Miss Earth England 2015 Katrina Kendall, of Filipino-British descent, receives blessings from Bae Inatlawan Adelina Tarino in a ritual during her visit to the village of the Bukidnon tribe in Olanguhon, Brgy.

Dalwangan in Malaybalay City on Saturday (April 23, 2016). Kendall said she is interested to know how the tribe protects its ancestral domain from environmental destruction.

MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno