Cananga-an

Cananga-an, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon one of the civilized rural area of Municipality of Cabanglasan. The hefty rocky road is about 11 kilometers from Poblacion. The situation of the area is very hazardous, only motorcycle or “habal-habal” can transport aside from a domestic animals for transportation. Two hanging bridges are only bridges that link in order to pass the Muleta River. Mostly of the dwellers are farmers and poor. Most of them are indigent people like Umayamnon, one of the 8 riches tribe of Bukidnon and some of them are Talaandig. Other races who occupy the place are Cebuano, Boholano, and other races from Visayas. There are many problems that the barangay has and it should be develop.

COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION

Some of them are expected that the land can easily reach and not rocky mountain. Many of them are shock because of unexpected looks. The area is too large for the dwellers and they are rare to occupy the land. Their houses are expected to be set apart. It is very difficult to live this rural area. It is a critical place because of its terrain types is hilly and mountainous but it is beautiful mountain because of the view that everybody gets relax. We are expecting that the road going to the area is concrete or a kind of not so hazardous, but it is difficult to walk because of muddy, rocky and slippery road that we encounter. Most of the visitors like us afraid because of the humor that the rebels NPA are occupying the place. But when we arrived the area, the place is so peaceful and organized. The people of barangay Cananga-an is probably friendly and hospitable.
The landmarks of the place are located at Sitio San Roque at southwest portion of the barangay and in boundary of Barangay Iba and Cananga-an in Northwest.

ECOLOGICAL FRAME

Geographical Factors

North Malaybalay City

South Brgy. Mandahican

East Agusan del Sur, Province of

West Brgy. Iba

Population Make up

Births fromApril to June 2006

Male 5

Female 4

Total 9

Deaths from April to June 2006

Male 1

Female 2

Total 3

Climate and Soil

The regular days are so cold especially at night because the land is in mountain and in days is extremely hot. Rainy season is in May to September and on October to January are cold seasons. February to April is summer season.

Service Institutions

These are the following service institutions of the Barangay Cananga-an:

Religion Affiliation:

Baptist (Simbahan sa Lumad) Ran by the German Missionary

Adventist

Roman Catholic

Iglesia ni Kristo (Church of Christ)

Education:
Day Care Center

Public Primary School

Scholarship Program of the German Missionary.

Ecological frame:

NGO:

Tubig Saluran - Social Science Environment Change

CIDSE - for water program and irrigation.

CAPOLMA

Government

Barangay Chairman: Hon. Johny E. Dum-ogan

Barangay Treasurer: Mrs.. Asila M. Meir

Barangay Secretary: Mrs. Arsenia G. Ladica

Barangay Councilors:

Councilor and chairman for health and social services:Hon. Richard A. Rem

Councilor and chairman for Appropriation: Hon. Archimedes G. Ladica

Councilor and chairman for Nomens and Family: Hon. Guilermo P. Tormis

Councilor and chairman for Peace and Order: Hon. Conrado A. Salimbao

Councilor and chairman for Infrastructure: Hon. Alfredo E. Batoy

Councilor and chairman for Laws: Hon. Alfonso C. Diwangan

SK chairman for Sport and Development: Hon. Arielyn R. Batoy

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

First Inhabitants

First who inhabit the area is the Umayamnon tribe. The land was embodied by the native trees that now are no longer existed because of illegal logging and cultivated into a farm. Some majority and minority are occupying the area.

Development and Conversion into a Barangay from a Sitio

Barangay Cananga-an was a sitio of Cabanglasan and when became a barangay under R.A (no. not stated) on 1972 the barangay now has 17 sitio/purok. The following are the 17 sitio/purok:

• Purok 1 - Proper Cananga-an

• Purok 2 - Buhanginan

• Purok 3 - San Miguel

• Purok 4 - Upper Limao

• Purok 5 - Lower Limao

• Purok 6 - San Vicente

• Purok 7 - Mapantao

• Purok 8 - Tagbacon

• Purok 9 - Catabalaran

• Purok 10 - Benangcasan

• Purok 11 - Calacapan

• Purok 12 - Malinao

• Purok 13 - Tumbag

• Purok 14 - Balaas

• Purok 15 - Umagay-ay

• Purok 16 - Mensalay

• Purok 17 - Cabanhawan

Progress at Present

Barangay Cananga-anis merely progress but not as much as other is. There are many problems to be solved. Although, their vicinity is quietly good enough as a barangay but their road and bridge must give an importance for their goods to be sell in market.

