Filipino Roots

The Kalinga are Igorot people who live in the Kalinga province in the north of the Philippines (Luzon). This video shows a Tadchok dance from a 2011 festival.

When most people think of the Philippines, they usually don't know much about the country (at least that's my personal experience). Even less does anyone associate the Philippines with their indigenous people - the Aeta. The Aeta are known to be probably the first inhabitants of the Philippine islands, even before the Austronesian peoples populated the land.  I want to share these stunning performances with the world to spread the wonderful culture of the indigenous Filipino people and let them see and hear their beauty.  Tribal dance: And here another one, same song as the first, at the Caragan Festival:

The Aeta people are the indigenous people of the Philippines and belong to the Negritos of Southeast Asia. Anthropologists assume that the Aeta were the first inhabitants of the Philippine islands prior to Austronesian immigration. Today, they are predominantly resident in the Northern regions of Luzon. Aeta people suffer from racial discrimination in the Philippines. As the video below reveals, employment is barely offered to people of color and curled hair (in Tagalog, the term kulot is used for people of curled hair, which also literally means the latter). Therefore, it is especially Aeta women who use alleged skin whiteners, such as papaya soap, with hopes to achieve a brighter skin color, but also due to random offensive remarks by non-Aeta citizens who believe darker people to be "dirty" and "malodorous." The reason for this discrimination against Aeta people is rooted in the colonial era. Due to Spanish and American colonization, white imperialist...