Mamanwa Tud-om: Mimesis of Ethnic Realities

Rolly G. Salvaleon

doi:10.56278/tnl.v12i2.1010

Rolly G. Salvaleon

Surigao del Sur State University

Keywords

ethnic realities, mamanwa experience, mimesis, oral literature, education

Abstract

This study surveys and documents the tud-om of the Mamanwa Tribe in Sitio Libas, Sibahay, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. At the same time, these tud-om are analyzed using the lens of Mimesis to reveal their mimetic significations of ethnic realities of the tribe. Guided by these objectives, this study employes a qualitative research design particularly narratology and content analysis using the methods of fieldwork, recording of tud-om and interviews with the Mamanwa Babaylan, Mamanwa Datu and other Mamanwa elders who are knowledgeable of the tribe's tud-om. In this study, five tud-om were documented in an authentic Minamanwa dialect and were translated into English. The tud-om revealed cultural values and universal issues of the Mamanwas related to courtship, faithfulness, fight for ones culture, farming and wild life, which signify the Mamanwa Tribe in Surigao del Sur as mimesis of their ethnic realities. Mamanwas' tud-om as part of their oral literature that may benefit education as it may provide a source of authentic texts to language curriculum. Hence, anthology of the Mamanwas' oral texts can be a good avenue for preservation of this rich cultural heritage.

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