It's possible that "Aeta" is derived from the Malay term "hitam," which means "black," or from its cousin ...

“ Mandaya ” derives from the prefix man meaning “inhabitant of” and daya meaning upstream” or “upper portion of a river,” and therefore mean...

“Manobo” or “Manuvu” or “Minuvu” means “person” or “people.” It may also have been originally “Mansuba” from man (person or people) and suba...

Folk Songs of the Philippines - Traditional Filipino music is reflective of the country's history as a melting pot of different cultures...

Mangyan is the collective name of eight ethnolinguistic groups— Iraya, Alangan, Tadyawan, Tau-Buid, Bangon, Buhid, Hanunoo, and Ratagnon —wh...

The word “Blaan” could have derived from bila, meaning “house,” and the suffix an, meaning “people,” so that the term may be taken to mean “...