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Republic Act 8371 "The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997"
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)

read also HERE

The Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center - Kasama sa Kalikasan

LRC-KsK/Friends of the Earth-Philippines - registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Cultural Heritage

So many good informations Philippine Tribes

The First “Filipinos”

Webliography

Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines

This webliography consists of articles, researches, reports, web pages and web resources on the indigenous peoples of the Philippines.

Baliktanaw Baliktanaw - Filipino Past in Pictures
The Real Filipino Roots: How we became..

Many good photos, illustrations etc.

Cebuano Cultural Orientation
WELCOME TO KALINAWA ART FOUNDATION
The Kalinawa Art Foundation was established in February, 2006 to participate in, and promote the development of the Indigenous Peoples’ visual art sector in the Philippines.
DEFINING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DEFINING THE IDENTITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Ethnic Identities ETHNICITY, REGIONALISM, AND LANGUAGE
Paradox of Multiculturalism The Paradox of Multiculturalism: Ethnicity and Identity in the Philippines

by E. San Juan, Jr.

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Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines ICERD Shadow Report
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE FOR LAND AND LIFE THE PHILIPPINE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE FOR LAND AND LIFE: CHALLENGING LEGAL TEXTS

by/Jose Mencio Molintas

Tagbanua Lifeways Disentangling Tagbanua Lifeways, Swidden and Conservation on Palawan Island
Philippine tribal groups in climate change

Philippine tribal groups assert role and rights in climate change adaptation

Will tribes gain from climate change talks?

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/ETHNIC MINORITIES POVERTY REDUCTION INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/ETHNIC MINORITIES POVERTY REDUCTION
Small-scale Goldmining Traditional Small-scale Goldmining of Northern Philippines Mountain Tribes
UNDERUTILIZED PLANT RESOURCES IN TINOC, IFUGAO, CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, LUZON ISLAND, PHILIPPINES

by/Teodora D. Balangcod & Ashlyn Kim D. Balangcod

Many good informations and illustrations

The Road to Empowerment

The Road to Empowerment

Strengthening the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act

  • old Ways, New Challenges
  • Nurturing the Earth, Nurturing Life

Indigenous Governance Practices Mapping and Analysis of Indigenous Governance Practices in the Philippines
Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Cosmology of the Filipino
  •  Introduction

  •  Supreme God

  • Filipino Trinity?

  • Afterlife

  • Ritual and Practice

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Touching Lives, eBook

CIDA’s Encounters with Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines

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THE POLYSEMY OF 'INAYAN' THE POLYSEMY OF 'INAYAN' ACROSS TRIBAL GROUPS IN MOUNTAIN PROVINCE: EXPLORING EVIDENCE OF CULTURESPECIFIC ETHICAL CONCEPTS IN LANGUAGE

Purificacion G. Delima, PhD

TribalSite is a forum for all those who share an interest in traditional tribal cultures, ethnographic art, and fine publications.
Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links (PIPLinks) exists to uphold and promote the collective and individual human rights of Indigenous Peoples and other land-based communities.
Ethnic groups in the Philippines

with many links to the different groups

Filipino people of Spanish ancestry are an ethnic group in the Philippines with ancestry from Spain.
Indigenous peoples of the Philippines

with many links to tribal groups

Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines
Filipino Warrior Culture Symbolism in Pre-Colonial Filipino Warrior Culture

By Perry Gil S. Mallari

Indigenous cultural reconstruction Indigenous cultural reconstruction and dynamism: the Kankanaey clan reunion and other contemporary Igorot cultural innovations
Ancestor Reverence in the Benguet Tradition Understanding Ancestor Reverence in the Benguet Tradition

by/Leonila L. T Taray, Saint Louis University, Baguio City

Keywords: Indigenous people/tradition/religion, Igorot, dialogical stance, mutuality, partnership, beliefs, ritual practices

Muslim Minority in the Philippines

Muslim Minority in the Philippines

Mosques Historical Mosques in Philippines
Tribes in the Philippines
The Tasaday Cave People - Real or Hoax?

