Bare footin’

For some time now, the vast wondrous mountains of Mindanao have been the favorite getaway of nature lovers, artists, spiritual junkies, environmental warriors and peace weavers. The elegance and magnificence of Mt. Apo does not cease to captivate the reflections and struggle of her peoples’ passion, which, in more ways than one, has made Mindanao the Land of Promise.
Different array of people’s cultures and a magical display of landscape, Mindanao could be the foremost frontier in tourism industry. The Manobos and the Bagobo tribes of Davao city, the Mansakas of Davao Oriental, the Subanon tribe of Zamboanga peninsula, Dibabawons of the north and Talaandigs of Bukidnon; all contribute to the islands’ magestic diversity. These peoples’ cultures have weaved and sculpted the traditions, which we, mindanaoan’s are most envied of.
The diversity of the island is not limited to its culture and people, the fact that Mindanao is strategically located where monsoons and typhoons are not a threat; thus, agri-business and agri-infrastracture are basically the rich sustaining life blood of the island’s economy.
Located in the southern part of the Philippines, Mindanao, industrialized as it may be, nurtures various species of flora and fauna that immensely adds to the islands’ appeal. These species however, had been in constant peril of extinction, if not for the support of some very concerned environmental organizations that caters most their services in the protection and preservation of the islands’ natural reserves.
The peoples’ fight against environmental degradation is not over yet, should never be over, and probably would go on for as long as there are people here in Mindanao; who since time immemorial, have been fighting for their right to be equally free from abuse; and for the right of their motherland to claim them as the rightful heirs to her abundant bosom. The struggle is not so much for the present generation, but most importantly, it is a fight for the dream that the children of tomorrow might still have a single simple glimpse of their heritage that had once been forever promised to them.

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