ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT

INDIGENOUS GROUPS
(PHILIPPINES):
TAGBANUAS

Maria Jeanina Lazaro

Clint Nigel Cervantes
Marjhorie Ramirez
Jelly Ann Patulot
Levi Castilio
Anthony Ramirez
 Tagbanua Tribe
• One of the oldest tribes in the Philippines, can
be mainly found in the central and northern
Palawan

• Tagbanua is a contraction of the words taga

which means inhabitant and banua which refers
to village or town.
Where do they live? What does it look
like?
 Description of Tagbanua People

• possible descendants of the Tabon Man

• They are :
• brown-skinned
• slim and straight-haired ethnic group
What do they look like?
Tagbanua Children
 Tagbanua Scriptures/ Alphabet
• They are the most cultured of the original
people because they have an alphabet of their
own.

• They write their scriptures on a bamboo three

 Source of Living
• Fishing

• Rice planting

• Tourist Guide

• Root Crops
• The Tagbanuas have four prominent and equally
important rituals which correspond to the four
units of their society:

• Pagdiwata - the relatives or affairs of the clan

• Bilang – family

• Lambay - the community or village, basically a

homage to nature gods

• Runsay - the supernatural

 History
• The Tagbanua may be said to have undergone three
main historical periods:

• the indigenous period, during which there were

protohistoric contacts and trade with Hindu-
Indonesian culture;

• the Muslim period, which included contacts with the

sultanates of Borneo, and the Muslims of Sulu and
Mindanao;

• and the Spanish, American, and contemporary

periods.
• In the 19th century, the Tagbanua continued to believe
in their native gods, specifically in four gods.

1. Magnisda or Nagabacaban - The lord of the heavens.

2. Poco - The god of the sea
3. Sedumunadoc - the god of the earth
4. Tabiacoud - who lived, in the deep bowels of the
earth.
 Language
• Aborlan Tagbanwa
• Calamian Tagbanwa
• Central Tagbanwa
• Palawano language
• several other dialects like Tandulanon,
Silanganon, and Baras
• Tagalog, Batak, Cuyonon, and Calawian
languages.
 Tagbanua Dances
• The general term for a dance is kendar.

• There are different kinds of dances for every occasion.

• occupational dances
• Pagdiwata

• Ronsay
 Problems
• Threatened Resources

• Discrimination
• Unfair trade with lowlanders

• Health Problems
 Analysis
The Tagbanua’s way of life is under pressure with
residual discrimination by the local government and its
citizens, competition over fishing grounds with the
migrants who use destructive fishing methods like cyanide
and dynamite, and disrespect by the local tourism
industry.

The presence of community-wide norms can enable

resource management both by preventing certain
behaviours and encouraging others. The term “indigenous
resource management system” includes local strategies,
institutions, and technologies of farming, gathering, and
fishing often embodied in the local language and learned
from relatives and neighbours.