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Pangasinans

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Pangasinans 

a people living on southwest Luzon, in the Republic of the Philippines, and numbering about 1 million (1970, estimate). The culture and customs of the Pangasinans are similar to those of the Tagalogs. Their language belongs to the Indonesian group; many of them also know Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines. Their religion is Catholicism. The primary occupation of the Pangasinans is the growing of rice and sugarcane.

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Captain Mead reported that Ilocanos and Pangasinans exhibited "a natural dislike to the Tagalogs" and he identified the latter as "a disturbing element" and blamed them for "forcibly driving local laborers from the camps.
 
 
 
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