English - Balay Mindanaw

LUMADNONG PAGKINABUHI NGADTO SA KALINAWjealousy. Before this can be settled, another incident followedwhen Larry the son of Madagudop, who was a relative ofOdiong, killed the younger brother of Oto. Since this was notyet settled, Sgt. Lando Manlimbana, a Higaunon, requestedDatu Manhustuhan to intervene and settle the conflict. Sgt.Manlimbana also told Datu Manhustuhan not to report thisyet to police authorities in Impasug-ong because he said thecase has to be settled first by the datus. Datu Manhustuhanthen resolved the conflict through the tampuda hu balagun. Tocompensate the aggrieved party for their loss, Larry gave onecow.The palaghusay, Datu Manhustuhan, or Leon MuklingLumaya, was born in Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon. Heis 74 years old. The name Manhustuhan was derived from theVisayan root word husto, which means correct or exact. Thisname was given to him by his father-in-law to make all hisundertakings husto. Datu Manhustuhan comes from a lineageof datus. He has 16 years experience in mediation as of thiswriting since he started doing this when he was already 58. DatuManhustuhan is presently the Supreme datu of Kalabugao.Mediation, especially tampuda, is usually attended byseveral datus. There are datus on the side of the plaintiff andthere are datus who represent the offender. They do not act aslawyers or defense but as counsel. Unlike the lawyers, datusfrom both sides all help to attain peaceful resolution of theconflict. Together they do the pangapog, which is usually in theform of a chorus with each datu making his own invocation.In the case presented above, Datu Manhustuhan acted asthe lead palaghusay. He was joined by Datu Manpustahan,Datu Manbaldihan and Datu Binigno Man-ikatan. The datusrepresenting the other side were Datu Mandagodop and DatuMan-isyo.This case between Zosimo Molihon and Abundio Agsicfurther illustrates how the palaghusay, Datu Mandedlyne,124