THE

HISTORY
OF

TINGUIAN
Prepared by: Claire Ashley Juan
Marianne Joy Maoirat
Jocelyn Marangen
Where did Tinguian started?

One theory has it that, the Tinguian

originated from the coastal areas, the
predecessors of the precolonial Ilocano.

These people would later move into what is

now the province of Abra, where they
intermarried with the older population.

The descendants of this

union are the present-day
Tinguian.
  Others, however,
went further upland
towards the east,
northeast, south, and
southeast, following
the many branches of
the ABRA river.

Tineg - Northeast, along the river.

Aeta - Apayao
Isneg - Western and Southern parts
of the present Kalinga-Apayao.
There are two identifiable Tinguian groups:
“Valley Tinguian” and “Mountain Tinguian”

 “Valley Tinguian” occupy the village

communities where there are also Ilocano
settlers.

 “Mountain Tinguian” distributed in

sparsely populated areas in the highland
country of northern and eastern Abra.
 The word “Tinguian” may have
been derived from the Malay
word “tinggi”, which means
mountain or higlands.

The term “Itneg” has come to be

used synonymously with
“Tinguian”. Derived from the
word “iti uneg”.
The second theory;
According to earlier historians and
anthropologists, these people may have
come from China, or are the descendants of
the second wave of Malays who came over
in boats hundred years ago, or are the
offspring of Chinese pirates who regularly
came to Maraud and were driven into the
mountains of Pangasinan
 What is definite is the resilience of Tinguian
culture, which has survived for centuries under
harsh conditions, physical and political, as well as
the influences of colonial cultures and
modernization.
ARTIFACTS
 KINDUSAN
Use for rituals.

KINGKI
Pagsilawan.

RAMIT NGA PAGGAGAS

KADAANAN NGA
SARMING.

Piningitan at
Purontong
PLANTSA
DI URING

PALANGGANA
KEN PAKPAK

KUWID
 RAMIT NGA
PANGKUSINA

BANGA. PAGSEGSEGAN BURNAY MALABI

PITSEL TASA PANGANAN

BANDEHADO

BURBURNAY
UPIT

KARATAY

BOTILYON

KALUPI
ORASAN LAKASA ALSONG
AL-O
RAMIT NGA PAGALA TI LAMES

BAREKBEK KEN BUKATOT

PANA
ALAT
BAUL OR
LAKASA

ALMASON

SARUTSO
THE TINGUIANS,
THEIR CULTURE, CUSTOMS,
BELIEFS, TRADITIONS AND
PRACTICES.
PARENTALLY ARRANGED CHILD MARRIAGE
SUNGA
Ceremony done in the site of
any accomplishment done in the farms.
SANSANG-AHL
This ceremony is made by those
who wants to protect their premises around
their dwelling against trespassers.
THANK YOU!

“Agudong tayon”