Teduray people
Austronesian ethnic group of the southern Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Teduray, also called Tiruray or Tirurai, are an indigenous peoples in Mindanao, Philippines. They speak the Tiruray language. Their name may have come from words tew, meaning people, and duray, referring to a small bamboo hook and a line used for fishing.[2]
Tew Teduray | |
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Total population | |
138,646 (2020 census)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Philippines (Bangsamoro, Soccsksargen) | |
Languages | |
Native Teduray Also Maguindanaon • Filipino • English | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Traditional Religion, Minority Sunni Islam, Christianity (Mostly Catholic) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Maguindanaon, Lumad, Sama-Bajau, other Moro people, Visayans, other Filipinos, Malay people other Austronesian people |
The Tiruray (Teduray) culture was studied at length in the 1960s by anthropologist Stuart A. Schlegel. Schlegel spent two years as a participant/observer among a group who lived in and was sustained by the rainforest. He was profoundly moved by the egalitarian society he witnessed, and went on to write several books and papers on the subject, including Wisdom of the Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist.