Bicolano peopleThe Bicolano people (Bikol: Mga Bikolnon) are the fourth-largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. Their native region is commonly referred to as Bicolandia, which comprises the entirety of the Bicol Peninsula and neighboring minor islands, all in the southeast portion of Luzon. Males from the region are often referred to as Bicolano, while Bicolana may be used to refer to females. Bicolano people are largely an agricultural and rural people, producing rice, coconuts, hemp, and spices.
Maranao peopleThe Maranao people (Maranao: ['mәranaw]; Filipino: Maranaw), also spelled Meranao, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is a predominantly Muslim Filipino ethnic group native to the region around Lanao Lake in the island of Mindanao. They are known for their artwork, weaving, wood, plastic and metal crafts and epic literature, the Darangen. They are ethnically and culturally closely related to the Iranun, and Maguindanao, all three groups being denoted as speaking Danao languages and giving name to the island of Mindanao.
Waray peopleThe Waray people (or the Waray-Waray people) are a subgroup of the larger ethnolinguistic group Bisaya people, who constitute the 4th largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. Their primary language is the Waray language (also called Lineyte-Samarnon or Binisaya), an Austronesian language native to the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran, which together comprise the Eastern Visayas Region of the Philippines.
Katipunanvignette|Drapeau du Katipunan lors de la révolution. Le Katipunan (L'Association) est une société secrète fondée en 1892 aux Philippines par Andres Bonifacio pour libérer le pays des colonisateurs espagnols. Son nom officiel est en tagalog : Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng̃ mg̃á Anak ng̃ Bayan (approximativement : Association Suprême et Vénérable des Fils du Peuple ; Katipunan est dérivé de la racine tipon, qui signifie « récolter »). Le Katipunan est aussi connu sous le sigle KKK, qui peut le faire confondre avec le Ku Klux Klan.
MaginooThe Tagalog maginoo, the Kapampangan ginu, and the Visayan tumao were the nobility social class among various cultures of the pre-colonial Philippines. Among the Visayans, the tumao were further distinguished from the immediate royal families, the kadatuan. Barangay state and History of the Philippines (900-1565) The Tagalogs had a three-class social structure consisting of the maginoo (royalty), the maharlika (lit. freemen; warrior nobility), and the alipin (serfs and slaves).
Aetathumb|Femme Aeta des Philippines. Illustration parue dans Popular Science en 1881 Les Aetas sont une population vivant dans la partie nord des Philippines sur l'île de Luçon. On suppose qu'il s'agit des habitants indigènes des Philippines, présents bien avant l'arrivée des Austronésiens venus de Taïwan il y a ans. Les Espagnols ont surnommé cette population « Negritos », en raison de leur petite taille et leur apparence physique qu'ils trouvaient semblable à celle des Africains.
Pangasinan peopleThe Pangasinan people (Totoon Pangasinan), also known as Pangasinense, are an ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Numbering 1,823,865 in 2010, they are the tenth largest ethnolinguistic group in the country. They live mainly in their native province of Pangasinan and the adjacent provinces of La Union and Tarlac, as well as Benguet, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, and Nueva Vizcaya. Smaller groups are found elsewhere in the Philippines and worldwide in the Filipino diaspora.
Kapampangan peopleThe Kapampangan people (Taung Kapampangan), Pampangueños or Pampangos, are the sixth largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines, numbering about 2,784,526 in 2010. They live mainly in the provinces of Pampanga, Bataan and Tarlac, as well as Bulacan, Nueva Ecija and Zambales. The province of Pampanga is the traditional homeland of the Kapampangans. Once occupying a vast stretch of land that extended from Tondo to the rest of Central Luzon, huge chunks of territories were carved out of Pampanga so as to create the provinces of Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora and Tarlac.
BaybayinLe baybayin (parfois nommé alibata) est un système d'écriture qui servait à écrire le tagalog avant l'arrivée des Européens. Il est dérivé du kawi ou vieux-javanais. On suppose qu’il fut utilisé dès le , et du moins son usage n’avait pas encore disparu durant la colonisation des Philippines par les Espagnols. Doctrina Cristiana, premier livre imprimé aux Philippines en 1593 comprenait le même texte tagalog en baybayin et en alphabet latin. Baybayin signifie "épeler".
Philippine mythologyPhilippine mythology is the body of stories and epics originating from, and part of, the indigenous Philippine folk religions, which include various ethnic faiths distinct from one another. Philippine mythology is incorporated from various sources, having similarities with Indonesian and Malay myths, as well as Hindu, Muslim, Shinto, Buddhist, and Christian traditions, such as the notion of heaven (kaluwalhatian, kalangitan, kamurawayan, etc.), hell (kasamaan, sulad, etc.), and the human soul (kaluluwa, kaulolan, makatu, ginokud, etc.
