“Ata” elders play the gong during a dance presentation in the Kadayawan Village at Magsaysay Park.The “Atas” of Davao City are from the hinterlands of Marilog and Paquibato District but they are part of the wider Manobo peoples of the provinces of Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley, Bukidnon, Agusan and Surigao del Sur.(Medel Hernani/davaotoday.com)