The document provides information about three ethnic groups in the Philippines:
1) The Maranao people live in the lake region of Mindanao and are known for their artwork, weaving, crafts, and epic literature.
2) The Hiligaynon people primarily speak Hiligaynon and are located in the eastern coastal plains of Panay island.
3) The Negrito people are small ethnic groups scattered across isolated parts of Southeast Asia, including several indigenous tribes in the Philippines.
The document provides information about three ethnic groups in the Philippines:
1) The Maranao people live in the lake region of Mindanao and are known for their artwork, weaving, crafts, and epic literature.
2) The Hiligaynon people primarily speak Hiligaynon and are located in the eastern coastal plains of Panay island.
3) The Negrito people are small ethnic groups scattered across isolated parts of Southeast Asia, including several indigenous tribes in the Philippines.
The document provides information about three ethnic groups in the Philippines:
1) The Maranao people live in the lake region of Mindanao and are known for their artwork, weaving, crafts, and epic literature.
2) The Hiligaynon people primarily speak Hiligaynon and are located in the eastern coastal plains of Panay island.
3) The Negrito people are small ethnic groups scattered across isolated parts of Southeast Asia, including several indigenous tribes in the Philippines.
Maranao , also spelled as Meranaoand Maranaw, is the
term used officially by the Philippine government in reference to the southern tribe who are now the people of the lake called Ranao in the Iranaon language, a predominantly Muslim region in thePhilippines island of Mindanao. They are famous for their artwork, sophisticated weaving, wood and metal crafts, and their epic literature,Darangen.
Hiligaynon
The Hiligaynon, often referred to as Ilonggo, are a
subgroup of theVisayan people whose primary language is Hiligaynon, an Austronesian language native to the large eastern coastal plain of Panay.
Negrito
The Negrito are several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated
parts of Southeast Asia. Their current populations include Andamanese peoples of the Andaman Islands, Semang peoples of Malaysia, the Mani of Thailand, and the Aeta, Agta, Ati, and 30 other peoples of the Philippines.