These five stories belong to the Bukidnon and to the Bagobo.
Story one is about how the moon and the stars came to be. (Bukidnon)
Story two is about a crab that makes a flood. (Bukidnon)
Story three is about Magbangal, a constellation in the sky that lets the people know it is time to plant the rice. (Bukidnon)
Story four is about how children became monkeys. (Bukidnon)
Story five is about Bulanawan and Aguio and how they were twin brothers, but were split apart and fought until their grandfather brought peace. (Bukidnon)
Story six is the origin story of the Bagobo people. It tells of how the people scattered around the world except two who were too hungry to move. Luckily sugar cane sustained them. (Bagobo)
Source: Philippine Folk Tales collected by Mabel Cook Cole (1916)
Music/Sound effects: Tribal sounds of the Philippines • KALINGA Petites Planètes / Vincent Moon Creative Commons
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
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