Friday, May 24, 2024

Is there a region or an ethnic group of the Philippines which bears close resemblance to Melanesian culture?

In Luzon island you have the Aeta or Agta

In Panay and Negros Occidental in the Visayas region, you have the Ati. The Ati Atihan festival is a celebration of friendship between the Melanesian Ati and the Austronesian Visayans in Panay island. You also see some of them in Boracay.

A tribe of Ati migrated to the island of Bohol from Antique province located in the western part of Panay island. A lot of them work in the tourism industry. The younger generation of these Ati now speak the Binisaya language.

In Mindanao, the Manobo and Mamanwa tribes.

Manobo

Mamanwa

 

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