Lumad

Lumad peoples
Women in traditional Manobo attire during the Kaamulan Festival of Bukidnon
Regions with significant populations
 Philippines
Caraga
Davao Region
Northern Mindanao
Soccsksargen
Zamboanga Peninsula
Languages
Manobo languages, Mansakan languages, Subanen languages, South Mindanao languages, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Filipino, English
Religion
Christianity (Roman Catholic, Protestant) Animist & Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sama-Bajau, Moro, Visayans, Filipinos, other Austronesian peoples
Demographics of
the Philippines
Filipinos
The Bagobo people in their traditional attire (c. 1913)

The Lumad are a group of Austronesian indigenous peoples in the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (Literally: "indigenous people"), the autonym officially adopted by the delegates of the Lumad Mindanao Peoples Federation (LMPF) founding assembly on 26 June 1986 at the Guadalupe Formation Center, Balindog, Kidapawan, Cotabato.[1] Usage of the term was accepted in Philippine jurisprudence when President Corazon Aquino signed into law Republic Act 6734, where the word was used in Art. XIII sec. 8(2) to distinguish Lumad ethnic communities from the islands of Mindanao.[2]

Mindanao is home to a substantial part of the country's indigenous population, comprising around 15% of the Philippine population.[3]

  1. ^ Rodil, Rudy B. "The Tri-People Relationship and the Peace Process in Mindanao". Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ^ Ulindang, Faina. "Lumad in Mindanao". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ National Statistics Office. "Statistics on Filipino Children." Journal of Philippine Statistics, vol. 59, no. 4, 2008, p. 119.