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Datu SinaliganmatinabangonSa mga Higaunon, nailhan si RubenMandahinog sa ngalang DatuSinaligan. Kini nagpasabot nga siyadatu nga matinabangon, lider ngakasaligan.Dili lang iyang pamilya iyang gaatimanonMay pagkatinuod ang iyang gisaysay, tungodkay murag daw tortyur ang maagian aron langmakaabot didto.Ang kasagarang gamitong sakyananpaingon didto mao ang “Skylab,” nga ginganlansusama niadgong sakyanang gipadala gawas sa(11 unta kabuok iyang anak, apan 5 ra angbuhi), kundili lakip ang ubang mga Higaunon,katong mga nanimuyo diha sa iyang silingan saBarangay Mimbahandi, sa kabukirang lungsodsa Nasipit, Agusan del Norte. Gani, gawas pasa iyang mga ginsakpan, si Ruben gatabanggihapon niadtong mga taga laing lugar ngananginahanglan sa iyang suporta.Karon 59 anyos na si Datu Sinaligan, ugdaghan nang kalisud ang iyang naagian. Angmga kunot sa iyang nawong ug mga kubal saiyang mga kamot ug tiil nagpamatuod sa kalisudsa kinabuhi sa kabukiran. Ang kagamay ugkaniwang sa iyang lawas dili ka kumpyansahan.Kay sa iyang mga abaga iyang gilukdo angpagkadaghang responsibilidad nga daw labawpa kabug-at sa kayang pas-anon sa iyang lawas.Ang iyang lugar sa pinakalayong bahin saNasipit lisud kaayo adtuon. Hapit na moabot og20 kilometros gikan sa haywi, ang Mimbahandimaabot lamang kung ikaw magbaktas, mosakayog kabayo kun motorsiklo. Walay sakyanannga adunay upat ka ligid ang makasulod didtotungod kay walay dalan alang sa mga sakyanan,kundili dalandalan lamang alang sa mga tiil satawo kun sa kabayo. Mopasiaw pa gani si Rubennga ang ilang dalan susama sa dalan sa ilaga.62Lawig Kalinaw
The datu with thebroadest shouldersAmong the Higaunons, Ruben Mandahinog’sofficial title is Datu Sinaligan. Literally itmeans he is a chieftain one can depend on, aleader whom one can trust. And rightly so.He does not only provide for his family(he originally had 11 children, but only 5 havesurvived), but for the other Higaunons as well,those living in his area in Barangay Mimbahandi, ahinterland barangay of the municipality of Nasipit inAgusan del Norte. But aside from his constituents,Ruben still has enough room to help others fromoutside his jurisdiction who are in need of hissupport, guidance and refuge.At 59, Datu Sinaligan has lived a hard life.The creases on his face and the callouses on hishands and feet are testaments of how hard life isin the mountains. His small, thin frame shouldnot be underestimated. On his shoulders restresponsibilities far heavier than what his body couldseem to carry.His place is in the remotest parts of Nasipit, sodifficult to reach. Almost 20 kilometers from thenational highway, it can be reached only by foot,by horse or by a motorcycle. No four-wheel vehiclecan get there, simply because there is no road, onlya foot path, or maybe a horse’s path. Ruben wouldoften joke that their road is like “dalan sa ilaga”(rodent’s path), or something that is fit only for therats. To some extent he is right, because a humanbeing has to undergo torture to be able to go there.The popular transportation plying the route is the“Skylab,” so named after the space station becausethis motorcycle has wooden extensions on both sidesto accommodate more passengers, and thus lookslike the Skylab. While motorcycles in the cities canaccommodate only 1 or 2 passengers aside fromthe driver, the Skylab can have seven or even more.Or it can be like a pickup truck that is capable ofhauling in cargo, like vegetables and lumber, fromthe mountains all the way to the lowlands. Riding theSkylab is one hell of a ride, as the driver negotiatesbig rocks and mud on the road, through narrow pathsby the edge of the cliff on easily erodible soil.In March 2009, violence broke out in BarangaySio-an in Gingoog City of Misamis Oriental asMga Sugilanon sa Pagpanday og Kalinaw sa Katilingban 63
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