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Amabahan inscribed on plants in a bamboo grove [Source: Antoon Postma]
The amabahan is the traditional poetry of the Hanunuo Mangyans of Oriental Mindoro. It is usually written on bamboo in the Surat Mangyan, a centuries-old pre-Spanish script. The syllabic script and the amabahan poetry have complemented each other, contributing to their continued existence today.
Reproduced here are three extracts from the work of Antoon Postma, anthropologist and Mangyan historian, and an amabahan anthology arranged according to the Hanunuo-Mangyan lifecycle.
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