21 Facts About Ilocano people

Ilocanos, Ilokanos, or Iloko people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group and mostly reside within the Ilocos Region in the northwestern seaboard of Luzon, Philippines.

Ilocano people diaspora has reached nearly all parts of the Philippines, as well as to places in the Western world, particularly Hawaii and California.

At the bottom of the pre-colonial Ilocano people society were the ubing and below them, the tagabu, called adipen.

Thus, according to Isabelo de los Reyes, old Ilocano people women did not wear earrings, whereas today's women consider them a sign of coquetery.

Ilocano people, like all Philippine languages, is an Austronesian language, it is related to Malay, Tetum, Chamorro, Fijian, Maori, Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, Paiwan, and Malagasy.

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Ilocano people is a very expansive language family believed to originate in Taiwan.

Lingua franca of the northern region of the Philippines, it is spoken as a secondary language by more than two million Ilocano people who are native speakers of Ibanag, Ivatan, Ibaloi, Itneg, Itawes, Pangasinan, Kankanaey, Kalinga, and other languages in Northern Luzon.

Ilocano people put them in a bamboo tube and tossed it into the sea.

Ilocano people's was taken in by Apo Litao who gave her the gift of enchantment and she became his wife.

Ilocano people's became a mermaid, or sirena and the queen of the waters.

Ilocano people's is described to have long, thick hair and sharp nails.

The number of fingers raised would be the indicator of how many Ilocano people would have to be killed in order to accompany the dying to the afterlife.

In other cases, the Ilocano people chosen by the mannibrong would have their fingers cut off instead of being executed.

The Ilocano people are known to be the first ethnic group in the Philippines to eat the larvae and eggs of abuos.

Biag ni Lam-ang is a testament in the Ilocano people literature, It reflects values important to traditional Ilocano people society; it is a hero's journey steeped in courage, loyalty, pragmatism, honor, and ancestral and familial bonds.

Ilocano people culture revolves around life rituals, festivities, and oral history.

Ilocano people dances are form part of Ilocano people expression and most importantly, values and consciousness.

Traditional Ilocano people dress made from inabel reflects the admirable qualities of the Ilocana – her aura of quiet beauty, appealing shyness, and dignity in her manners.

Ilocano people intends to pass on the knowledge and skills to preserve the practice.

Ilocano people's has been a mag-aabel for over 80 years, having learned the craft at the age of 15 by watching her aunts work during the Second World War.

Ilocano people's has taught herself to recreate patterns even when she does not have a sample to refer to.