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Look also HERE and HERE

Surigao Tribal Community
Manobo and Mamanwa Tribes

many good informations

The Ilocano or Ilokano people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.
Ilokano literature or Iloko literature pertains to the literary works of writers of Ilocano ancestry
The Culture of Basilan are derived from the Yakan, Tausug and the Chavacano tribes in the southern Philippines. Both Yakans and Tausugs are predominantly Muslim, while Chavacanos are primarily Christian. These three groups represent Basilan's community.
FEMALE CIRCUMCISION FEMALE CIRCUMCISION AMONG YAKAN IN BASILAN, PHILIPPINES
Indigenous cultural tradtions Indigenous cultural tradtions

by Rene Agbayani

Betel Chewing in the Philippines

Hidden in the Heart

Betel Chewing in the Philippines

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Anthropological reflection on Philippine masks

The Philippine Traditional Costumes

also of so many Traditional Costumes of the Indigenous peoples and Tribes

By: Yahnessa Holth

So many wonderfull photos and descriptions

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Filipina Soul

Indigenous peoples of the Philippines and their costumes

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The Ethnic & Indigenous Costumes Look MUCH more The Ethnic & Indigenous Costumes
Buhay Pinoy Noon Collection of old pictures from black and white or color prints
Anthropological reflection on Philippine masks
Binukot: Revisiting Western Visayas' only indigenous group
Coastal and Inland Dwellings
  By Julian E. Dacanay/ Photography: Joseph R. Fortin
  Folk Architecture & culture - Mindanao - Sulu

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Tribes of Palawan
The Tagbanua tribe

one of the oldest tribes in the Philippines, can be mainly found in the central and northern Palawan

Palawan’s Sea Gypsies Under Threat

Read much more about the Badjao - Bajau - Badjaw

HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE & HERE

Way out in the wild Sulu Sea, where robberies and kidnappings are commonplace and the law of Sea Pirates is the only rule, tribes of aquatic gypsies live their entire lives at sea, touching land only to die
The Bajau

Twilight of the Sea People

By Jose Torres Jr.

Badjao sea gypsies Philippines' Badjao sea gypsies are tossed by modern winds
THE VANISHING BATAK TRIBE OF PALAWAN, THE PHILIPPINES

by ANTONIO GRACEFFO

The Ancient Philippine Archipelago

Many good description of the different Indigenous peoples of the Philippines

PRIMER ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES of Mindanaw, Sulu and Palawan

Gallery of Photographs from Mindanao e.g. Ethnic peoples

Social Differentiation on Palawan

The Persistence of Social Differentiation in a Rural Philippine Village between so-called uplanders and lowlanders on Palawan

Wolfram H. Dressler

Ethnic Minority Groups In The Philippines
The Indigenous Negroid Peoples of the Philippines
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  • african asians, asian africans
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  • adornment and implements
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Casiguran Agta / Casiguran Dumagat
by Jesus T. Peralta

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Aetas of Philippine - Then and now
The Aeta (pronounced as “eye-ta,”), Agta or Ayta are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of Luzon, Philippines
Calantas Young Dreamers Foundation, Inc. (CYDFI Philippines)

Nabuclod Aeta Journal  with a

Pampango - Baluga - Pilipino - English Dictionary

THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGE: GLOBAL RELEVANCE, LOCAL REALITIES

Edited by

Jan van der Ploeg

Eileen C. Bernardo

Andres B. Masipiquena

Tausug: The bravest tribe

Tausug Cultural Orientation

Islam, Women and Gender Justice

Islam, Women and Gender Justice:

  A Discourse on the Traditional Islamic Practices among the Tausug in Southern Philippines

 by Jamail A. Kamlian

Ifugao Culture & Tradition

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"Ifugao Law" Heritage: The Ifugao Law (1919) - culture - traditions with many good photos
THE IFUGAO MUYONG:

SUSTAINING WATER, CULTURE AND LIFE

Rogelio C. Serrano and Ernesto A. Cadaweng

Ifugao: the Banaue Ethnic Village
We made the Ifugao Rice Terraces We made the Ifugao Rice Terraces

Introducing the land of Ifugao

The Woodcarvers of the Philippines

by/ Rosanna C. Rogacion

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THE FILIPINO IFUGAO WOOD CARVERS

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OLD IFUGAO TRADITIONS - BOGWA OLD IFUGAO TRADITIONS - BOGWA

(Bone Cleansing Ritual)

look also HERE
by Anderson D Tuguinay

Ifugao hudhud, the Philippines A Living Shamanistic Oral Tradition:

Ifugao hudhud, the Philippines

look more about Ifugao hudhud HERE

both by/ Maria V. Stanyukovich

Mayoyao Ifugao Hudhud (volume 1) Mayoyao Ifugao Hudhud - Storybook (volume 1)
Mayoyao Ifugao Hudhud (volume 2) Mayoyao Ifugao Hudhud - Storybook (volume 2)
Memory, Culture, and the Hudhud Chants Telling Tales:

Memory, Culture, and the Hudhud Chants

Tiana Pyer-Pereira

Cordillera Peoples Alliance

Look also HERE

CWERC Cordillera Women's Education and Resource Center Inc.

CWERC is a feminist organisation mainly engaged in raising social and feminist awareness on indigenous women in Cordillera. It organises education and training workshops. It conducts research and advocacy campaign on women's indigenous issues. It also provides library services and publications

Cordillera Cultural Heritage

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by/ CARIDAD B. FIAR-OD, PhD
College Vice President, MPSPC
Council of Elders, Igorot Global Organization
 
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The Mountain Houses
  By Rodrigo D. Perez
  Folk Architecture

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CORDILLERA ARCHITECTURE OF NORTHERN LUZON

By WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT

Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines

Mountain Province in Brief
My Federal Philippines Cordillera, Grand Central Mountains. The mountains in question are none other than the great wide range rolling along the length of Northern Luzon, home to the various tribes of who are now called, as an attempt at political correctness, Cordillerans.
Cordillera Express - News and information from Home
Cordillera online
Healers and Healing in the Cordillera cultures: Bontok, Gaddang, Ibaloy, Ifugao, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankana-ey, Ikalahan, I'wak and Tinguian
Indigenous agroforestry Indigenous agroforestry practices in the Cordillera
“The Kalinga & Isneg Way of Life”

Kalinga - Apayao Way of Life

by AUS - Augustus Ulát Sabóy - Kalinga journalist, politician, pangat (tribal elder), and local historian.

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Mountain tribes in Northern Luzon
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon
From Ifugao to Kalinga
A Ride Through the Mountains of Northern Luzon
With an Appendix on the Independence of the Philippines
By: Cornélis De Witt Willcox
Traditional Identities and Tattoos in Contemporary Kalinga, North Luzon Philippines - with illustrations and photos

Analyn Ikin V. Salvador-Amores

eBook: The Tinguian

Social, Religious, Economic and Music Life of a Philippine Tribe

TINGGUIAN ABRA RITUALS

By Philian Louise C. Weygan

Published by ICBE in “Cordillera Rituals as a Way of Life” edited by Yvonne Belen (2009) ICBE, The Netherlands

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A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore
by
Fay-Cooper Cole
Policy Indigenous Peoples - Aeta - Baatan Policy Indigenous Peoples - Aeta - Baatan
THE FERRER CLAN PANGASINENSE HISTORY AND CULTURE
by: Kristine Sanchez

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The Beautiful World Learn about: The Beautiful World of Our Native Brothers
The Maranaos, which means the "people of the lake", lived in isolation far from the sophisticated life of the cities. They settled around the edge of Lake Lanao, located at the Islamic City of Marawi, Philippines.
Culture of Basilan

The Culture of Basilan are derived from the Yakan, Tausug and the Chavacano tribes in the southern Philippines.

Tausugs and their traditions - culture - arts
The Higaunon people of Northern Mindanao
Through the Bukidnon Highlands: rainforests, lost tribes and cool weather

The Talaandig, Matigsalug, Manobo, Tigwahanon, Higaonon, Umayamnon and Bukidnon tribes are all still very active in indigenous ways within this region today

Mangyan Groups
The Mansaka tribes

 are found in the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley. The tribe of Mansaka specifically dwells in the areas of Manat Valley, the Maragusan Valley, the Hijo River Valley, and the seacoasts of Kingking, Maco, Kwambog, Hijo, Tagum, Libuganon, Tuganay, Ising, and Panabo.

Look also HERE, HERE and HERE

Photoshelter Photo: Philippine culture (people, crucifixion, burial cave, animists, ...)
People-in-Country Profile

Philippine tribal people groups

Igorot

The Igorots are grouped into six ethno-linguistic groups, the Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao, Isneg (or Apayao), Kalinga, and the Kankana-ey.

The Bontoc Igorot

Who is an Igorot?
By Alfred Dizon
Mt. Province

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The Tam-Awan Village - Baguio
There are a number of Igorot huts within the village which will allow you to see how the homes of the mountain people really look like.
Sagada & the Igorot people

So many good informations and links

Sagada-Igorot.com

So many good informations and videos about Igorot

Picturesque Old Philippines

Dwellings of the Bontoc Igorot

Igorot Video Collection

Many good videos about the Igorot life & culture

I AM AN IGOROT
The Igorot is a Myth
Igorots in the Blogosphere Igorots in the Blogosphere: Claiming Spaces, Re-constructing Identities

by LIEZEL C. LONGBOAN

Igorot Culture

What is it in Igorot Culture that should be passed on to the Next Generation: As Perceived

By Caridad Fiar-od

Igorot Culture different individual articles

Understanding the Igorot Culture

Giving Meaning to One’s Visit in Mountain Province

‘The Dos & Donts, the Buts’

THE LEGEND OF BIAG - AN IGOROT CULTURE HERO THE LEGEND OF BIAG,

AN IGOROT CULTURE HERO

by William Henry Scott

Sagada Igorot IGOROT ETHNIC GROUPS

The Igorots are grouped into six ethno-linguistic groups, the Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao, Isneg (or Apayao), Kalinga, and the Kankana-ey

Igorot style - Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day, Igorot style
Dog Eating - An Igorot Culture? Dog Eating - An Igorot Culture?

by/Bing Dawang

Look also HERE

The Last Tribes of Mindanao, the Manobo, river people of Cotabato.
Dances of Hostility and Friendship Dances of Hostility and Friendship: Embodied Histories of Group Relations in the Agusanen Manobo Spirit-Possession (Yana-an) Ritual

by/Jose S. Buenconsejo

The indigenous people of Mindanao

The  T'boli and B'laan,  two  indigenous groups

Lake Sebu - The T’boli tribe
T’BOLI:  People from the South

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T'boli (or Tiboli) are a tribal group in in the South Cotabato province of Mindanao Island
The Tuboy Subanon of the Philippines

The Tuboy Subanon live on the island of Mindanao. All of the Tuboy Subanon are farmers who practice "slash and burn" agriculture. This is a type of farming in which a section of forest is cut down, the debris is burned, and various crops are planted on the clearing. Every year a new field is cleared. After one or two years of use, the field must lie fallow for up to 15 years.

The Subanens The Subanens, original Inhabitants of Western Mindanao
Fil_Chi Fil_Chi · Official Website of the Filipino Chinese - Chinese Filipino

A Filipino Chinese is a Filipino of Chinese ethnicity but born/raised in the Philippines  

Many, if not all people in the Philippines, including Chinese Filipinos themselves, use and accept the term "Filipino Chinese"/"Filipino-Chinese"

look also HERE

Chinese in the Philippines

Many good links and informations

Welcome to Rumsua: Ancestral Traditions, a site that provides information on Filipino culture and heritage, with particular emphasis on the amianan (north). Included are topics on the healing arts, literary works, and other cultural facts and information.
CONNECTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CONNECTING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Mobile Phone Culture among Selected Indigenous Peoples

Lourdes M. Portus, PhD / College of Mass Communication

University of the Philippines

Ethnic and Non-native Philippine Folk Dances

with many good links

This web site is dedicated to the peoples of the Royal Sultanates of Sulu, Ranao Area and Maguindanao, the goal of it is to show history, flags and symbols sometimes unknown of these glorious Kingdoms.

Read much more HERE, HERE

Welcome to the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah Official Website

Royal Panji - Flags and symbols of the Royal Sultanates of Sulu, Ranao Area and Maguindanao

Muslim Mindanao Website

SULU PEOPLE’S IDENTITY OF POWER

SUSTAINING SULU PEOPLE’S IDENTITY OF POWER, HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUGH THEIR VISUAL ARTS

by/ABRAHAM P. SAKILI, PhD.

The Power of Sulu

Beyond the Currents - The Power of Sulu

by/The Yuchengco Museum

SULU PEOPLE’S IDENTITY OF POWER, HISTORY AND CULTURE

SUSTAINING SULU PEOPLE’S IDENTITY OF POWER, HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUGH THEIR VISUAL ARTS

by/Abraham P. Sakili, Ph.D.

This paper is prepared as one of the four lectures on Sulu to be delivered by four Sulu scholars at The Yuchengco Museum on September 20, 2008, to mark the closing days of the exhibit titled “BEYOND THE CURRENTS: The Culture and Power of Sulu”.

A brief description of who the Moros are

So many good informations about - and photos of Moros

Young Moro Professionals Network

look also HERE and HERE

Moro swords and culture

Moro people

read also HERE

Yakan Cultural Orientation
  • PROFILE
  • RELIGION
  • TRADITIONS
  • URBAN LIFE
  • RURAL LIFE
  • FAMILY - MARRIAGE - ETC. LIFE
About Stereotypes and Prejudices
on Being Cebuano

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THE CEBUANO BALITAO THE CEBUANO BALITAO AND HOW IT MIRRORS VISAYAN CULTURE AND FOLKLIFE
Bisayan Folk Beliefs and Customs Bisayan Folk Beliefs and Customs
ILOCANO FOLK BELIEFS ILOCANO FOLK BELIEFS
  • Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Infancy
  • Adolescence
  • Courtship
  • Marriage
  • Death and Burial

Culture Beliefs and Practices in Malingin

Culture Beliefs and Practices in Malingin

Filipino people of Spanish ancestry are an ethnic group in the Philippines with ancestry from Spain.
The Great White Tribe in Filipinia

by Paul T. Gilbert

Look also HERE

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Arab settlement in the Philippines and look also about Islam in the Philippines HERE and HERE
Japanese settlement in the Philippines
Filipino mestizo

Filipino mestizo is a term used in the Philippines to denote Filipinos of mixed native Filipino (Austronesian/Malay/Malayo-Polynesian) and any other non-native ancestry

Tsinoy.com - Community of Chinese-Filipinos

Read about: The Filipino-Chinese Surname HERE

CHINESE MESTIZO THE CHINESE MESTIZO IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

by E. WlCKBERG

Ethnic martial arts & weapons

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SANDATA — THE EDGED WEAPONS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Ian A. Greaves, Jose Albovias Jr. and Federico Malibago

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Moro swords and culture

Senkotiros - Filipino Martial Arts

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Filipino Martial Tradition Filipino Martial Tradition
Sayaw - Filipino Folk Dances & the Fighting Arts
Cebuano Martial Arts

Culture & Art authorities

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The National Historical Institute - NHI, as an arm in the culture and development agenda of the government
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)

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Cultural Center of the Philippines

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Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC)

Culture - Folklore - Arts & Crafts - Dresses

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Costumes & Dresses

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Ethnic Filipinos - Indigenous

Arts & Crafts

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Indigenous art at the Philippine Exposition of 1887: arguments for an ideological and racial battle in a colonial context
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Culture in Malingin Culture Beliefs, Traditions and Practices in Malingin
Cultural Heritage in Philippine Society Cultural Heritage in Philippine Society

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Aurora Roxas-Lim

University of the Philippines

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Indigenous Health Knowledge Systems in the Philippines

A Literature Survey

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Healers and Healing in the Cordillera cultures: Bontok, Gaddang, Ibaloy, Ifugao, Ilongot, Isneg, Kalinga, Kankana-ey, Ikalahan, I'wak and Tinguian
Philippine Healing Arts

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Stuart X Change

Gat Puno Abon Baet

Ancient Publishing House, Batangas City

Medicine Men of Agusan The Medicine Men of Agusan

in Mindanao, Philippines

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Healers & Healing

Old Philippine alternative medicine

Healers & Healing - Old Philippine alternative medicine

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