A young member of one of Tagum City’s Indigenous Peoples (IP) perform during the culmination of the 16th Kaimunan Festival on Oct. 10, 2018, where the Indigenous Political Structure (IPS) and Indigenous Knowledge System and Practices (IKSP) documents of the three major tribes in Tagum — Mandaya, Mansaka and Kagan — were launched. The compilation and production of the IPS and IKSP are intended to safeguard as well as preserve the heritage of these tribes. Another celebration, the Pakaradjan Festival dedicated to Muslim Tagumenyos, is slated on Oct. 29-31. Tagum City recently bagged three Pearl Awards from the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) and the Department of Tourism (DoT) for its community-based tourism program and for best tourism-oriented local government.
