On Why it is Blaan
A Blaan Kastulen or conversation in Sarangani Mindanao where the elders made clear that variant spellings and pronunciations of Blaan was considered derogatory. The Mapping Project has since changed all misdesignations in the colonial archives into its correct form.
On Why the Blaan insist on this spelling/pronunciation
- Background on the Blaan
- Video addressing the proper spelling of Blaan (Facebook)
- An archive of a petition to correct the spelling
- After the petitions, a resolution from the Philippine Congress was passed correcting the spelling in government communications and other references