Manide

NEGRITO PEOPLE There are several human populations scattered throughout SEA that are thought to be descendants of the “First Sundaland People .” They are collectively known as Negritos and are currently found in the Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula and several islands in the Philippines. The Negritos of the Philippines are comprised of approximately 25 different ethnolinguistic groups , widely scattered throughout the archipelago, totaling an estimated 15,000 people. All are or were hunter-gatherer societies. Today they are found in various stages of deculturation, and most are involved in agriculture. In June 1983, the Agta of Casiguran numbered 616 individuals. The area they occupy is about 700 km²; about half is covered by primary rainforest, although the bigger trees have been thinned by loggers during the last two decades. The Agta are by no means only recently exposed to outsiders. Since at least the turn of this century they have had increasing contact with Filipino immigrant ho...

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  The Manide Tribe is a Negrito Filipino community in Barangay Osmeña, Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, locally called Agta by Bicolanos. Manide is the term for their language. DA-ATI Bicol's Center Director, Ms. Elsa Parot, in her message for the attendees, said the training is the start of ATI's interventions for the community. Their farm is also projected to become a Learning Site for Agriculture (LSA). "Kabihug" as the natives of Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte used to call it which means "slave". Today, they call themselves "manide." They want to showcase their unique talent in creating paintings and attractions that tourists will return to in their community. The Manide are an Indigenous minority who live in Camarines Norte, a province located in the Bicol Region of Luzon, Philippines. Though many young Manide now speak Tagalog, the main language of the Philippines, Manide elders speak their own, unique language. Through a holistic developm...