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Aeta People: One of the First African Natives of Asia and the Original Inhabitan
Aeta People: One of the First African Natives of Asia and the Original Inhabitan
The Aetas, Agta or Ayta are the original black race (Africans) that live in scattered, isolated mountainous northern part of The Philippines on the island of Luzon before the Austronesian (Malays and Asian groups) migrations. Historians and anthropologists debate precisely when and how they migrated there, the consensus being that they crossed from the island of Borneo between 20 and 30 thousand years ago, using a land bridge that was partially covered by water around 5,000 years ago...
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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Agta, Ayta, Black, Palawan
Meet the Agta, A Tribe where A Quarter of Men Have Been Attacked by Giant Snakes
Meet the Agta, A Tribe where A Quarter of Men Have Been Attacked by Giant Snakes
He was living in the Philippine rainforest with a group of hunter-gatherers called the Agta. On the walk to the outhouse behind his hut, he stumbled across a reticulated python curled up on the trail. “The hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I shouted for help,” he recalls. At his cries, six to seven Agta jumped up from the surrounding bushes… and started laughing. Their new American neighbour had fallen for the old previously-killed-python-on-the-pa
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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary, Stories
Tags: Agta, tribal
Agta
Agta
Commonly referred to as Negritos, Agtas do belong to the Negrito ethnolinguistic group. There are many Agta tribes, scattered over Regions I to V in the island of Luzon.The few remaining Alabat Island Agtas are concentrated on the east of Quezon Province in CALABARZON Region, mostly on the said island.
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Published at 2018-03-01 by Puerto Parrot
A Glossary of Mythical Philippine Creatures & Beings
A Glossary of Mythical Philippine Creatures & Beings
The Philippine Isles has always possessed a thriving and serious respect for the supernatural. The tracks of an idly fleeing wild boar or the sound of flapping wings are transformed into chilling tales of the unexplained. Every barrio and province have their favorite (or dreaded) spirit. The place where a person succumbed to sickness or the house of which someone died was soon caught in a gathering mist of suspicious rumors.
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Published at 2018-01-23 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Agta
Legend of the Agta | the Eastern Visayan Tree-Dweller
Legend of the Agta | the Eastern Visayan Tree-Dweller
One of the many joys I have in running The Aswang Project blog is reading the messages and emails I receives from curious minds. These often become the inspiration for future posts. In my short documentary, “Kapre: The Tree Dweller”, I traced back the first use of the term “cafre” being used to name mythical creatures.
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Published at 2018-01-24 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Agta, Kapre, Pugot
The Agta & Dumagat of Isabela
The Agta & Dumagat of Isabela
I just returned from a two week trip to Isabela province in northern Luzon to document the Agta and Dumagat Indigenous people in the area. Oma and I traveled for three days to reach our destination; starting in Manila we traveled by bus for two days and then took a 15 hour boat ride on a small outrigger to reach the towns of Divilacan and Maconacon.
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Published at 2017-12-04 by Puerto Parrot
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Back in the Sierra Madres with Our Agta Friends
Back in the Sierra Madres with Our Agta Friends
Things often do not turn out the way you might expect them to. Such was the case during my recent trip back to the Sierra Madres. I returned to a part of Isabela and Cagayan provinces to visit some old Agta friends from last year. Upon returning this time I had a plan to go on a hunt with some of the men, a hunt for wild pig, deer or monkey.
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Published at 2017-12-03 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Agta, Cagayan, Isabela