A MANDAYA WARRIOR 



There is a close affinity in manners and customs between the Mandaya and the Bagobos. Both are tribes from the Gulf 

 of Davao in Mindanao, both offered human sacrifices, but the Mandaya as far as can be learned have never been cannibals. A 

 death caused by accident or design is followed by a blood feud and a Mandayan will wait for years for an opportunity to spear or 

 bolo his enemy. Freedom from the feud may be obtained by paying the "death price," a sum in money or stock (usually a horse), 

 equivalent to what they consider a man's life to be worth. The Mandaya are about twice as numerous as the Bagobos, the tribe 

 numbering some 30,000 souls. 



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