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The Bukidnon practice an upland variant of the generalized Visayan culture, and bear a resemblance to the Sulod of Panay. They live in township-based barangays.

There is also a Manobo group on Mindanao called Bukidnon; these are not related.

MEC:

Religion: Indigenous

AKA: Magahat, Karolano, Mangahat, Buguitnon

Location: Southern Negros Island

Languages: Related to Sugbuhanon and Hiligaynon.

Supergroup:

Subgroups: Magahat (tributaries of upper Tayaban; towns of Tanjay, Santa Catalina, Bayawan, and Siaton); Karol-ano (town of Dabankalan).

Subsistence: Dry upland cultivation of rice and a variety of other crops; gathering.

Population: