Aeta people

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The Aeta people are an indigenous group in the Philippines, traditionally semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers known for their distinct culture, language varieties, and close relationship with their ancestral forest environments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people
ancestralEnvironment mountainous areas
tropical forests
volcanic slopes
continent Asia
country Philippines
culturalPractice oral tradition
ritual dances
storytelling
traditional music
demographicStatus ethnic minority in the Philippines
facingIssue deforestation
discrimination
land dispossession
loss of ancestral domains
marginalization
governedByAgency National Commission on Indigenous Peoples NERFINISHED
impactOfMountPinatuboEruption displacement from ancestral lands
resettlement in lowland areas
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Philippine languages
legalProtection ancestral domain rights
free prior and informed consent
notableEventImpact 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo NERFINISHED
recognizedAs indigenous cultural community in the Philippines
recognizedBy Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 NERFINISHED
Philippine Constitution NERFINISHED
region Aurora NERFINISHED
Bataan NERFINISHED
Bulacan NERFINISHED
Central Luzon NERFINISHED
Luzon NERFINISHED
Nueva Ecija NERFINISHED
Pampanga NERFINISHED
Quezon Province NERFINISHED
Tarlac NERFINISHED
Zambales NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Agta people NERFINISHED
Ati people NERFINISHED
Ayta Abellen NERFINISHED
Ayta Ambala NERFINISHED
Ayta Mag-antsi NERFINISHED
Ayta Mag-indi NERFINISHED
Negrito peoples NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
animism
syncretic beliefs
socialOrganization egalitarian structures
small kin-based bands
traditionalClothing loincloths
simple woven garments
traditionalEconomy barter
forest-based economy
traditionalHousing bamboo huts
nipa huts
temporary shelters
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalSkill forest navigation
hunting with bows and arrows
tracking
use of herbal medicine
traditionalSubsistence fishing
foraging
hunter-gatherer
hunting
swidden agriculture

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Bataan hasEthnicGroup Aeta people
Sambal people neighboringGroups Aeta people
Agta people relatedGroup Aeta people
Inagta Rinconada language spokenBy Aeta people
Sorsogon Ayta language spokenBy Aeta people