River about 2 km below Cotabato city. A fourth is from “man” meaning “First” aboriginal and “tuvu” meaning “grow”, growth “manobo” is the hispanized term.

Manobo or “Manuvu” or “Minuvu” means “person” or “people.” It may also have been originally “Mansuba” from man (person or people) and suba (river), hence meaning “river people.” Umayamnon group are scattered around the town of Cabanglasan, Bukidnon, and the interiors of Agusan del Sur.

Examples of Manobo in a sentence

• The Hakyadan of Froilan Havana: ritual obligation in Manobo religion.

• A voice from the hills: essays on the culture and world view of the Western Bukidnon Manobo people.

• The Manobo house is a rectangular one-room dwelling that serves as kitchen, bedroom, and receiving room.

• A crocodile- or boat-shaped lute is called kutyapi by the western Bukidnon Manobo, kudlung (small lute), and binijaan (larger lute) by the Agusanon Manobo.

• Some Manobo groups did not have a formal system of chieftainship until the present century.

• They ride on the sinalimba, an air vessel, towards Katusan where there is no death.Performing Arts Manobo music differs from one group to another.

• In 1910, the Agusanon Manobo, for example, did not have a title for chief.

• The Manobo gong ensemble from Kulaman Valley of Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, is called sagagong, and consists of five small gongs struck with padded sticks.

• On the other hand, one western Bukidnon Manobo recounts the elaborate rites that used to be held to install the chosen datu or bai (female datu).

• Manobo settlements are either dispersed or relatively compact, depending on the terrain, the agricultural system practiced, and the degree of acculturation.

More Definitions of Manobo

Manobo or “Manuvu” or “Minuvu” means “person” or “people.” It may also have been originally “Mansuba” from man (person or people) and suba (river), hence meaning “river people.” A third derivation is from “Banobo,” the name of a creek that presently flows to Pulangi River about two kilometers below Cotabato City. A fourth is from man, meaning “first, aboriginal,” and tuvu, meaning “grow, growth.” “Manobo” is the Hispanized form.The Manobo belong to the original stock of proto-Philippine or proto-Austronesian people who came from south China thousands of years ago, earlier than the Ifugao and other terrace-building peoples of northern Luzon. The term “Proto-Manobo” designates this stock of aboriginal non-Negritoid people of Mindanao. The first Manobo settlers lived in northern Mindanao—in Camiguin, Cagayan, and some areas of Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental.Most Manobo inhabit the river valleys, hillsides, plateaus, and interiors of Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Davao, Misamis Oriental, and Surigao del Sur.