A Lumad mobilization, with the well-known Lumad leader Bai Bibyaon in the foreground. Lumad means “born of the earth” and refers to the 18 ethnolinguistic groups that are indigenous to Mindanao. With Mindanao being a major centre of gravity of the people’s war in the Philippines, organized Lumad communities have faced especially brutal repression at the hands of the Armed Forces of the Philippines over the past decade.
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