Philippines
Rosetta D., Mindoro: "Men always only want free sex. But like GABRIELA says, women now can
unite. And we must present our demands in written form. For example:
if you want to hold hands, you must buy new clothes for me every week.
And if you want to kiss, you must give me enough gold. Anything more:
marriage all life, then you can do IT with me. No flirting with other
women, or I will report you to the police."
Mindoro / The Island
In spite
of its closeness to Manila, Mindoro is one of the most savage
of the Philippine islands. It is breathtakingly mountainous with
elevations of almost 2600m (8531ft), and most of the mountain
range is still covered by virgin jungle. The near inaccessibility
has protected the forests as well as the Mangyans, the
cultural minority of the island. They live around the towns of
Calapan, Puerto Galera, Magsaysay, San Teodoro, Naujan, Baco,
Roxas, and Bongabong. The Mangyans are friendly but shy of strangers
(for more details on Mangyans please see entries on Calapan below
and the chapter People in the first part of the book). The name
of the island, Mindoro, derived from Mina de Oro, would
lead to the assumption that gold mining is one of the more important
economic activities there. Indeed, the Spanish had dug for gold
and found some, but today there is no major gold mining on Mindoro.
Islands where much more gold is found are Mindanao (in the Davao
region), Luzon (in the Cordilleras), and Negros (the southwest
part). Puerto
Galera on Mindoro is one of the major tourist spots of The
Country . Nowadays particularly popular among European visitors,
Puerto Galera has been known for centuries for its beautiful
bay with just a narrow entrance. The Spanish used the bay
as a shelter port when typhoons swept the archipelago.
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