Aeta

The Aeta is an indigenous group of Filipinos who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of Luzon Philippines. The Aetas are known to practice monotheism and are animists; this means that they worship a supreme being and also at the same time they believe in environmental spirits.

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Igorot 

The indigenous people of the Cordillera Mountain Range are known as the Igorot. The Igorot tribe is known to have ten main ethnic groups, with two broader groupings. The larger of the two groupings consists of people who live in the higher country and cultivate wet rice in steplike terraces, while the second group consists of people who live in the lower rainforest areas and grow dry rice in seasonally shifting gardens. The Igorots believe in ghosts, particularly their ancestors' spirits, and have elaborate rituals to appease them.

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Palawan tribe

The Palawan tribe also known as the Pala’wan is one of the indigenous peoples of Palawan. They traditionally hunt soars and bamboo blowguns. The Palawano people closely resemble the people of Tagbanwa and in the past they were doubtlessly of the same people. The people of the Palawan tribe are shifting cultivators, clearing a small area of forest and growing food on it before moving on and allowing the small area of the forest to regrow. 

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Manobo

In terms of the ties and names of the many groups that belong to this family of languages, the Manobo are arguably the most numerous of the ethnic groups in the Philippines. They control key territories in the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Davao, Bukidnon, and North and South Cotabato, which stretch from Sarangani Island to the Mindanao mainland. The groupings cover such a large geographic area that localized communities, such as the Bagobo or Higaonon, and the Atta, have taken on the identity of a unique ethnic grouping. The affiliation of a dialect with a supergroup varies depending on various linguistic viewpoints. Traditional Manobo customs, medicinal uses, diversity, and traditional knowledge based on community plant resources are culturally rich.

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B'laan

The Blaan people, also known as the B'laan, are an indigenous people of Southern Mindanao in the Philippines. Their name may be derived from "bla," which means opponent, and the suffix "an," which means people. The Blaan have their own traditional dance and music, as well as colorful tribal clothing and weaving. The Blaan people are firm believers in the interdependence between humans and the environment. They think they are a part of God's vast design and that everything revolves around the "Malu" or "D'wata."

 

Badjao

The Badjao / Bajau people are an indigenous people with a strong connection to the water. The Badjao, also known as the "Sea Gypsies” of the Sulu and Celebes Seas, are found around the coasts of Tawi Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, and some of Zamboanga City's coastal regions. The Badjao are a sea-dwelling tribe known as the "Sea Nomads'' who have sailed off the Southeast Asian coasts for generations. They survive by traditional free-diving for fish and pearls as a nomadic community living in stilt huts or boat houses on shallow waterways.