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What is the total number of recognized local indigenous Austronesian languages in the Philippines?
135
Which indigenous group is primarily found in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Northern Luzon?
Igorot
What percentage of the population did the highland tribal groups constitute in the 1990s?
3%
What are the two categories used to define 'indigenous peoples' (IPs) and 'indigenous cultural communities' (ICCs) in the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997?
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What do the tribal groups of the Philippines display a high degree of?
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What type of shorts are called puruntongs in the Philippines?
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What garment was a forerunner of the Barong Tagalog?
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What did the early pre-Philippines clothing of the indigenous groups such as the Tagalogs and Visayans include?
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What did women from the upper caste wear exclusively in the pre-Spanish period?
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What did the Visayans wear that was similar to that of Indonesians and Malaysians?
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