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Part 3 - Mga Paghusay: Concepts and Practices in Conflict Resolutionit. Burying the tampuda ritual materials is a symbolic act ofburying the conflict because, as Datu Manbaldihan said, “thesewould just give us hardships, pain and chaos in Hagpa.”The Higaunon informants noted that if ever the conflictwould recur or be revived under the same reason, the onewho restarted the conflict would bear most of the sala (sins)because resurrecting the conflict is tantamount to lifting thehuge stone that covered the conflict, lighting the torch, andreconstructing the broken egg. If this happens, the datuswould have to agree on how to deal with it.During a settlement, the singampo is usually done first,followed by the tampuda. But there are also cases when thisis reversed. Datu Manggul-anan, a respected datu of Hagpa,noted: “That should not be delayed. When the feuding partiesmeet and you can sense outrage, especially when there is somuch hurt because of what happened, everything should behurriedly done. In this case, the tampuda should be conductedRepresentatives of the Mandukita and Ansihagan clans shake hands after a twodaydialogue and mediation process last April 10-11, 2006 at the Tribal Hall inSangalan.119