TRANSFIGURING MINDANAO: Diversity and Divergence: The Making of Mindanao

Chancellor Alizedney M. Ditucalan during the conversation series of Transfiguring Mindanao at MSU-IIT on 7 September 2022. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA [Keynote Address of Prof. Alizedney M. D…

Chancellor Alizedney M. Ditucalan during the conversation series of Transfiguring Mindanao at MSU-IIT on 7 September 2022. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA

When I saw the book in person, I was pleasantly surprised by the heft and size of the volume. I did not expect it to be as impressive physically, as it is impressive academically. Necessarily, the plurality in our languages indicates a plurality in cultures. And in each culture is a unique worldview – each one hosting a different arrangement of what is considered important and which ones need fighting for.fellowmen, especially a fellow Maranao. This puts family and duty at the center of all other virtues – this is a worldview that is familiar, but which might be of varying importance in other cultures.

But menwa is only gained and maintained by much effort and danger, and by proper rites to secure and preserve a ritual harmony of all within it and the unseen forces involved. The recognition of this plurality is how we Mindanaoans are equipped with the capacity to understand that divergences from better-known and better-accepted beliefs and values systems are regarded with discomfort and unease.

Our diversity is a gift. This diversity allows us to preserve as much and as many knowledge systems as we can: ways of honoring our ancestors; ways of commemorating our wins; ways of grieving for our dead; ways of defending our honor; and ways of incorporating nature in the celebration of our lives.converging so that we become alike, because that is impossible.

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