The Scale of ‘rido’ in Mindanao
WHAT is rido? “Rido refers to a state of recurring hostilities between families and kinship groups characterized by a series of retaliatory acts of violence carried out to avenge a perceived affront or injustice.” This is from the 2007 book “Rido: Clan Feuding and Conflict Management in Mindanao,” edited by William Magno Torres III, published by The Asia Foundation.
Evidence from surveys of representative samples. This week’s horrific massacre of 57 persons in Maguindanao makes it quite clear that the SWS report, “Violence in ARMM mostly due to family or clan-conflict,” based on statistical surveys completed in early December 2004 in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and separately in the Philippines as a whole, remains valid five years later.
text quoted from Mahar Mangahas, Philippine Daily Inquirer
