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How do you describe the Negritos?
The Negritos are a dark skinned people that are ethnically different from other people in the Philippines that are mostly Malay in origins. The are believed to be the original inhabitants of the Philippines. Their origins are obscure.
What is the religion of Aetas?
Most Aetas practice monotheism and are animists. They worship a Supreme Being and at the same time, also believe in environmental spirits. They believe that various places in our environment are being governed by both good and evil spirits. As for their clothing, they wear plain and simple attire.
Do you believe that the Negritos are the first inhabitants in the Philippine archipelago?
Negritos are “the true first Filipinos” who date back to 50,000 years, he says, while the Ifugao ancestors who reputedly built the world heritage enshrined rice terraces appeared to have arrived only 4,000 years ago “as their first colonizers.”
What makes Negrito people unique?
They have been traditionally associated with a hunter-gathering lifestyle, and also exhibit physical features that are distinct from their non-Negrito neighbors, namely short stature, frizzy hair, and dark skin (Barrows 1910; Radcliffe-Brown 1922; Evans 1937).
What makes negrito unique?
The key defining characteristics of the “negrito” phenotype, small body size, dark skin, and tightly curled hair, have been interpreted as linking these populations to sub-Saharan Africans.
Is Negrito and Aeta the same?
The Aeta, like other Negritos, are the descendants of the earliest modern human migrations into the Philippine islands during the Paleolithic, around 40,000 years ago. Aetas are most closely related to the Batak people of Palawan. Unlike many of other Filipino ethnic groups, the Aetas have shown resistance to change.
What are the different names of Negritos?
Other names, such as Dupaningan and Dumagat, reference locations, from which it is assumed the negritos left after contact with Malayo-Polynesian people.
Who is the first Negrito?
The first of these are believed to be Negritos (See Below). About 2300 years ago Malayan people arrived from the mainland in the Philippines and brought a more advanced culture; dairy, iron melting and production of iron tools, pottery techniques and the system of sawah’s (rice fields).