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Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Month | Honoring the Iraya Mangyan of Puerto Galera

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧’𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞.
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Let us take pride in their identity, appreciate their contributions, support their communities, and stand for their rights as Indigenous Peoples.
Respect their culture. Protect their rights. Preserve their heritage. Celebrate the Iraya Mangyan!
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