Yakan

Yakan

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Yakan


population = unknown
regions = Basilan, Zamboanga Region
languages = Yakan language, Chabacano, Cebuano, Filipino, English
religions = Predominantly Islam
related = other Moros, Lumad, Visayan, other Filipino peoples, other Austronesian peoples

The Yakan are one of the 13 Moro groups in the Philippines. They mainly reside in Basilan.

The Yakans are the traditional settlers of Basilan Island in the Southern Philippines, situated to the west of Zamboanga in Mindanao. It is said that their typical physical characteristics are strikingly different when compared to the other ethnic Filipino groups (relatively high-bridged noses and tall stature). Traditionally they wear colorful, handwoven clothes. The women wear tightfitting short blouses and both sexes wear narrowcut pants resembling breeches. The women covers it partly with a wrap-around material while the man wraps a sash-like cloth around the waist where he places his weapon - usually a long knife.Nowadays most the Yakans wear western clothes and use their traditional clothes only for special festivals.

In the early seventies, some of the Yakan settled in Zamboanga City due to political unrest which led the armed conflicts between the militant Muslims and government solders. The Yakan Village in Upper Calarian is famous among local and foreign tourists because of their art of weaving. Traditionally, they have used plants like pineapple and abaca converted into fibers as basic material for weaving. Using herbal extracts from leaves, roots and barks, the Yakans dyed the fibers and produced colorful combinations and intricate designs.

The "seputangan" is the most intricate design worn by the women around their waist or as a head cloth. The palipattang is patterned after the color of the rainbow while the "bunga-sama", after the python. Almost every Yakan fabric can be described as unique since the finished materials are not exactly identical. Differences may be seen in the pattern or in the design or in the distribution of colors.

Contacts with Christian Filipinos and the American Peace Corps brought about changes in the art and style of weaving. Many resorted to the convenience of chemical dyes and they started weaving table runners, placemats, wall decor, purses and other items which are not present in a traditional Yakan house. In other words, the natives catered because of economic reason to the needs of their customers. New designs were introduced like "kenna-kenna", patterned after a fish; "dawen-dawen", after the leaf of a vine; "pene mata-mata", after the shape of an eye or the "kabang buddi", a diamond-shaped design.

External links

* [http://www.ncip.gov.ph/resources/ethno_detail.php?ethnoid=106 National Commission on Indigenous People - "The Yakan"]
* [http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/ebook_subcont.php?subcont_Id=63 NCCA - "Yakan"]
* [http://www.everyculture.com/East-Southeast-Asia/Yakan.html World Culture Encyclopedia - Yakan]
* [http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/yakan/yakan.htm The Yakans of Basilan Island]
* [http://litera1no4.tripod.com/yakan_frame.html "Yakan" by Gwendalene Ting]
* [http://www.ironwulf.net/2007/10/21/zamboanga-yakan-weavers-of-basilan/ Zamboanga: Yakan Weavers of Basilan]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=yka Ethnologue report for Yakan language]
* [http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/language.php?id=200 Yakan Wordlist at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database]


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