Région de BicolThe Bicol Region, commonly shortened to Bicol and designated as Region V, is an administrative region of the Philippines. Also referred to as Bicolandia, it comprises six provinces, four on the Bicol Peninsula (the southeastern end of Luzon): Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon, and two off the shore: Catanduanes and Masbate. The regional center is Legazpi and has one independent component city, the pilgrim city of Naga. The region is bounded by Lamon Bay to the north, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Sibuyan Sea and Ragay Gulf to the west.
Filipino MestizosIn the Philippines, Filipino Mestizo (mestizo (masculine) / mestiza (feminine); Filipino/Mestiso (masculine) / Mestisa (feminine)), or colloquially Tisoy, is a name used to refer to people of mixed native Filipino and any foreign ancestry. The word mestizo itself is of Spanish origin; it was first used in the Americas to describe people of mixed Amerindian and European ancestry. Currently and historically, the Chinese mestizos were and are still ordinarily the most populous subgroup among mestizos; they have historically been very influential in the creation of Filipino nationalism.
Maguindanao peopleThe Maguindanao people are an Austronesian ethnic group from the Philippines. The Maguindanaon are part of wider political identity of Muslims known as Moro, who constitute the third largest ethnic group of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan. The Maguindanaons constitute the ninth largest Filipino ethnic group and are known for being distinguished in the realm of visual art. They have been renowned as metalworkers, producing the wavy-bladed keris ceremonial swords and other weapons, as well as gongs.
Vallée de Cagayanvignette|263x263px La Vallée de Cagayan (Lambak ng Cagayan en filipino) est une région des Philippines, également appelée Région II ou Région 02. La région est située dans une grande vallée au nord-est de Luçon, entre les massifs montagneux des Cordilleras et de la Sierra Madre. Sa superficie est de km2 pour une population de habitants. Son centre régional est Tuguegarao. Elle se compose de cinq provinces : Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino.
MindoroMindoro est la septième plus grande île des Philippines de par sa superficie. Elle se trouve au sud-ouest de l'île de Luçon et au nord-est de l'île de Palawan, en mer de Sulu. Dans le passé, l'île était appelée Ma-I ou encore Mait par les chinois. Le nom Mindoro vient du nom que les Espagnols donnèrent à l'île : "Mina de Oro" ("mine d'or"). Administrativement l'île est divisée en deux provinces : Mindoro-Est et Mindoro-Ouest. Elle fut le théâtre de la bataille de Mindoro en . L'économie de Mindoro est largement basée sur l'agriculture.
PinoyPinoy (pɪˈnɔɪ pɪˈnɔi) is a common informal self-reference used by Filipinos to refer to citizens of the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseas Filipinos in the Filipino diaspora. A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called Tisoy, a shortened word for Mestizo. Many Filipinos refer to themselves as Pinoy, sometimes the feminine Pinay (pɪˈnaɪ pɪ'nai), instead of the standard term Filipino. Filipino is the widespread formal word used to call a citizen of the Philippines.
CasteUne caste est un groupe social hiérarchisé, endogame et héréditaire, mais plus fortement évolué que l’état ou le statut social dans l’ancien régime en Europe. La notion de caste est à distinguer de celle de tribu, de clan ou d'ethnie dont elle est parfois une sous-division. vignette|droite|Représentation britannique de différentes castes hindoues en 1874. Le mot vient du portugais casta, qui signifie lignée, race, voire engeance, ainsi que rang social. On dit, par exemple, « de boa casta » ou « de má casta ».
Cité lacustreUne cité lacustre, ou village lacustre, est un village construit sur un lac, un étang ou un marais, ou sur une rive fréquemment inondée par la montée des eaux. Les maisons sont alors construites sur pilotis, voire sont parfois flottantes. Les pilotis sont aussi nommés palafittes, de l'italien palafitta, lui-même du latin palus (pieu ou pal) et de figere (ficher ou fixer). De nombreux sites palafittiques, vestiges d'anciens villages lacustres, datés du Néolithique ou de l'Âge du bronze, ont été trouvés au bord ou dans les lacs glaciaires du massif alpin.
Subanon peopleThe Subanon (also spelled Subanen or Subanun) is an indigenous group to the Zamboanga peninsula area, particularly living in the mountainous areas of Zamboanga del Sur and Misamis Occidental, Mindanao Island, Philippines. The Subanon people speak Subanon languages. The name is derived from the word soba or suba, a word common in Sulu, Visayas, and Mindanao, which means "river", and the suffix -nun or -non, which indicates a locality or place of origin. Accordingly, the name Subanon means "a person or people of the river".
Aklanon peopleThe Aklanon people are the ethnolinguistic group who lived in the province of Aklan. They are part of the wider Bisaya ethnolinguistic group, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. Aklanon form the majority in the province of Aklan in Panay. They are also found in other Panay provinces such as Iloilo, Antique, and Capiz, as well as Romblon. Like the other Visayans, Aklanons have also found their way to Metro Manila, Mindanao, and even the United States.
