INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

INTERVIEW

Sarah May O. Erang

Jonalyn Padilla

Chizlom De Leon

Maricel Calderon

Abigael Garcia

Ybeth Leah Virrey

BSF-1B

Edaniel Jerome Valete

Instructor

April 2018
 “Salt”

NAME: Mr. and Mrs. Postor

AGE: 75/76

ADDRESS: Brgy. Zabali Baler Aurora

1. The way of preserving food?

Salting is a method of preserving food that was more common before modern refrigeration.
Salting preserve food by drawing water out of the food, preventing bacteria growing and spoiling
the food.

Salt has been used as a preservative for ages, and works to preserve food in two ways;

 Salt dries food

 Salt kills microbes

Superstitious beliefs

 7 rich with a variety of elementals, from giants smoking tobacco, to small, grumpy, old
men living in anthills. Among the most practiced is the saying of “tabi-tabi po” (excuse
me) when passing through places where elementals are likely to dwell.
 Siblings should not marry within the same year called “sukob”
 “Binurong Tilapia”

NAME: Milagros Calderon

AGE: 70

ADDRESS: South, Poblacion, Dipaculao Aurora

PROCEDURE:

 Clean the fish, and debone after this process cut into a butterfly cut after that wash it
until the blood is no more. Cook rice and after that layer the rice and the fish. Before you
add another layer add some salt.

Superstitious beliefs

 Sweeping at night is bad

 “Suma”

NAME:Aquilino Casalio

AGE:65

ADDRESS:brgy Manggitahan Dilasag Aurora

PROCEDURE:

 First clean the injured part use the alcohol and cotton. After that slit a little in part of
bite of dog for pop out the black or dirty blood in short rabies from dog, when you
push to out the dirty blood clean again and rub the wood called it “SUMA”. After you
rubbing suma put it on the 1 cup of water and drink it because that is a medicine.
Lastly rub again of suma to put in injured part cover by cotton and tie for didn’t pop
off.

Superstitious beliefs

 When a person bites of dog not allowed having a bath for 1day.
 “Burong Kamyas”

NAME:Andrea Gamboa

AGE:78

ADDRESS:Dinadiawan Dipaculao Aurora

The way of preserving food?

 The method that they used in preserving food is what they called “BURONG
KAMYAS”, it is a method putting of some salt and leave it for all night!, this is there
common method that they using in the past years, this is the way of preserving food in
their own way. They using this method for preserving food, to last it in a couple of days
or sometimes weeks.

Superstitious beliefs

 Black cats;, they believe that if you are walking and black cats are near on you, some bad
events are going to happened to you.
 Breaking a mirror; they believe in a breaking mirror sets up for 7 years of bad luck.
Mirrors were thought to be reflections of the soul.so breaking a mirror was believed to be
harmful to the soul.
 They preserving the practiced of saying PO and OPO to our elder in sign of being
courteous or respect.
1. What is indigenous science?

 Science is the pursuit of knowledge. Approaches to gathering that knowledge are

culturally relative. Indigenous science incorporates traditional knowledge and indigenous
perspectives, while non-Indigenous scientific approaches are commonly recognized as
Western science.
 Indigenous science (IS) relies upon direct observation for forecasting and generating
predictions; its’ power lies in its ability to make connections and perceive pattern across
vast cycles of space and time.

2. Why do you think people believe in indigenous science?


 Traditional knowledge include types of knowledge about traditional technologies of
subsistence (e.g. tools and techniques for hunting or agriculture), midwifery, ethno
botany and ecological knowledge, traditional medicine, celestial navigation,
ethnoastronomy,climate, and others. This kind of knowledge, crucial for subsistence and
survival, are generally based on accumulations of empirical observation and on
interaction with the environment.

3. What is the role of indigenous science in the development of science and technology in our
community?

 “The Goal” according to the indigenous Permaculture, “is to share information, build
relationships, and establish a local, organic food source for residents, inspired by indigenous
peoples’ understanding of how to live in place.”
 Throughout history, Indigenous peoples have been responsible for the development of many
technologies and have substantially contributed to science. Approaches to gathering that
knowledge are culturally relative together, they contribute substantially to modern science.