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How did the community view the changes?

The Community viewed the changes in many ways. When Mount Pinatubo erupted, the Aeta people came back to live in there houses and reparied any damages in their houses throghout the village.
Their lives changed when tourists began entering their land to visit the one and only, Mount Pinatubo. Some of the difficulties that they were facing was things like:

• Distraction from daily rituals and ceremonies
• Caution of hunting down food to survive
• Lack of clean water

This resulted in the leaders of the Phillipines and Luzon to declare the area of the Aeta Tribe as a National Park.

Mining in Luzon

Aeta People farming

While resisting change from the other society for hundreds of years, the Aetas have adjusted to social, economic, cultural, and political pressures with remarkable resilience; they have created systems and structures within their culture to cushion the sudden impact of change.

Changes in the Community






Aeta Children

Although the Aetas were among the first inhabitants of The Philippines, natural disasters and exploitation of their land for natural resources have acted over the years to displace many of them. However, The Philippino government has recently paid more attention and respect to their heritage and way of life through organizations such as The Indigenous People Development Plan. As recently as February 2nd, 2001 the Aetas in these pictures were granted Ancestral Domain Title to their land. The official certificate reads that this title was granted in virtue of their "having continuously occupied, possessed and utilized [the land] since time immimorial." Interestingly, it is written neither in Aeta Ambala, their tribal language (for which a writing system was developed only in the second half of the 20th Century, and which few Aetas speak any more), nor in Tagalog, the most widely spoken Philippino language, rather it is written in English.











Mount Pinatubo erupting

Another cause of change for the Aeta People was the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. The Aeta people was the hardest hit by the eruption. After the areas surrounding the volcano was declared safe, most of the villagers returned to their olf villages and continued in their daily lives.



Some other changes in the Aeta community is the increasing tourist attraction to Mount Pinatubo. This has caused massive problems to the community like entering the area where the Aeta people live.

Mining, deforestation, illegal logging, and slash-and-burn farming has caused the Aeta people in all parts of Luzon to steadily decrease to the point where they number in the thousands today. The Philippines affords them no protection. In addition, the Aeta have become extremely nomadic due to social and economic strain on their culture and way of life that had previously remained unchanged for thousands of years. The Aeta have no sense of money or land ownership and sometimes can be seen camping out in city parks or panhandling.



Life Style

Language

All Aeta communities have adopted the language of their Austronesian Filipino neighbors, which have sometimes diverged over time to become different languages.

Religion

There are different views on the dominant character of the Aeta religion. No special occasion is needed for the Aeta to pray, although there is a clear link between prayer and economic activities. The Aeta dance before and after a pig hunt. The night before Aeta women gather shellfish, they perform a dance which is partly an apology to the fish and partly a charm to ensure the catch. Similarly, the men hold a bee dance before and after the expeditions for honey.

Clothing

Their traditional clothing is very simple. The young women wear wrap around skirts. Elder women wear bark cloth, while elder men wear loin cloths. Today most Aeta who have been in contact with lowlanders have adopted the T-shirts, pants and rubber sandals commonly used by the latter.

Practices

The Aetas are skillful in weaving and plaiting.Women exclusively weave winnows and mats. Only men make armlets. They also produce raincoats made of palm leaves whose bases surround the neck of the wearer, and whose topmost part spreads like a fan all around the body.

Medicine

Aeta women are known around the country as purveyors of herbal medicines.

Music

Aeta Man Hunting

The Aeta have a musical heritage consisting of various types of agung ensembles — ensembles composed of large hanging, suspended or held, bossed/knobbed gongs which act as drone without any accompanying melodic instrument.

Art

The most common form of Aeta visual art is the etching found in their daily tools and implements. Bamboo combs are decorated with incised angular patterns. Geometric designs are etched on arrow shafts.

 Mobility

The Aetas are a traditionally nomadic people, with the Aetas of Panay being known as the most mobile, but are believed to have once lived in more permanent settlements, prior to their becoming nomadic. They build only temporary shelters made of sticks driven to the ground and covered with the palm of banana leaves.

Aeta Community

One Community that lives within the isolated Mountain rages of Luzon is the Aeta People. They reside among the mountain ranges of Luzon and close to Mount Pinatubo. 

Father and Daughter Aeta People 

Facts- Landforms, Climate and Figures

Luzon is the largest and most economically and politically important island in the Philippines. Luzon's area is 104,688 square kilometers, making it the world's 17th largest island. It is the fifth most populated island in the world. Located on Luzon are the country's capital, Manila, and its most populated city, Quezon City. The island is very mountainous and is home to Mount Pulag, the third highest mountain in the country and Mount Pinatubo, Mayon, and Taal Volcano, Luzon's most famous volcanoes. To the west of Luzon island is the South China Sea (Luzon Sea in Philippine territorial waters), to the east is the Philippine Sea, and to the north is Luzon Strait containing Babuyan Channel and Balintang Channel. The Population of Luzon is 46, 228, 000.  The average temperature in Luzon is 27.7 degrees Celsius. 


Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Luzon, at the intersection of the borders of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga. 

Mount Pinatubo

Environment: Mountainous Environments

The Location of my mountainous environment is in Luzon, an island just off of the  Philippines. It is located in the Philippine Sea and is West of the South China Sea. A mountainous Environment is an area of land which is mostly covered in a/or many mountain/s. A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill.