LESSON 1:

The Cultural Communities

in the Philippines
 OBJECTIVES
• Identify and determine the location of the
cultural communities in the Philippines;
• create a poster that shows your love and
appreciation to our Indigenous Cultural
Community.

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A sense of identity is one of the most important
things as a human being.
The people of the Philippines are called as
Filipinos.
The Philippines is home to a large number of
different cultural communities.

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Indigenous
People
Indigenous People refers to a group
of people sharing common bonds of
language, customs, traditions, and
other distinctive cultural traits.

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 People are described as
indigenous when they maintain
primitive culture and traditions in
their region.

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The indigenous people were able to
preserve the traditions and cultures
as reflected in their communal
rituals, their songs, dances, attires,
and folklore.

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 The indigenous people in the
Philippines continued to live self –
sufficiently, independently, at the
time when most lowland
communities are integrated with
Spanish colonization in the 1700s
and 1800s.
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 Cultural
Communities
from Luzon
IVATANS

▪ They are a boat – making

▪ They are the people from and seafaring people who
Batanes, a group of ten lived by hunting, fishing,
islands in the cultivation of root crops,
northernmost part of the and sugarcane.
Philippine Archipelago. ▪ They also raised goats and
pigs.

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IFUGAO (Ifugaw​, Ipugao​, and Yfugao, I-pugao)

▪ They live in the province of

▪ Their name is also Ifugao in Central
known as Cordillera, in Northern
Luzon.
“inhabitants of the
▪ Farming is their principal
known earth.” means of livelihood.

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KALINGA
▪ The territory of the Kalinga is
▪ One of the the southern half of the
province of Kalinga-Apayao,
significant in the Cordillera
ethnolinguistic Administrative Region.
groups inhabiting ▪ Source of livelihood is
livestock production and
northern Luzon. agriculture.

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BONTOC

▪ Are a group of former ▪ They have distinctive body

headhunter from tattoos and formerly
practiced head hunting.
Benguet, Ifugao,
Mountain Province, ▪ They traditionally lived by
Kalinga, and Apayao in hunting, farming, and
fishing.
Northern Luzon.

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GADDANG
▪ The word “Gaddang” derived from the
▪ They live at term “ga” meaning “heat,” “dang”
Cagayan Valley meaning “burn” and it means “burned by
region and mostly the heat.”
found in Central ▪ The name probably suggests from the
Isabela, Nueva skin color of the Gaddang, which is
Vizcaya, Quirino, darker than any of the native people of
and Cagayan. the Mountain Province.

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AGTA
▪ The Agta, Aeta ▪ Negritos are regarded with
(pronounced as “eye-
ta”) or Ayta, commonly
referred to as Negritos.
Agtas are indigenous
group scattered the
island of Luzon.
dark brown skinned, has a
small frame and curly to afro
– like textured hair, with a
little nose and dark brown
hair.
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 Cultural
Communities
from Visayas
ATI
▪ Ati’s primary
▪ The Atis are from in source of
Aklan, Capiz, Antique, and
Iloilo on Panay Island. livelihood is
Some also live at cultivation of
Guimaras and Negros
Island.
Tobacco and
Sugarcane.
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 Cultural
Communities
from Mindanao
BADJAO

▪ Badjao or Bajau means Man of the Seas.

▪ Badjaos are also known as the Sea Gypsies
because they inhabit on their houseboats called
vinta where they make their livelihood as expert
fishermen, divers, and navigators.

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YAKAN

▪ The Yakans are from Tipo – Tipo, Lamitan, Sumisip, and

Tuburan in the Basilan Island of ARMM.
▪ The Yakans are farmers; their main crops are rice, coconut,
and cassava.
▪ When planting rice, the first seed has to be planted by the
local Imam.

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T’BOLI
▪ They are famous for a lot of things such as brass
making, elegant traditional attire which is made
from abaca woven cloth ​tinalak​ ​and for their
music.
▪ T’boli are from Kiamba, Maitum, Saurallah in
South Cotabato.

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TAUSUG

▪ Tausug came from the term “tau” which means person

and suug meaning “the old name of Jolo Island.”
▪ They live at Jolo, Indanan, Siasi, and Patikul in Sulu.
▪ Tausugs are sailors, pearl divers, and traders.

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MANOBO

▪ Manobo is also known as “Manuvu” or “Minuvu.” Manobo

means “people” or “person,” the term originated from
“Mansuba,” which means man (people) and suba (river).
▪ As a tradition, the elders of Manobo tribe are looking at the
stars to identify the season of planting, harvesting, hunting,
and fishing.

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SUBGROUPS OF
MANOBO
HIGAUNON

▪ They are somewhat nomadic which means they

have no permanent home because they travel
from one place to another.
▪ The term Higaunon means “people of the
wilderness.”

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MATIGSALUG

▪ The Matigsalug is a term which means “people

along the Salug River.”
▪ They live in Bukidnon.
▪ The primary source of their livelihood is
agriculture.

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ARTIST’S CORNER
▪ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371 ( INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S
RIGHT ACT OF 1997)
- An act signed by President Fidel V. Ramos on
October 22, 1997, that aims to recognize, protect, and
promote the rights of Indigenous Cultural
Communities/ Indigenous People and for other
purposes.

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