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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aeta people canonical 13
Aeta peoples 2
Aeta 1

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Statements (67)

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
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
linked to: Mount Pinatubo
recognizedAs indigenous cultural community in the Philippines
recognizedBy Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997
Philippine Constitution
region Aurora
Bataan
Bulacan
Central Luzon
Luzon
Nueva Ecija
Pampanga
Quezon Province
Tarlac
Zambales
relatedGroup Agta people
Ati people
Ayta Abellen
Ayta Ambala
linked to: Ayta

Ayta Mag-antsi
Ayta Mag-indi
linked to: Ayta Mag-Indi

Negrito peoples
linked to: Negrito people
religion 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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Inagta Rinconada language spokenBy Aeta people
Sorsogon Ayta language spokenBy Aeta people
Bataan hasEthnicGroup Aeta people
Sambal people neighboringGroups Aeta people
Agta people relatedGroup Aeta people
Lake Pinatubo nearbyEthnicGroup Aeta people
Mamanwa people relatedEthnicGroup Aeta people
Ati people relatedEthnicGroup Aeta people
Negrito people subgroup Aeta people
Inagta Partido spokenBy Aeta people
Agta of Camarines Norte relatedGroup Aeta peoples
linked to: Aeta people
Eastern Luzon hasEthnicGroup Aeta communities
subject linked to: eastern Luzon
linked to: Aeta people
Dumagat people relatedEthnicGroup Aeta people
Aeta languages spokenBy Aeta people
Aeta languages ethnicity Aeta
linked to: Aeta people
Remontado people relatedEthnicGroup Aeta peoples
linked to: Aeta people
Ayta people relatedGroup Aeta people