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- Also called:
- Waray or Samaran or Samareño
- Related Topics:
- Visayan
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Waray-Waray
people
Also known as: Samaran, Samareño, Waray
Waray-Waray, any member of a large ethnolinguistic group of the Philippines, living on Samar, eastern Leyte, and Biliran islands. Numbering roughly 4.2 million in the early 21st century, they speak a Visayan (Bisayan) language of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family. Most Waray-Waray are farmers and live in small villages. Although the kinship system and family structure are almost identical to those of other Christian Filipino groups, the Waray-Waray are considered to have retained more of the beliefs and folklore of pre-Christian times.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Virginia Gorlinski.
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