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C*LTURE: Indigenous Peoples

Updated: Apr 10, 2020

The Philippines has an estimated 14- 17 million Indigenous Peoples, living in the North to the South of the Islands. Spared from Spanish or American colonisation, the mountains is where most of the sacred groups dwell, allowing them to practice their traditional ways of life.


In the face of colonisation, the communities embrace their ancient customs and traditions, preserving cultural identity. However as history goes with cultural peoples around the world, the tribes rem