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GE 7 Report
GE 7 Report
GE 7 Report
INDIGENOUS SCIENCE
part of the indigenous knowledge system practiced by
different groups of people and early civilizations.
EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE
TAUGHT AND PRACTICED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1 PREDICTION OF WEATHER
2 USING HERBAL MEDICINE
3 PRESERVING OF FOODS
4 CLASSIFYING PLANTS AND ANIMALS INTO FAMILIES
5 SELECTING GOOD SEEDS FOR PLANTING
6 USING INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY
7 BUILDING LOCAL IRRIGATION
8 CLASSIFYING DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOIL FOR PLANTING
9 PRODUCING WINES FROM TROPICAL FRUITS
10 KEEPING THE CUSTOM OF GROWING PLANTS AND VEGETABLES
PREDICTION OF WEATHER
• puwek ni kiling (storm of the kiling)
•shining moon with a rainbow encircling or a bloody red sunset
•kasili (mythical fish)
• during New Year, when the cow or horse eat grass, wail, it meant
drought
• when the goats repeatedly wail, there will be landslide
MEDICINE
• 114 plants used by the Tadyawans
• herbolarios
• tuob
• anino
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