Tinguian

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The Tinguian, also known as Tinguian or Tinguian, are a predominantly pagan people who inhabit western Luzon in the Philippines. They speak an Austronesian language also called Tinguian. The term can refer to either the people or their language.1

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Fay-Cooper Cole
…the old culture reflected in Tinguian myths with the culture of present-day Tinguians and demonstrated the changes that had taken place. Cole subsequently became assistant curator of Malayan ethnology and physical anthropology at the Field Museum.
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…the old culture reflected in Tinguian myths with the culture of present-day Tinguians and demonstrated the changes that had taken place. Cole subsequently became assistant curator of Malayan ethnology and physical anthropology at the Field Museum.
Read More