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Aeta: see Pygmy Pygmy or Pigmy , a racial designation of dark-skinned people who live in equatorial rain forests and average less than 59 in. (150 cm) in height.
..... Click the link for more information. . Aeta (in Russian also Atta, Inagta, and so on; they have no general self-designation), a group of Negroid tribes, short in stature, which constitutes the indigenous population of the Philippine Islands. They inhabit the mountain regions and the eastern part of Luzon. Small groups of Aeta also live in the interior of the Negros and Panay islands and the northeastern part of Mindanao. Several other Negroid groups on the islands of Mindoro and Palawan are also sometimes called Aeta. The population is approximately 50,000 (1967 estimate), more than 30,000 of whom are on the island of Luzon. They speak numerous dialects of the Indonesian group of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. Their religious concepts amount to a form of primitive animism. In addition to a hunting and gathering economy, agriculture is developed among the Aeta. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | We are going to look for higher ground," said Joey Tiago, a member of the ethnic Aeta tribe, after he and his family managed to escape. UBIFRANCE, the French Agency for International Business Development, is thrilled to be part of CABSAT 2009 and proud to present 17 innovative French companies on the French pavilion : AETA AUDIO SYSTEMS, ANEVIA, ATDI, AUDEMAT, ENIGMA SYSTEMS, HTTV, INA, ISOSTEM, PREVIEW GM SYSTEMS, PRO CONSULTANT INFORMATIQUE, SGT, TCUBE, THALES ANGENIEUX, THALES ELECTRON DEVICES, TONNA, VISIOSAT et WINMEDIA. Aeta midwife Jeana de la Cruz, who conducts prenatal checkups and immunizations in the mountain villages of Castillejos, Zambales, has described the difficult journeys she makes to attend to women with complicated pregnancies, who, despite their condition, have to ride on carabao (buffalo)-drawn carts. |
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