English - Balay Mindanaw

LUMADNONG PAGKINABUHI NGADTO SA KALINAWAmba and Inda were blessed by the Baylan, Datu Manggul-anan, on the lastday of the Dumalongdong, August 2005.Even if he compares his dasang to yours, he would still behappy with the exchange.”Not all datus, however, are skilled at dasang and limbay, butAmba Palasambag does not think this poses serious problems.According to him, what is important is “mahibalo ka sa sukod saimong pangtawagon (knowing the spirits to invoke).” Knowingthe people and the rationale behind the performance of ritualsconstitute the sukod or parameters of being a datu. But AmbaPalasambag noted, “These parameters are difficult to teach.”Before his own marriage, Amba Palasambag had alreadynegotiated weddings. “The mediations I usually undertookbefore I was married pertained to marriages. When I gotmarried, I still negotiated marriages. But I was heeded tomediate on more serious types of conflicts, like the onesinvolving murder. Heavy stuff.” Amba Palasambag wasordained as a datu or nadang-olan pagkadatu when he startedto settle serious conflicts usually in the form of murder26