AGYU (Olahing=race=lahi)
 Manobo people of Southern Philippines
 Mindanao (Bukidnon)
 Nagsimula sa away ng dalawang pinuno o
pamilya
 Lahi ng mga Manobo*
CONDENSED
VERSION
Two Tribes:
1) Ilianon - collecting wax
2) Moros - rice, salt and sugar
Fight about: 100 mounds of wax
PAGLALAKBAY
Ayuman
Ilian
Mount Pinamatun
Sandawa (Forest)
Agyu Masamang damo (wild
boar)
Banlak (L)
Lono (L) at Yambungan (B) and
Ikwangan (B)  Pulot
Ayuman
Mungan
[may leprosy]
Mungan – inalok na hindi mamamatay
kung kakainin ang pagkain ng mga
Diyos
Lono (L)
Lono (L)
Banlak at
Agyu
Agyu:
Huwag
pumunta
TOO LATE
(gintong
bahay)
Tigyangdang
(madamingkaaway)
Ika-apat na araw: Lumapit ang anak ni Agyu na si Tanagyaw at sinabing
nais niyang makipaglaban
Buy-anon
Bata pa
Baklayaon (vs Bagali)
Paniguan
‘Yoko
Tigyangdang
(sumamasi Paniguanan pinakiusapansiAgyunaikasalasakanyanganak)
Pagsasalakay
Agyu ay matanda na
Tanagyaw: shield of
metal
Anak ng kalaban:
golden spear
GOLD STICK
Tanagyaw
SUNGLAWON
MGA BATAS
 Ang paglipat-lipat ng tirahan noon ay kung
kinakailangan lamang (pagkain,alitan)
 Iniiwan ang may-sakit (leprosy)
 Paniniwala sa Diyos at sa kanilang kakayahang
magbigay ng walang hanggang buhay
 Importansya ng baboy ramo at pulot (delicacies)
 Paubaya galing sa ama na makipaglaban
 Maaring tumanggi ang lalaki na magpakasal
habang may kapursigiduhan mula sa babae na
magpakasal
 Consent mula sa magulang ng pagpapakasal
 May malaking karangalan sa pakikipaglaban
 Kapangyarihan base sa lawak ng lupa na
nasasakupan
 Pagpapamana ng ama ng kayamanan (lupa)
sa anak
Long version
The main source of livelihood of the Ilianon was collecting wax. They exchanged the wax to
the
Moros with their basic needs such as rice, salt and sugar. Agyu had a long rift with a Moro
datu over a debt of one hundred mound of wax. To avoid bloody confrontation, Agyu
and his household left Ayuman and went to Ilian. But the Moros would not let them live
in peace until their debt were settled. They followed him to kill him and his family. Agyu
and his household fought bravely and emerged victorious over the Moros. After their
victory, Agyu decided to leave Ilian and set for Mount Pinamatun. They clean and toil
the land and built their houses at the floor of the mountain.
One day, Agyu went to the forested mountain of Sandawa to hunt for wild boar. He went
home with a prize catch while his brother Lono and sisters Yambungan and Ikwangan
found a beehive full of sweet honey. They divided the wild boar and honey among
themselves and their servants.
Why don’t you take some fresh meat and sweet honey to your wife in Ayuman,
Banlak? Agyu asked his brother. Banlak’s wife Mungan was left behind at Ayuman
because she had leprosy.
Banlak did not approve of the idea. Lono volunteered to go to Ayuman with the meat and
honey for Mungan. There he heard a loud and thundering voice asking Mungan to
accept immortality by eating a food for the gods.
When Lono returned to Pinamatun, he told Agyu and Banlak what he heard from the loud
and thundering voice. Banlak wanted to see Mungan but Agyu halted him. Instead,
Agyu trekked down to Ayuman to see Mungan but he was too late. Mungan had been
ascended to the heavens. What was left was a golden house. When he returned to
Pinamatun, they again abandoned the place for Tigyangdang. But they would not find
peace in Tigyangdang. There were many enemies who wanted to drive them away from
Tigyangdang. And no matter how hard they fought, they could not subdue the enemies.
On the fourth day of fighting, his brave and intelligent young son, Tanangyaw, approached
him.
Allow me to fight the enemies, father, he asked him.
But you are too young, son, he said to him.
I maybe young but I am wise, father. Tanagyaw insisted.
Go ahead and may the gods help you. Take care of yourself!
Tanagyaw then left for the battlefield. And he won over the enemies.
The frustrated chieftain of the enemies wanted Tanagyaw for his daughter Buy-anon but
Tanagyaw refused to marry her because he was too young.
Tanagyaw reached the town of Baklayaon and saved the small town from the enemies. He
killed Bagali, the son of the chieftain of the enemies of Baklayaon. The datu of
Baklayon wanted Tanagyaw too to marry his daughter Paniguan but Tanagyaw was not
yet ready to marry.
When Tanagyaw returned to Tigyangdang, Paniguan went with him. She told Agyu that she
wanted to marry Tanagyaw, Agyu agreed and Tanagyaw and Paniguan were married.
Meanwhile, the attack on Agyu’s household did not stop. From time to time, a band of
enemies would attack the settlement and killed Agyu’s people and animals and burn
their crops. But Agyu was too old to put up a fight. To counter the enemies, Tanagyaw
wore a shield of hard metal that even a strong wind could not move. Then, he fought
the enemies fiercely and came up victorious everytime. But the enemies were not yet
ready to give up. The son of the datu confronted Tanagyaw with his spear of golden
metal. Tanagyaw used his gold stick and was able to kill the son of the datu. The datu
and his men fled to the mountain in fear.
Agyu heaved a sigh of relief. He knew peace would now reign in their land. His people
would now enjoy the good life that was very elusive from the start. The harvest was
good and their animals had increased in number. One day, he called his son Tanagyaw.
I’m giving you the town of Sunglawon. Protect it and rule it with justice and compassion for
your own people.
I’ll do it with the help of our gods, father, answered Tanagyaw.
The following morning, Tanagyaw and Paniguan together with their servants set out for
Sunglawon. They were now ready to start a family.
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