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THE IMPACT OF THE INDIGENOUS HANDICRAFT PRODUCTS

IN THE ECONOMY

Rationale
Indigenous people are the one who are considered to be the pioneers of a specific place. According
to Diacamos (n.d.), indigenous people are a group of people which shared a common traditions, beliefs and
culture. In addition, as what Diacamos states, the indigenous people have the common bonds of language
and they might be found in the interior part of the Luzon, Mindanao and some part of Visayas.
According to the UNDP (2013), most of the population of the indigenous people can be found in
Mindanao. It seems that Mindanao have the 61% of the indigenous population.
In Davao City, which is one of the city in Mindanao, there are 11 indigenous group and these are the
Obu-Manuvu, Matigsalog, Bagobo-Tagabawa, Sama, Maranao, Kagan, Iranun, Maguindanaon and Taosug.
These indigenous serves as the representation of the all the Davaoeños and Davaoeñas, since, way back on
the history of Davao City. Davao City was derived from the Bagobo origins. The Bagobo is considered as
one of the indigenous in the Philippines. And Davao is came from the blending of the three Bagobo
subgroups which are the Obo, Klata and Tagabawa group. However, even though there are many tribes
which dwell in the City, they still live and unite harmoniously.
The indigenous tribes provide different and unique handcrafted products. Moreover, there
handiworks promote their culture and traditions. During the date of August 11, 2017, Mindanao Trade Expo
at Abreeza Mall. The event have a theme “Empowering Community through Creative Product Designs”.
Moreover, the event serves as an opportunity for the indigenous tribes to showcase there crafts and
products. As they presented there handiworks, they inspire the other people to buy their products and
pursue them to introduce it to others. In addition, it gives them the confidence to have more social
interaction between them as a tribe and to the community.
This study aims to provide the information on what are the impacts and how does the produced
products of the indigenous tribes affect the economy of the Davao City. According to an article from
Philippine Handicraft Industry, indigenous handicrafts are important because they helps to promote the
cultural heritage of each tribe. In addition, this study help us to realize the deeper effect and the significance
of the indigenous products. Furthermore, this study awakes the mind of each Davaoeños and Davaoeñas
about how big is the help of the indigenous products in our society, community and to our economy.

Statement of The Problem

The purpose of this study is to provide informations on what are the effects of the indigenous products on
our economy:
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1. How big is the effect of the indigenous product in our economy?
2. Does the indigenous products are given some importance by our society?
3. Is there a significant that the local market include the handicrafts of the indigenous people?
4. How the society help the indigenous to develop and improve their handcraft products?

Methodology

This study will employ the qualitative non-experimental research design using the ethnography
design. With qualitative research design, the researcher will be able to discover if there are things that
indigenous products gave impact to the society. Qualitative techniques will give us unique depth
understanding which is difficult to gain from a closed question survey based on the research of Tiley
(2017). Qualitative research's data are given as described and reported in textual form according to
Amorado and Talili (2017). The researchers will also employ specifically ethnography research to
investigate the individual's behavior, values, perception and thoughts.

References:

Amorado & Talili (2017). Qualitative research: A Practical Research. Malabon City: Mutya Publishing
House, Inc.

Diacamos, J. (2014). Tribal identifications in the Philippines. Philippines. Retrieved from https://-
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9Xy4ebs9xrqJA7Q8Mco5itjiT0vF9K_HoIhpcwhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2Fj-
hayrmoja%2Fung-kauri-moteh%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1AnkVaKz0FbbqzAah-
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co5itjiT0vF9K_HoIhpcwindigenous

Flordeliz, R. (2018). Kadayawan village: A glimpse of Davao City 11 tribes in one place. Philippines:
Davao City. Retrieved from http://www.nognoginthecity.com/2018/08/23kadayawan-village-davao-
city-11-tribes/?fbclid=IwAR2ttQ1-U85Uu He4neuYhidCJhuNWToiQRrCepj5iEE8x8g
GKp0IV7BQDY

Lopez, A. (2017). Indigenous crafts, products on display at Mindanao Trade Expo ’17. Philippines: Davao
Today. Retrieved from http://davaotoday.com/main/blog/indigenous-crafts-products-on-display-at--
mindanao-trade-expo-17/
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Tiley, C. (2017). Qualitative research: What is it and why should you use it? Retrieved November 25, 2018,
from http://www.onepoll.com/qualitative-research-what-is-it-and-why-should-you-use-it/

UNDP (2013). Fast Facts: Indigenous peoples in the Philippines. Philippines. Retrieved from http://-
www.ph.undp.org/content/philippines/en/home/library/democratic_governance/FastFacts-IPs.html?
fbclid=IwAR2Xj_VBjxWMQNrsxCfl89bzF14rybiYyXz-jd52JGp0zOtLdqUHz25c
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A. Research Project Duration

November 2018 to __March__ 2019

Prepared by: Llanera, Kenneth

Peralta, Ariel
Castanares, Richren
Galas, Jay Anne
Laureta, Nina Mae

Date: November 26, 2018

Endorsed by:

JUN GLYN O. PUEDA

Instructor, Res1s