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
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