IPIL,
ZAMBO SIBUGAY: The Subanen youth has recently formed the regional Subanen Youth
Organization (syo) during its 1st
Subanen Youth Congress held at Roderic’s Resort here recently.
Pastor
Allan B. Mangangot, SYO youth adviser, said that the Subanen youth is the hope
of the tribe and strength to keep their culture and traditions.
All
the 80 SYO participants came from the three provinces of Zamboanga and
Zamboanga City.
Mangangot
said the Subanen youth in Zampen is one and united because of the SYO, which
will keep Subanen culture, beliefs, and traditions to flourish and grow all the
way.
The
Subanen people of Zampen including those in Misamis Occidental are the real
Mindanaoans who had historically never been seized nor enslaved by other groups,
Mangangot added.
With
modernization, the Subanen tribe also keeps up, with its values and customs
remain intact.
Louie
Lanaja, field coordinator of ZamPen Subanen youth, likewise said that the youth
gathering was a vehicle for change and transformation for the Subanen Tribe.
The
National Indigenous Peoples Commission (NCIP), Global Subanen Association
(GSA), and Zamboanga Sibugay NCIP Provincial Coordinator Princess “Bae Labi”
Sonita Ryde supported the SYO event.