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1. Indigenous Religions

2.   E numerate the different groups of indigenous peoples in the Philippines I dentify the themes that characterize indigenous religions Learning Objectives

3. What are the different groups of indigenous peoples in the Philippines? How can we characterize indigenous religions? Key Understanding Key Question Knowledge of the themes of indigenous religions of indigenous peoples may help us understand their culture, beliefs, and habits.

4. Indigenous Peoples Six percent of the world’s population practice indigenous religions , which due to the minority status associated to them were perceived to be “simple”, “primitive”, or “less complex”. Indigenous beliefs are often associated with specific groups of people whose identities have been kept preserved against foreigners . I ndigenous peoples are persons and their descendants “who lived on their lands before settlers came from elsewhere.” Indigenous peoples refer to a group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others :

5. who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory , who have, under claims of ownership since time immemorial, occupied, possessed, and utilized such territories, sharing common bonds of language, customs, traditions, and other distinctive cultural traits , who have, through resistance to political, social, and cultural inroads of colonization, non-indigenous religions and cultures, became historically differentiated from the majority of Filipinos . (IPRA) Indigenous Peoples

6. Indigenous peoples shall include peoples who are regarded as indigenous on account of their descent from the populations which inhabited the country at the time of conquest or colonization , at the time of inroads of non-indigenous religions and cultures, a t the time of the establishment of present state boundaries , who retain some or all of their own social , economic, cultural, and political institutions, but who may have been displaced from their traditional domains or who may have resettled outside their ancestral domains. Indigenous Peoples

7. Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines T here are about 370 million indigenous people . They constitute 5% of the world’s population and , collectively, speak 4,000 languages and comprise of 5,000 different groups in 90 countries, 70% of which are found in Asia. T here are about 14-17 million indigenous peoples in the Philippines who constitute 110 ethno-linguistic groups scattered in its various islands: 61% are in Mindanao and 33% in the Cordillera Administrative Region.

8. These communities may be categorized according to different major groups: Igorot – means “people from mountains”; refers to the various ethnic groups in the Cordillera Lumad – a “residual category” that reflects the indigenous communities’ “secondary status” in Mindanao as those who “did not convert to Islam and become Moros”; means “born from the earth”; a term used to recognize the similarities and shared histories of the different ethnic groups in Mindanao before contact with the Spaniards Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines

9. Mangyan – indigenous peoples in Mindoro, Sibuyan, and some islands of Palawan Negrito – found in different parts of the Philippines; distinguishable through their physical features such as dark skin and curly hair Each of the indigenous communities has its own history, ancestry, migration patterns, and engagements with the environment as well as their respective ethnicities, dialects, and geographies thus we need to be careful in nuancing differences across them when referring to indigenous peoples with collective category. Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines

10. Indigenous Religions Indigenous religions around the world have similarities that they share with one another and are inseparable from the everyday life of the local people. Indigenous religions around the world do not have direct contact with one another especially in terms of historical, cultural, and geographic distance but common denominators exist between them because their local experiences tie them to fundamental settings like the environment, livelihood, and kinship which all form their spiritualities .

11. The following are the various themes that characterize indigenous religions around the world: For many indigenous religions, nature is a sacred entity , which the Creator (or divine beings) has entrusted to people. Stewardship of nature is therefore a religious duty . The indigenous worldview is kinship-based . This means that the spirits of ancestors figure in religious practice and worship. They are believed to be active in the life of the community . Indigenous Religions

12. Apart from ancestors, indigenous religions may also relate to spirits of nature , deities , and life-forces access to which is a “preserve of particular religious officials or ceremonies ”. Rituals occupy a prominent role among indigenous religions. Given that religious life follows a community’s genealogy or ancestry, to convert other people is not a mission . Many indigenous communities rely on the oral transmission of beliefs and practices. Cosmologies may therefore not be fully coherent . Indigenous Religions

13. Followers of indigenous religions receive divine revelation through direct communication in the form of visions, dreams, and spirit possession. Indigenous religions are primarily inner-worldly in terms of their worldview concerning salvation. Physical and material gains , usually tied to their economic activities, are central to their religious activities . Indigenous Religions

14. Activity R ead the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement (signed in 2012 ) and the Bangsamoro Basic Law (if already passed) and identify the following: provisions that clearly protect the rights and welfare of indigenous peoples ; and those that may be used to take advantage of these communities and their resources.