Concise comparison of Filipino Tribes

Igorot, Yakans and Aeta

Tribes Attire Weapons Artistic Expression Language Cultural
Distinction
Igorot
Igorots speak Cultural elements
 The indigenous
their own common to the
peoples of the
languages Igorot peoples as
Cordillera Mountain
(Bontok, Ibaloy, a whole include
Range of northern
Kankanaey, metalworking in
Luzon, Philippines,
The men wear long During tribal wars, Isneg, Kalinga, iron and brass,
often referred to by
strips of hand the Igorot Head The traditional Igorot etc.) Province, weaving, and
the exonym Igorot
woven loin cloth Hunting Axe was woodcarvings were in the northern animal sacrifice.
people, or more
called “wanes”. The once used as a limited to human part of the They believe in
recently, as the
woman wear a kind standard battle figurines like the bulol Philippines. spirits, including
Cordilleran peoples,
of wrap-around skirt weapon for killing and the tinagtagu. There those of
are an ethnic group
called “lufid”. This their enemies. The were also surface ancestors, and
composed of nine
attire is used by the Igorot Head Hunting carvings of human, have complex
main ethno
tribes in Mountain Axe comes in many animal, and geometric rituals to
linguistic groups
Province of The different designs. forms on house posts, propitiate them.
whose domains are
Cordillera ranges, Each one is a beams, doors, and walls,
in the Cordillera
called Igorots. beautiful work of art which were like the
Mountain Range,
and at the same time designs found in
altogether
it is a very deadly textiles.
numbering about 1.5
weapon.
million people in the
early 21st century.
Yakan
The Yakan The Yakan have a
 The Yakan are the
speak an traditional horse
indigenous
Austronesian culture. They are
inhabitants of the
language, renowned for
island province of
written either in their weaving
Basilan in Sulu
The Yakan costume Pirah or pira is a The Yakan are one of Malay Arabic or traditions.
Archipelago,
basically consists of type of Philippine the indigenous groups in in Latin script Culturally, they
southern
the badju (top) and bolo sword or knife the Philippines who that is related to are Sama people
Philippines. The
sawal (trousers) characterized by a have a long tradition of those of who eventually
Yakan women are
which are made of heavy blade and a weaving and their northern led a life on land,
known to be the
woven or purchased wide tip. It handwoven textiles are Borneo. In the mostly in Basilan
finest weavers in the
material. In the past, superficially notable for their Philippines, they and Zamboanga
Philippines and
for the Yakans of resembles a falchion intricate geometric are among the city. They are
entire Southeast
Lamitan town but is much heavier. patterns and brightly Muslim peoples included as part
Asia. Aside from
proper particularly, It is the traditional colored designs. collectively of the Sama
weaving, the Yakans
these garments were weapon favored by identified as ethnic group,
are agriculturists
made out ofa black the Yakan people of Moro. which includes
growing upland rice.
cloth called naynay. Basilan Island. the Bajau, Dilaut,
Kalibugan, and
other Sama
groups.
Aeta
All Aeta Most Aetas
 The Aeta are an
communities practice
indigenous people
have adopted the monotheism and
who live in
language of their are animists.
scattered, isolated
Austronesian They worship a
mountainous parts
Their traditional Aeta communities A traditional form of Filipino Supreme Being
of the Philippines.
clothing is very use different tools in visual art is body neighbors, and at the same
Aetas are considered
plain. The young their hunting and scarification. The Aetas which have time, also believe
as the earliest
women wear wrap gathering activities. intentionally wound the sometimes in environmental
inhabitants of the
around skirts. Elder Traditional tools skin on their back, arms, diverged over spirits. They
Philippines,
women wear bark include traps, knives, breast, legs, hands, time to become believe that
preceding the
cloth, while elder and bow and arrow, calves and abdomen, different various places in
Austronesian
men wear loin with different types and then they irritate the languages. our environment
migrations.
cloths. of arrow points for wounds with fire, lime These include, are being
specialized purposes. and other means to form in order of governed by both
Most Aetas are scars. Other "decorative number of good and evil
trained for hunting disfigurements" include speakers, Mag- spirits.
and gathering at age the chipping of the indi, Mag-antsi,
15, including Aeta teeth. Abellen,
women. Ambala, and
Mariveleño.