Global InformationBai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay information
Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay | |
|---|---|
| Died | 20 November 2023 |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Occupation(s) | Community leader, environmentalist |
| Years active | 1994–2023 |
| Known for | Advocacy for Manobo ancestral lands and the Pantaron Mountain Range |
Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay (died 20 November 2023) was a Filipino Lumad leader and environmentalist. She was the first and only female chieftain in the history of the Manobo people and has been described as "Mother of the Lumads".[1] She was an advocate of indigenous peoples' rights and had been a defender of Manobo ancestral lands and the Pantaron Mountain Range from 1994.[2]
Most Lumad elders do not know the exact date of their birth, but Bigkay was estimated to be around 80 years old as of 2019,[2] though upon her death on 20 November 2023, it was stated that she was 90.[3]
- ^ "Lumad Leader Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay is 2017 UP Gawad Tandang Sora awardee". University of the Philippines. February 22, 2017. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
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