Palawan group

• Agutaynen tribe They believe in superstition such as ; someone who sings while eating is considered ridiculous and disrespectful as they put value in the food as grace from God;
• Palawan Groups​

  1. Agutaynen
  2. Cuyunon
  3. Kagayanen
  4. Ke-ney
  5. Pala’wan
  6. Tagbanwa
  7. Tao’t Bato
• Cuyonon tribe They dance the pondo-pondo,
• The women wear patadiong while the men dress like Indians with coconut leaves and headdress. cuyunon
• A Cuyono holds a personal view of the universe.​
• They also sing and recite bersos. Cuyunon
• Cuyunon​ also sing and recite bersos.
• The Palaw’ans hunt wild animals using spears with lethal poison at the tip and catch fish by using a special root sap. ​
• They prefer dogs for hunting rather than domesticating chickens or hogs.

  Pala-wan
• Tagbanwa people one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Philippines, and can be mainly found in the central and northern Palawan. ​
• Tagbanwa are possible descendants of the Tabon Man, thus making them one of the original inhabitants of the Philippines.
• Tagbanwa are possible descendants of the ____

  , thus making them one of the original inhabitants of the Philippines.​

  Tabon Man
• They are known to practice the shifting cultivation of upland rice and are known for a rice wine ritual called Pagdiwata. 


  Tagbanwa
• Female hair is kept long and in a chignon.​

  Tagbanwa
• The Tagbanua are monogamous and typically marry early with arranged weddings.
• Tao’t Bato people Pairing of children by their parents is the common practice
• Visayan Groups

  1. Aklanon
  2. Bukidnon Sulodnon
  3. Eskaya
  4. Magahat
• Visayan Groups

  Traditionally live in interior upland areas of the Visayas
• Aklanon people Most Aklanons engage in agriculture while those in the coastal areas engage in fishing.​
• Piña handloom weaving – weaves fabric from pineapple fibers.
• Piña handloom weaving – weaves fabric from pineapple fibers

  Aklanon
• belief in the power of babaylan

  Aklanon
• Aklanon belief in the power of babaylan
• They also make handicrafts. Music, such as courtship songs or kundiman, wedding hymns, and funeral recitals, are well-developed

  Aklanon people
• The boholanos are known to be thrifty, law-abiding, hospitable, religious, humble people. Surrounded by big body of water, they became expert sea-farers and famous traders. ​
• Bukidnon Sulodnun


  people have unique traditional practices, such as the binukot tradition, and distinct art forms like the binanog dance and panubok embroidery
• Eskaya women were not permitted to cut their hair short nor wear trousers, and drinking and dancing were universally prohibited
• Magahat people Their language is a mixture of Hiligaynon and Sugbuhanon.
• Magahat people their language is a mixture of

  Hiligaynon and Sugbuhanon.​
• Magahat people -Practice swidden agriculture.