English - Balay Mindanaw

LUMADNONG PAGKINABUHI NGADTO SA KALINAWTatay Manuel plays the agong in a ritual in Barangay Minalwang involvingthe sending of five children to share the Higaunon culture through dances inManila.Higaunons want to live by their laws and maintainorder in the community. This is the reason whythey initiate the husay whenever a conflict arises inthe community. The datus acting as palaghusay (mediators)go out of their way to reach out to the feuding members ofthe community in order to settle their grievances and avoidbloodshed, especially in cases involving murder, or whatis called lido. The Higaunons desire peace. In one of theconsultations, the elders remarked that they should not begeneralized as magahat or outlaw. “The magahats are the onesconsidered as cancer of society.”The Higaunons maintain social order primarily throughthe resolution of conflict following a set of laws they callbalaud, and the performance of rituals. The cases presentedhere show the different types of conflict and how they arepeacefully resolved.108