Aeta, Agta and Dumagat, are collective terms for several indigenous peoples who live in various parts of Luzon islands in the Philippines. They are included in the wider Negrito grouping of South and
Young Aeta girl from Mariveles, Bataan, in 1901
An Aeta woman in Baliwag, Bulacan in March 2021
Aeta child in Baliwag in 2021
Aeta mother and child from Zambales in 2024
The term Negrito refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples of
Aeta people
…are collective terms for several indigenous peoples who live in various parts of Luzon islands in the Philippines. They are included in the wider Negrito grouping of South and Southeast Asia, with whom they share superficial common physical characteristics such as: dark skin tones; short statures; frizzy…
A Luzon Negrito with spear
Batek family in Malaysia.
A young Onge mother with her baby (Andaman Islands, India, 1905)