ITNEG

Economic life is based on agriculture. It is the principal source of income for the people.

Aside from being farmers, they also do fresh water fishing, weaving various types of cloths and blanket, pottery making, and basketry.

Music is an important aspect of Tinguian culture. Singing is a normal occurrence in the community and in the work fields. Their musical instruments are the "kalalent" (nose flute) the gangsa (copper gongs) and the "kulintang" (guitar).

The people live in scattered villages and cover a large area. Most of them live in settlements usually found near river banks. Dwellings are usually built in clusters with rice granary and vegetable patches. Two or three adjacent settlements generally compose a village.

ITNEG

Tinguian means "the people of the mountains," It was originally used to refer to all mountain dwelling people.

The Tinguian are listed as one of the Cordillerean people called "Igorots". Some feature of the culture, customs, traditions, rituals, beliefs and ethnic values are the same with the Igorots.

-ALTERNATE NAME OF "TINGUIAN"

Traditional religion is based on beliefs in the spirits or anitos, locally called "sasailo" who are natural deities, leader spirits (good or bad), and ancestral spirits. Spirits are revered and feared. They have adopted certain measures to protect themselves and property. They conduct ceremonies, offer food and drinks, and perform magical acts to ill-disposed spirits to assure good harvests.

A Tinguian village is usually headed by one of the old men or "lakay" chosen by a council of elder members of the village. A "lakay" is chosen based on his courage, health, wisdom and character. His role is to settle disputes in accordance with the customs and traditions.

ETHNICITY

• Affinity Bloc : Malay Peoples
• People Cluster :Filipino, Tribal
• People Name General :Itneg
• Ethnic Code :MSY44x
• People ID : 15044