AKA: Itneg, I-tineg, Tinguian, Tinguianes, Itinek, Mandaya, Tingian Location: NW Luzon Languages: Ilokano Supergroup: Subgroups: Adassen,

Binongan, Inlaod, Masadiit, Aplai, Banao, Gubang, Maeng, Luba, Balatok Subsistence: Valley wet rice, swidden rice and tubers Population: 51,422 (1990) I-tineg means "people living near the Tineg river," which these people certainly do. Ostensibly the still-wild remnant of the Ilokanos, the Tinggians still maintain very close relations with them. They reside in the provinces of Abra, Ilocos Sur, and Iloilo, with concentrations in the municipalities of Tubo, Manabo, Sal-lapadan, San Quintin, Luba, and Boliney. Two general groupings exist: the Valley Tinggian of the lower reaches of Abra province, who cultivate wet rice and maintain a concentrated and homogenous population; and the Mountain Tinggian who rely on dry cultivation and root crops, and are much more sparse of population. The Tinggians traditionally live in fortified villages adjacent to their swidden fields. They differ from all other Philippine groups in their taste for dressing in white; the women are known also for their extensive and heavily beaded lower arm ornaments. The political unit is the village, at the head of which is an elderly lakay assisted by a council of other elders. Kadaklan (or Kabunyian) is the supreme deity of the animistic religion. Women generally serve as priests and healers. The sayang prestige feast, as elsewhere in the Cordillera, is aspired to by men of means. Source: http://class.csueastbay.edu/anthropologymuseum/virtmus/Philippines/Peoples/Tinggian.htm

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TINGGIAN FLOOD MYTH AND THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT FLOOD (GENESIS 6 a.k.a. NOAHS ARK):

SIMILARITIES GENESIS 6
There was a great flood. sent through heavy rains of 40 days & 40 nights. Middle East

DIFFERENCES TINGGIAN MYTH

sent through waves; the water level Heightened. highlands of Abra

Flood originated In a local area. The presence of a Supreme Being/s There was a male hero Flood was sent as punishment

There is only one God

Participation of deities with titles. Aponi-tolau: a god-hero Aponi-tolau: an intruder who hurt & abducted a sea Maiden only the household of the hero survived.

Noah, a mortal man; human to wicked people; sinners

Many people, creatures, perished. There was a promise.

family of Noah & seven pairs of each specie Survived. God promised Noah that He will never send a great flood ever again.

Tau-mari-u will sink mens boats & drown passengers until Aponi-tolaus crime is