who were the indigenous peoples of balaybay in castillejos, zambales in the island of luzon, philippines?

Answer 1

The Aeta
Other Names: Ayta, Agta, Atta, Ata, Ati, Ita
Countries inhabited: The Philippines
Language family: Austronesian
Language branch: Malayo-Polynesian
The Aetas live in the northern part of The Philippines on the island of Luzon. Historians and anthropologists debate precisely when and how they migrated here, the consensus being that they crossed from the island of Borneo between 20 and 30 thousand years ago, using a land bridge that was partially covered by water around 5,000 years ago - the remaining part of which is now the island of Palawan. Whatever the migration path was, they are without doubt among the first - if not the first - inhabitants of The Philippines. One area of that country where the Aetas had lived for thousands of years was Mount Pinatubo. An active volcano, it erupted in June of 1991. The eruption was one of the worst in history and was devastating to the nearby Aeta population. Around a quarter million people lost their home - many of them Aetas. Although the Philippinos are still cleaning up the ash to this day, the Aetas have long since re-settled in urban areas of Luzon. It is doubtful they will ever return to their former homeland.

http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/text?people=Aeta

Answer 2

my father was from castillejos zambales, when he was alive he was telling us about his town, castillejos. the indegenous people as he said are the aetas. they respect the aetas so much because of their cultural minority, theyre hardworking people, they have their own tradition and no inhibition, not ashamed of their color and physical appearances. and most specially they are not materialistic in terms of productivity in life, they are satisfied of what they have and they love nature/place where they were born and grew-up. theyre enjoying their life as it is, cultivating soil, harvesting crops and selling them outside their territories. some aetas goes to some areas for exploration and want some experience, but most of the times aetas encountered some uncrupulous people insulting them and they was forced to to go back to their homeland. now at present generation, aetas are well educated and proud to be native of castillejos. as my father said, he admired and salute the aetas for being of what they are.