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1. Neil D. David
0000-0001-5341-8505

2. Dinalupihan Campus
Orani Campus
Abucay Campus
Main and Balanga Campus
Bagac Campus

4. Preservation of Indigenous Culture of Bataan
through an Ayta Magbukon School of Living
Tradition (SLT) Program
Neil D. David
Asst. Prof./Research Technical Staff
Bataan Peninsula State University, Balanga, Bataan,
Philippines
neildavi22@gmail.com

5. Background of the Study
Ayta Ambala
Ayta Magbukon

6.  vanishing tribe because of integration and modernity
 Lots of custom and traditions are no longer set into
practice
 seldom speak their native dialect

7.  transmission of indigenous
skills and techniques to the
young Ayta’s.
 aimed to encourage culture
specialists/masters to
continue with their own work,
develop and expand the
frontiers of that work, and
train younger people for the
sustainability of their culture
and traditions.

8. Methodology
 Visit to the NHI and National
Library – secondary data
 Interview, Observation and
Validation – primary data
 Triangulation
Re-observation
Re- interview
Re-focus group discussion
 Establishment of the SLT

9. Activities Undertaken
a. Final selection of students
b. Identification of cultural masters
based on the recommendations of
different tribal chieftain and
elders

10. c. Overview of the Magbukon Culture
1 Magbukon legends and folktales
2 Magbukon dialect
3 Rituals
4 Beliefs
5 Traditions
6 Riddles
7 Socio-economic and political system

11. d. Traditional Cooking and Indigenous Food
Plants (IFP’s) of the Ayta Magbukon
 15 traditional cooking
 41 IFP’s

12. e. Traditional Medicinal Plant
 37 medicinal plants
used in different
sicknesses
from a simple headache
to kidney infection

13. f. Traditional Songs
1. Alikapun na indu
2. Panaun ng hapun
3. Ha pugar owng dalita
4. Panaynup
5. Pakiuhap
6. Ha kabangor owng abagat
7. Sa kabukilan
8. Ayta ha bataan

14. g. Traditional Dances
7 traditional dances of the Ayta Magbukon (hayaw
Bakulaw, hayaw Pandyadyawo, hayaw Yaham,
hayaw Ligaw-an, hayaw Pagbabakal, hayaw
Panilan, and hayaw Talipi).

15. h. Public performances
 Abucay day
 BPSU programs and
activities
 Programs of the Office of
the Governor - Bataan
 Programs of the Office of
the Mayor -Abucay
 NCCA Indigenous
peoples month
 Programs of ABS CBN

16. Impact of activities to targeted beneficiaries
/sectors/community
a. To Bataan Peninsula State University students and
faculty
b. To Ayta Magbukon students of the SLT program
c. To Ayta Magbukon Community

17.  has abounding culture, so rare and distinctive
and has considerable magnitude in the saga of
the Filipino people.
 Their songs imply their daily quest for the
meaning of life and love; their dances show their
struggles and victories and;
 their literatures reveal their identities and
ethnicity.
 They have cultures and arts as much as the
majority groups but theirs convey simplicity and
uncomplicated lifestyle and these what makes
them unique.

18. Recommendation
 Because of the tribe’s acculturation, it is deemed
necessary that this kind of program be given main
concern and stability.

19. Bibliography
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UNESCO Universal declaration on cultural diversity: A document for the
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Heritage.Paris, 29 September - 17 October 2003.
Interview
12 Tribal Chieftains
1 chief key informant
4 key informants
25 elders/informants
10 cultural masters

20. Yaraw wa ugtu ha kaykaw wa laat…
mabiyay kitamu!