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Canlas, Katrina

Dela Cruz, Akiko


Delos Reyes, Jose
Junio, Demi
Penilla, Rosmir
Samonte, Patricia
BACKGROUND
 (Ayta, pronounced EYE-tə),
or Agta
 They are an indigenous
peoplewho live in scattered,
isolated mountainous parts of
the island of Luzon,
the Philippines.
 They are thought to be among
the earliest inhabitants of the
Philippines, preceding
the Austronesian migrations
PHISYCAL
APPEARANCE
 These people are considered to
be Negritos, whose skin ranges
from dark to very dark brown
 Small stature and frame
 Hair of a curly to kinky texture and
a higher frequency of naturally
lighter colour (blondism) relative
to the general population
 Small nose
 Dark brown eyes.
HISTORY
 The Aeta were included in the group of
people "Negrito" during Spanish Era.
 Various Aeta groups in northern Luzon are
known as Pugut or Pugot, an Ilocanoterm
that also means "goblin" or "forest spirit
 The Aeta people in the Philippines are
Australo-Melanesians, which includes other
groups such
as Aborigines in Australia; Papuans; and
the Melanesians of the Solomon
Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the
French overseas special collectivity of New
Caledonia.
 One theory suggests that the Aeta are the
descendants of the original inhabitants of
the Philippines, who, contrary to their
seafaring Austronesian neighbors,
arrived through land bridges that linked
the islands with the Asian mainland
 Aetas had little interaction with the
Spaniards as they remained in the
mountains during the Spanish rule. Even
the attempts of the Spaniards to settle
them in reducciones or reservations all
throughout Spanish rule failed.
LANGUAGE
 AllAeta communities have
adopted the language of their
Austronesian Filipino
neighbors, which have
sometimes diverged over time
to become different languages
 These include, in order of
number of speakers, Mag-
indi, Mag-
antsi, Abellen, Ambala,
and Mariveleño.
CLOTHING
 Their traditional clothing is very plain.
 The young women wear wrap around
skirts.
 Elder women wear bark cloth
 The old women of the Agta wear a bark
cloth strip which passes between the
legs, and is attached to a string around
the waist.
 Elder men wear loin cloths.
 Today, most Aeta who have been in
contact with lowlanders have adopted the
T-shirts, pants and rubber sandals
commonly used by the latter.
 The Aetas are skillful in
weaving and plaiting.
 Women exclusively weave
winnows and mats.
 Men make armlets. They also
produce raincoats made of
palm leaves whose bases
surround the neck of the
wearer, and whose topmost
part spreads like a fan all
around the body.
Aeta women are known
around the country as
experts of the herbal
medicines.
Aetas are still among the
most skilled anywhere on
earth in jungle survival.
Some can play games of
pool and basketball.
 According to one study, "About 85% of
Philippine Aeta women hunt, and they
hunt the same quarry as men. Aeta
women hunt in groups and with dogs,
and have a 31% success rate as opposed
to 17% for men. Their rates are even
better when they combine forces with
men: mixed hunting groups have a full
41% success rate among the Aeta.
 A traditional form of visual art is
body scarification. The Aetas intentionally
wound the skin on their back, arms,
breast, legs, hands, calves and abdomen,
and then they irritate the wounds with
fire, lime and other means to form scars.
 Other "decorative disfigurements"
include the chipping of the teeth. With
the use of a file, the Dumagat modify
their teeth during late puberty. The
teeth are dyed black a few years
afterwards.
 The Aetas generally use ornaments
typical of people living in subsistence
economies. Flowers and leaves are
used as earplugs for certain occasions.
Girdles, necklaces, and neckbands of
braided rattan incorporated with wild
pig bristles are frequently worn.
 Aeta have a musical heritage consisting
of various types of agung ensembles,
ensembles composed of large hanging,
suspended or held,
bossed/knobbed gongs, which act as
drone, without any accompanying
melodic instrument.
Aetas living
in the
Philippines
A tribe of Aeta
living in Aeta
Village at
Mabalacat and
Porac City
 Interms of forest food, Aeta’s primarily
plant mountain rice, wild bananas,
corn, and root crops like ube (a form
of taro), kamoteng kahoy (cassava)
and kamoteng baging (mountain
yams). Wild bananas called amukaw
have lots of tiny black seeds, which are
strained before the edible part of the
banana is made into a refreshing juice.
The extract is believed to cure “pasma”
(trembling hands and sweaty palms
that occur after hard labor).
 Wild beans like patani
(lima/kidney beans) also form a
large part of the indigenous diet
of Aeta tribes in the Luzon
region.
 Rice is their staple food and
because meat is hard to get by,
they opt for small fish and a
hearty serving of vegetables
such as green papaya,
kangkong, taro, sili leaves.
 There are many beliefs that they have been
accustomed to, though some of those is now
sceptical. Some were ridiculous when one
first hear it, like one should not fart in front
of one’s in-laws because one would have to
pay money to the in-law. Another example is
when it is thundering, one should not inject
anything on one’s animals. when Good Friday
comes around, they pray to Apo Bukot. Apo
Bukot is a human that was enchanted, and
they pray Aeta prayers to him. if one wants
to see or feel him, he would make an
appearance. They believe that spirits of the
dead can whisper to one. They also believes
in kagon, which is a healing ritual using
song and dance to get the spirit out of the
body. Their prayers mostly consist of healing
and their spirituality is best manifested in
their concept of health and disease .
 They also believe in the heavenly god, and
they call him Apo Diyos. The missionaries’
journey in attempt to spread Catholicism and
Christianity led to mixed religions in the
village. Because of diffusion of many beliefs,
some claimed to be monotheistic while other
Aetas are animists and still stand to their
belief of spirits.
 Their burial practices in the past were
described by simple, where you wrap a
corpse in a mat and just put it in a hole. In
all forms, when someone died, others should
offer prayers before he would be buried. In
the present, there may be a pastor,
depending on the religion. There is also a
clear link between prayer and economic
activities, like before or after a hunt that
may be depicted as a sign of good luck.
 Some examples of dances, according to
her, are the fishing dance, courting
dance, and the monkey dance.

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