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    The document summarizes 5 ethnic tribes in the Philippines: 1. The Tausug people are centered on Jolo Island and are known as excellent pearl divers and freedom fighters. 2. The Mangyan people have lived on Mindoro Island for over 1000 years and have a unique writing system. They farm sweet potatoes and rice. 3. The Sangirese people live in the Sangir Islands north of Sulawesi and speak the Sangir language. 4. The T'boli people live in the highlands of Mindanao and have an epic story called Todbulol that takes 16 hours to sing. 5. The Tasaday were a small isolated group on

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    The document summarizes 5 ethnic tribes in the Philippines: 1. The Tausug people are centered on Jolo Island and are known as excellent pearl divers and freedom fighters. 2. The Mangyan people have lived on Mindoro Island for over 1000 years and have a unique writing system. They farm sweet potatoes and rice. 3. The Sangirese people live in the Sangir Islands north of Sulawesi and speak the Sangir language. 4. The T'boli people live in the highlands of Mindanao and have an epic story called Todbulol that takes 16 hours to sing. 5. The Tasaday were a small isolated group on

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    The document summarizes 5 ethnic tribes in the Philippines: 1. The Tausug people are centered on Jolo Island and are known as excellent pearl divers and freedom fighters. 2. The Mangyan people have lived on Mindoro Island for over 1000 years and have a unique writing system. They farm sweet potatoes and rice. 3. The Sangirese people live in the Sangir Islands north of Sulawesi and speak the Sangir language. 4. The T'boli people live in the highlands of Mindanao and have an epic story called Todbulol that takes 16 hours to sing. 5. The Tasaday were a small isolated group on

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    ETHNIC TRIBES OF THE PHILIPPINES

    (Featuring 5 ethnicity)

    PORTFOLIO
    TAUSUG

    The Tausug ("people of the current"—tau, "people"; sug, "sea current") are the
    numerically dominant group in the southern Philippines' Sulu Archipelago. Jolo
    Island, strategically located near the archipelago's heart, serves as the cultural
    and political center of Tausug society. Tausug are also found in large numbers on
    the islands of Pata, Tapul, Lugus, and Siasi, as well as on the north and east coasts
    of Basilan and in the Mindanao provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Cotabato.
    Aside from being known as the world's best, gallant, and ferocious freedom
    fighters, the Tausug are also known as the world's best pearl divers. Fishing is
    done from motorized boats in off-shore waters with bamboo traps, hook and line,
    and fishing nets.
    MANGYAN

    Mangyan is an indigenous Philippine ethnic group that has lived on Mindoro


    Island since the tenth century A.D. The writing system known as "Mangyan
    Scripts," which is still used by the Hanunuo and Buhid Mangyan in southeastern
    Mindoro, is one of the most remarkable aspects of their rich culture.

    Mangyans are primarily subsistence farmers who grow a


    variety of sweet potatoes, upland (dry cultivation) rice, and taro. They also catch
    wild pigs and small animals. Many people who live in close proximity to lowland
    Filipinos sell cash crops like bananas and ginger.
    SANGIR

    The Sangirese, also known as the Sangihe, are a native people of the Sangir
    Islands, which are located in the northern chain of islands in Sulawesi and the
    southern part of Mindanao. The Sangirese have traditionally been concentrated in
    the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi and the Philippines' Region of
    Dá vao.They speak Sangir, sometimes referred to as Sangil, Sangihé, or Sangirese,
    an Austronesian language.
    T’BOLI

    The T'boli (Tagabili to lowlanders) are an animist ethnic group who live in the
    highlands of southwestern Mindanao, centered on Lake Sebu (TauSebu is another
    name for the people). The Manobo and Bilaan, two other animist upland peoples,
    are their immediate neighbors (with whom they are often in conflict). For
    contacts with the lowlands and maritime trade, the T'boli rely on Muslim traders.
    The T'boli language, like the other indigenous languages of Mindanao (such as
    Maguindanaon and Maranao), is a member of the Southern Philippine sub-branch
    of the Western Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family.
    The T'boli have an epic, the Todbulol, which takes 16 hours for female performers
    to sing. Todbulol (also Samgulang or Salutan) is the name of the hero who has
    many beautiful, fragrant women and a magical winged horse.
    TASADAY

    Tasaday are a small group of people who live in Mindanao's highland rain

    forest in the Philippines. Before their discovery by nearby settled tribes in 1966,
    the Tasaday, a group of about 25 people, appeared to have been living a virtually
    isolated, primitive (incorrectly labeled "Stone Age") existence before their
    existence was first reported by anthropological investigators in 1971. Visiting
    anthropologists discovered cave-dwelling food-gatherers subsisting on wild yam;
    other foods included tadpoles, frogs, small fish, crabs, grubs, palm fruit, and wild
    bananas. The Tasaday wore only loincloths and skirts made of orchid leaves, used
    only crude stone tools (axes and scrapers) and wooden implements (fire drills and
    digging sticks), and possessed no hunting or war weapons.

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