Batak people (Philippines)

The Batak are a small nation on the Philippine island of Palawan. They are not to be confused with the Indonesian Batak of Sumatra.

You have negri tables roots and are the smallest ethno-linguistic group in Palawan with a purely Austronesian language.

The Batak live on the island of Palawan in the inner mountains north of Puerto Princessa and in the area between the Babuyan River and the village Malcampo.

In 1980, the work applied by the Batak system of slash and burn agriculture. In subsequent years, this economy has become increasingly unproductive. This policy framework from the outside played an important role.

Only in 1780, according to other sources, counting 300 members, threaten community and culture of Batak extinction.

On the origin

During the period of the Three Chinese empires " small, dark people " were expelled by the Han people southward. Some settled in Thailand, others in Malaysia, and some went further south to Indonesia, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines, where they took advantage of land bridges between Borneo and Palawan.