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	Topics Balangao Topic Home Balangao is the term used to refer to a barangayBarangay A barangay, also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the n... (a small local government unit in the PhilippinesPhilippines The Philippines , officially the Republic of the Philippines , is an island nation located in the Malay archipelago in... ) in the Natonin, Mountain ProvinceNatonin, Mountain Province Natonin is a 4th class municipality in the province of Mountain Province, Philippines.... , Philippines and the tribeTribe A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside o... that inhabit it. It is believed that the people of the Balangao tribe have their origin in the two nearby provinces of KalingaKalinga Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.... and IfugaoIfugao Ifugao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.... . The language used by this tribe is called "iferangao". It is confined to the tribe and some nearby tribes who have their own languages that are related to the iferangao dialectDialect A dialect is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.... . The predominant activity of the tribe is farming which is performed either in rice terraces or from lands that were cleared by fire. At the present, many of the younger generation of the tribe have gained education and are exposed to modernization thus changing the once traditional society of the tribe.