Agriculture and Fishing

Panay produces coconut, banana, fruits, muscovado, veggies, and root crops. It is also the second largest rice producing region in the Philippines. The total land that they have to cultivate comes to roughly 4, 566.88 km2. The rest of the island is covered in grass, wood, and wetlands and also mountains.

http://www.silent-gardens.com/photos/album/Islands/index.html

Fishing is huge in Panay! With all of the water in and around the island it doesn't come as a surprise when you find out that there is such a diverse selection of fish species, coral reefs, areas of mangroves, 881 rivers, 27 lakes, and 42 lagoons. Nicer still is that fact that a government program restores their damaged coral reefs bringing back more fish and aquatic species. By doing that it also restores some of the water's health.


Source: http://www.silent-gardens.com/OLD-SG/panay-island.php

Cosmos

It is said that if you have myths and legends about celestial bodies then you have a higher consciousness. The Tumandok don't have many legends about the stars, but they do have a couple. They have different names for some of the constellations such as Balatik, or Orion's Belt;Pleiades is Moroporo; The Big Dipper is Lusong, Ikis is the Southern Cross; and the morning star is Sampok Maya Karmaganon ukon Kabugwason. The stars act as a calendar to figure out the rhythms and cycles of agriculture. This shows you that they work with the land and not against it to make a profit.


Souce: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20090517-205530/Art-shows-struggle-of-Panays-Tumandok

History

The Tumandok have had a rough history. They have resisted Spanish domination, American colonization, Japanese occupation, the onslaught of Marcos dictatorship, and the oppression that just seems to drag on under the current social order. Because of all of this, some of their native culture is gone. They used to train Binukots, who were secluded from the rest of the community when they were three years old. The Tumandok secluded them and taught them to chant sugidanon to command a good dowry. However, that tradition is now gone.

One tradition that is still here though is to tell sugidanons, or epics. These oral traditions give plenty of accounts of their legends, community, affairs, and agreements between people and groups. These epics are sung or chanted in dagil, or ligbok.

The Tumandok people are the only culturally indigenous group of the Visayan language speakers in the Western Visayas. They also speak Igbok, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Aklanon, Filipino, and English. Igbok, or Ligbok is one of the Antique langauges.

Their religion kind of mixes two religions together. The have Traditional religion and Folk Christianity which is basically Roman Catholic.



Sources:
http://networkedblogs.com/T1Dq5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suludnon