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Saran^-ani islunds, lying- ott" the .soiithoni point of Mindanao, arc 

 inhabited by them. They are heathen, of peaceabh- disposition. Thrir 

 hmguaoe is eharaeterized by the possession of the letter f. The 

 proper form of their name ought to hv. Buluan, so that they have the 

 same title as the lake. They must then at first have been caUed Taga- 

 ])uluan (Taga = whence, from there). (Compare Tagalx'lics.) 



Variants: Buluanes, Buluan, Vilanes, Vilaanes. 



j5/.W7/r/,s-.— Officially written Visayas. A Mahiy people who, on the 

 arrival of the Spaniards, had a culture and an art of writing of their 

 own. They inhabit the islands named after them, besides the northern 

 and the eastern coast of Mindanao, with small intrusions of heathen 

 populations that have become Visayised since the cc^nverted tribes— 

 Manobos, Buquidnones, Subanos, Mandayas, etc.— have been taught the 

 Visaya language in the schools. Also Zamboango and Cottabato show 

 Visaya settlements. Among them are to be counted the Mundos. At 

 the time of the discovery they painted (or tattooed) their bodies, on 

 M'hich account they received from the Spaniards the name of Pintados, 

 which stuck to them even till the eighteenth century. They are Chris- 

 tians. Their language is divided into several dialects, of which the 

 Cebuano and Panayano are most important. [Compai'e Calamiano, 

 Halayo, IIiligua3^na, Caraga. Blumentritt places their number at 

 2,500,000 and upward. Globus, 1896, LXX, p. 213.] 



Bontol'-IgorroteH. — Collective name of the head-hunting peoples liv- 

 ing in the province of Bontok, to whom also the Guinaanes belong. 



Bouayanan. — A heathen folk in the interior of Palawan. The name 

 appears to mean "crocodile men." 



Buli.uanos^ Biijuanos.—A. heathen folk related to the Igorrotes 

 (head-hunters ?), dwelling in the province of Isabela de Luzon. They 

 are warlike in nature. 



Bulalaeaanos. — A wild people of Malay race (without Negrito mix- 

 ture ?), having its own (?) idiom. It is to l)e found in the interior of 

 the northern part of the island of Palawan (Paragua) and ui Calami- 

 anes islands. 



Buluanes, see Bilanes. 



Bungananes.—A. yf2iv\\k&, head-hunting ( people, who live in the 

 provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela de Luzon. Except the name, 

 almost nothing is known of them, and in my view this is not certain. 



BuMdmmes, Buquld nones.— K heathen Malay people living in the 

 eastern part of the district of Misamis (Mindanj^o), from Ibigan to 

 Punta Divata (the coast is settled chiefly by Visayas), and along the 

 Rio de Tagoloan. Lately they have l»een partly Ciiristianized. ^ Th«' 

 Spaniards conferred on them the name of Monteses, '-dwellers in the 

 mountains," which is a translation of their name. 



Bal'll. Buq>r!l.~^'A\w of different Manguiana tribes of Mindoro: 

 (1) the Manguianes mixed with Negrito blood, whose homes are in 



