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| Applai |
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| Indigenous Group |
Applai (Also
known as: Appais; Kankanan-ey; Katangnan; Lepanto Igorot; Sagada
Igorot; Western Bontoc; Western Bontok) |
| Location |
Philippines,
Luzon, Western Mountain Province particularly Sabangan, Sagada, Tadian,
and Besao . |
| Estimated Population |
178,294
(2000, National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples) |
| Environment |
Tropical
highland Mountain |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Animal Husbandry / Handicraft |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Kankanay,
Northern
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern
Philippine, Northern Luzon, South-Central Cordilleran, Central
Cordilleran, Nuclear Cordilleran, Bontok-Kankanay, Kankanay
Alternate names: Sagada Igorot, Western Bontoc
|
| Website URLs |
National Commission
of Indigenous Peoples
Igorot
Peoples
Philippine
people: Applai
Philippines
Literature: The Applai
Cultural
Heritage: Applai
News:
Culture-rich Mountain Province tribes in Lang-ay Festivities
Mountain
Province - Home of the Kankanais.
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| NGOs |
None found |
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