Article V. Land and Livelihood
Section 1. The Need to Live
(1) We live because God gave us life.
(2) We need to live because we have to face many things here on earth.
(3) Let us send the children to school. Let us teach them how to have a good life.
(4) We should be good leaders.
(5) We should lead our tribe toward goodness and living righteously.
(6) Everyone has feelings and dignity.
(7) We have to continue living so that our tribe will not vanish.
(8) Our ancestral domain should be given to us.
Section 2. Livelihood of the People
(1) They practice conservative swidden farming.
(2) They clear a plot of land that is large enough only for their needs.
(3) They plant sweet potatoes, corn, rice, cassava, banana, and various kinds of vegetables.
(4) They move to another plot.
(5) They make tools and traps to catch wild animals and fish.
(6) When the food inside their house runs out, they look for food from the forest (biking, kelot, pange, kanto, fusow, ubod, natek).
(7) They gather honey and other edible things.
(8) They gather nests of swifts and find new ways to earn income.
(9) They mine gold in the territory of the tribe.
(10) After working the clearing, they move to another spot so that the soil can recover. The spot is cleared again only after vegetation has grown in it.
(This post is a part of a series on Kitab, the customary law of the Dulangan Manobos. See my introductory post for the list of posts containing all the sections of the law. You may also see the original Filipino version on Scribd.)
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