Tagakaolo (Tagakaulu Kalagan and Tagakaolo Kalagan) are located in the interior uplands and the west coast of Davao Gulf in Mindanao. After the arrival of Islam, the community were split into two, the Tagakaulu Kalagan and Tagakaolo Kalagan. Their way of life and cultural practices resembles to the Magindanaons.
The Tagakaulu Kalagan principally works as self-sufficient farmers, producing nearly all of their own food. They plant, wet-rice in the lowlands and dry-rice and corn on the uplands. Farm animals are grown and animals in the wild were hunt for meat. Some of the Tagakaulo especially those who are living in the coastal areas are fishermen. While some work in the agriculture others receive wages for their labor.
