Festivities can’t hide sorry state of Mindanao Lumads
2007 Agosto 10
DAVAO CITY (Mindanews/9 Aug) – The real face of Mindanao’s indigenous peoples is not joyous as featured in festivals like the Kadayawan, an official of a group supporting indigenous peoples in Mindanao said.
The Solidarity Action Group for Indigenous Peoples (SAGIP), which is doing technical and organizational support to Lumad (indigenous peoples) communities in Southern Mindanao, said land has remained their biggest problem.
The group sounded off the concern announcing the holding of protest actions in time for the Kadayawan Festival 2007 to “strike a difference” in showing the Lumads’ real situation.
