Tew Teduray | |
|---|---|
 Teduray girls at Meguyaya Festival of Upi. | |
| Total population | |
| 138,646 (2020 census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Philippines(Bangsamoro, Soccsksargen) | |
| Languages | |
| Teduray (native language) Maguindanaon • Filipino • English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam Minority traditional religions and Christianity (mostly Catholic) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Maguindanaon, Lumad, Sama-Bajau, other Moro people, Visayans, other Filipinos, Malay people other Austronesian people |
The Teduray are an indigenous peoples in Mindanao, Philippines. They speak the Teduray language. Their name may have come from words tew, meaning people, and duray, referring to a small bamboo hook and a line used for fishing.[2]
The Teduray culture was studied at length in the 1960s by anthropologist Stuart A. Schlegel. Schlegel spent two years as a participant/observer among a group who lived in and was sustained by the rainforest. He was profoundly moved by the egalitarian society he witnessed, and went on to write several books and papers on the subject, including Wisdom of the Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist. Despite being referred to as "Tiruray" in out-of-date reference books, the Teduray people do not refer to themselves as such and consider the word "Tiruray" a pejorative.
- ^ "Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "The Teduray". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved June 28, 2020.