The Subanon (also spelled Subanen or Subanun) are an indigenous peoples of the Zamboanga peninsula area, particularly living in the mountainous areas of Zamboanga del Sur and Misamis Occidental, Mindanao Island, Philippines. The Subanon people speak Subanon languages.

Sep 16, 2022 · The Subanon are indigenous cultural communities scattered all throughout the Zamboanga peninsula, which was originally named Sibuguey and is located in West Mindanao. The term “Subanon” comes from the root word suba, which means “river.” The suffix nun, non, or nen indicates a locality or place of origin.

The Subanun are pagan shifting cultivators of rice who inhabit the mountainous, forested interior of the Zamboanga Peninsula, a southwestern extension of the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. Subanun groups share a similar culture that sets them off …

They were originally found along the river banks or “suba” but now reside primarily in the mountains because of continuous invasions of Muslim groups as well as migrations of Cebuano speakers in the coastal areas of the Zamboanga Peninsula.

The Subanon people are said to be one among the first land dwellers of the Island of Mindanao, and are found mostly in the northern, western and southern portions of the Zamboanga peninsula. They are likewise known to have a rich cultural past that we marvel at in the present as their tribe’s contribution to Mindanao’s own history.

Aug 6, 2024 · Subanon or Subanen are the Lumads that can mostly be found in the Zamboanga Peninsula, living in Zamboanga Del Sur, Misamis Occidental in Mindanao. Historically, the Subanon community are settled along the rivers.

Unique among the ethnic groups of the country is the Subanon set of rituals, buklog, that utilizes a huge dancing platform to which a log is attached that hits a hollowed sounding board on the ground. A subgroup, the Subanen, is related to the Subanon but concentrated in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte with a total population of 52,600 (NSO 1980).

The Subanun, or "people of the upstream," live in far western Mindanao in the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte (204056 NM 1994) and Zamboanga del Sur (193305 NM 1994); core populations are in the towns of Katipunan and Lapuyan.

Subanen people are among the now 20 lumads (Indegenous people IPs) that first settled of the islands in Mindanao and were the majority of all the lumads in the Island.

Subanen (also spelled Subanon or Subanun) can refer to: Subanen language; Subanen people