LIFE ACTIVITIES

Social Structure: Social Status of the Residents

As many researcher expected of the social status in rural area, rural dwellers are mostly in a middle class, in Barangay Cananga-an is quietly far from proper town, dwellers of the area are mostly indigent and poor. They are usually depending in farm.

Daytime Activities

Mostly, the rural dweller of Cananga-an are spending their whole day at their cultivated farm, because most of them are farmers of rice, corn. Sugar cane, vegetables, and etc.

Social Relation

The people of Cananga-an are united and hospitable. Most of them are educated already and they live in a peaceful community.

Favorite Pastime and Recreation

Like other community, their pastime and recreational are:
• basketball
• video karaoke
• chess and checker board
• billiards

Saturday and Sunday nights Activities

In the Barangay Cananga-an, Saturday and Sunday is still ordinary day and night to them, except if when the area celebrates annual patron fiesta of the area, annual foundation day of the area, and other occasions.

Groups and Organization

There are two major known groups of the barrio; “Grupo ng KAbabayen-an”(Women’s League) and the “Ang Simbahan sa mga Lumad” (Church of Natives or the Baptist ran by the German Missionary). They called Simabahan sa mga Lumad instead of Baptist because some of the Umayamnon are converted it into Baptist. The church has a program that gives a full scholar to a young Lumad.

COMPLEX OF VALUES

Core Values of the Community

People of the area are extremely friendly and hospitable. They are huge upon accepting visitors and generous upon answering our questions as we interviewed them.

Aim Values of the Community

Every society has unique values. The barangay Cananga-an aim to have peaceful and beautiful area where people comfortable and confident to stay and live the land

Attitude and Sense of Values

They are eagerly good accommodator and united as a dweller of a certain community. They are religious as what we observed as a researchers.

CONFLICTS and CONCERNS

The main problem of the barrio is their main road going to municipality. The road is rocky, muddy, watery, and slippery as we defined that even domestic transportation can’t easily transport. The reason why this problem is unsolved because of the government didn’t give any financial assistance for constructing the road. The barangay officials are always filing the resolution for honoring their problem as their main problem since the barangay began. But, until now the resolution are approved but the budget are not given.
Every barangay is what we called incomplete in terms of facilities. Cananga-an as a barangay has various sets of problems that need to be sought, like their health center where all medicines must stock but as what we noticed, observed, and interviewed Mrs. Arsenia G. Ladica their Barangay Secretary that the building of Health center serves now as a shelter for a visitors like us. No medicines in the center where found.

GOODNESS OF LOCAL LIFE

=== Goodness or Badness of the Community. “Is it a good place to stay in"? ===

As we stay for 2 nights and 2 days, we can observe that the area is peaceful, people are united, and a beautiful cool place where people love to stay.

Good and Bad Aspect of the Community

People of the area are united and good accommodators. The community has unique climate and have variety of people there who lived. We didn’t observed bad aspect as we stayed for a short period of days.

The Place are many lacking and problems as a barangay, that to be given action and to be solved. There’s no problem in every dwellers, the area is rich in mineral resources. The houses of drawlers are usually Typical Filipino House which is hanging Nipa House.
There are must be widely repair and reconstruct their barangay road as their main way for their economics stability. Government should put a bridges in order to link the road from Cananga-an to proper Cabanglasan. NGO must be welcome in order more programs for their barangay.

1. Valdez, C.

2. Liconda, N.

3. Ortizano, T.

4. Valero, J.

5. Aguaviva, R.

6. Bachu,

7. Sarip, E.

8. Manatad

9. Tamba

10. Onahon

11. Paraguya, A

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