Subanon people

The Subanon (also spelled Subanen or Subanun) are an <a href="/facts/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Philippines/m1XASmFW">indigenous peoples</a> of the <a href="/facts/Zamboanga_Peninsula_(geographical_region)/ANWYnw8B">Zamboanga peninsula</a> area, particularly living in the mountainous areas of <a href="/facts/Zamboanga_del_Sur/EFJe1SJR">Zamboanga del Sur</a> and <a href="/facts/Misamis_Occidental/MSLgTotx">Misamis Occidental</a>, <a href="/facts/Mindanao/szgkAsAV">Mindanao</a> Island, Philippines. The Subanon people speak <a href="/facts/Subanon_languages/cGw8HnkT">Subanon languages</a>. The name is derived from the word soba or suba, a word common in <a href="/facts/Sulu_Archipelago/9twUUD9R">Sulu</a>, <a href="/facts/Visayas/QH0Sh7m8">Visayas</a>, and Mindanao, which means "river", and the suffix -nun or -non, which indicates a locality or place of origin. Accordingly, the name Subanon means "a person or people of the river". These people originally lived in the low-lying areas. However, due to disturbances and competitions from other settlers like the <a href="/facts/Moro_people/pKWVfw2m">Moros</a>, and migrations of <a href="/facts/Cebuano_language/0vPDCHcX">Cebuano</a> speakers and individuals from <a href="/facts/Luzon/dJNpzhEM">Luzon</a> and other parts of Visayas to the coastal areas attracted by the inviting <a href="/facts/Land_reform_in_the_Philippines/WFxYCeQ2">land tenure laws</a>, further pushed the Subanon into the interior.
The Subanon are traditionally farmers and regularly move from one location to another to clear more forest for fields. They cultivate crops, with rice as the most important crop, but they are also known to raise livestock including pigs, chickens, cattle, and water buffaloes. Subanon houses are built along hillsides and ridges overlooking family fields. The homes are usually rectangular and raised on stilts with thatched roofs.

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Subanon people