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Neil D. David0000-0001-5341-8505

Dinalupihan Campus

Orani Campus

Abucay CampusMain and Balanga

CampusBagac Campus

Preservation of Indigenous Culture of Bataan through an Ayta Magbukon School of Living

Tradition (SLT) Program 

Neil D. DavidAsst. Prof./Research Technical Staff

Bataan Peninsula State University, Balanga, Bataan,Philippines

[email protected]

Background of the Study

Ayta Magbukon

Ayta Ambala

vanishing tribe because of integration and modernity

Lots of custom and traditions are no longer set into practice

seldom speak their native dialect

transmission of indigenous skills and techniques to the young Ayta’s.

aimed to encourage culture specialists/masters to continue with their own work, develop and expand the frontiers of that work, and train younger people for the sustainability of their culture and traditions.

Visit to the NHI and National Library – secondary data

Interview, Observation and Validation – primary data

TriangulationRe-observationRe- interviewRe-focus group discussion

Methodology

Establishment of the SLT

Activities Undertaken

a. Final selection of students

b. Identification of cultural masters based on the recommendations of different tribal chieftain and elders

c. Overview of the Magbukon Culture

1 Magbukon legends and folktales2 Magbukon dialect3 Rituals4 Beliefs5 Traditions6 Riddles7 Socio-economic and political system

d. Traditional Cooking and Indigenous Food Plants (IFP’s) of the Ayta Magbukon

15 traditional cooking

41 IFP’s

e. Traditional Medicinal Plant

37 medicinal plantsused in different

sicknessesfrom a simple headache

to kidney infection

f. Traditional Songs

1. Alikapun na indu2. Panaun ng hapun3. Ha pugar owng dalita4. Panaynup5. Pakiuhap6. Ha kabangor owng abagat7. Sa kabukilan8. Ayta ha bataan

g. Traditional Dances 7 traditional dances of the Ayta Magbukon (hayaw Bakulaw, hayaw Pandyadyawo, hayaw Yaham, hayaw Ligaw-an, hayaw Pagbabakal, hayaw Panilan, and hayaw Talipi).

h. Public performances Abucay day BPSU programs and

activities Programs of the Office of

the Governor - Bataan Programs of the Office of

the Mayor -Abucay NCCA Indigenous

peoples month Programs of ABS CBN

Impact of activities to targeted beneficiaries /sectors/community

a. To Bataan Peninsula State University students and faculty

b. To Ayta Magbukon students of the SLT program

c. To Ayta Magbukon Community

has abounding culture, so rare and distinctive and has considerable magnitude in the saga of the Filipino people.

Their songs imply their daily quest for the meaning of life and love; their dances show their struggles and victories and;

their literatures reveal their identities and ethnicity.

They have cultures and arts as much as the majority groups but theirs convey simplicity and uncomplicated lifestyle and these what makes them unique.

Recommendation

Because of the tribe’s acculturation, it is deemed necessary that this kind of program be given main concern and stability.

Bibliography

Aetas.Wikipedia.WikiAETA.2007, 2008, 2009.Macatuno, Allan. Aeta Village Reclaim Traditions.Asia Africa Intelligence Wire,Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila, 2003.Paguio, V.D, The Indigenous People of Bataan.Bataan, 1997.Seitz, Stefan. The Aeta at the Mt.Pinatubo, Philippines: A Minority Grouping Copingwith Disaster.New Day Publisher, 2004.Agar, M., Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction To Ethnography,(2nd ed.). Academic Press. 1996.Chris Livesey, Theory and Methods: Reliability, Validity and Triangulation.2008UNESCO Universal declaration on cultural diversity: A document for the world summit on sustainable development.Johannesburg, South Africa, Cultural Diversity Series No.1. Paris. 2002.UNESCO) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.Paris, 29 September - 17 October 2003. 

Interview 

12 Tribal Chieftains1 chief key informant

4 key informants25 elders/informants10 cultural masters

Yaraw wa ugtu ha kaykaw wa laat… mabiyay kitamu!