Lallo Lallo has a rich historical background.

During the early part of the 16th century, Lallo was the hub of religious, trade and commercial activities in Northern Cagayan. One of the first four cities in the Philippines Lalloc, old name for Lallo, benefited and enjoyed the gifts from the Papal Throne. In those years, Lallo had three parishes. The parish of the Cathedral was served by the Seculars up to 1786. This was located in the "Centro" where the present Santo Domingo church now stands. The parish of Bagumbayan was entrusted to the Dominicans by Bishop Diego de Soria in 1613. The third, the parish of Tucalana, also under the Dominicans, was located in the present site of the "Compania Tabacalera," the ruins of which were used by the said company as foundations for their buildings and warehouses. During the last World War, Lallo was made the central office of the "Gunmai" (Naric) which was controlled by the Imperial Army of Japan Pictures/video Picture of an Aeta Narration Sound fxs Aeta or Agta, are an Instrumental music (Kulintang indigenous people who live in and Gong) scattered, isolated mountainous parts of Luzon, Philippines. They are considered to be Negritos, who are dark to very dark brown-skinned and tend to have features such as a small stature, small frame, curly to kinky afro-like textured hair with a higher frequency of naturally lighter hair color (blondism) relative to the general population, small nose, and dark brown eyes. They are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines The Aeta were included in the group of people termed "Negrito" during Spanish colonial rule as Negritos. Various Aeta groups in northern Luzon are known as "Pugut" or "Pugot," a name designated by their Ilocanospeaking neighbors, and which is the colloquial term for those with darker complexions.

Picture of aeta with leaves on hair

Pictures of aeta children

Pictures of Aeta family

All Aeta communities have adopted the language of their Austronesian Filipino neighbors, which have sometimes diverged over time to become different languages.[7] These include, in order of number of speakers, Mag-indi, Magantsi, Abellen, Ambala, and Mariveleo. There are different views on the dominant character of the Aeta religion. Those who believe they are monotheistic argue that various Aeta tribes believe in a supreme being who rules over lesser spirits or deities, with the Aeta of Mt. Pinatubo worshipping "Apo Na". The Aetas are also animists. For example, the Pinatubo Aeta believe in environmental spirits such as anito and kamana. They believe that good and evil spirits inhabit the environment, such as the spirits of the river, sea, sky, mountain, hill, valley and other places. No special occasion is needed for the Aeta to pray, although there is a clear link between prayer and economic activities. The Aeta dance before and after a pig hunt. The night before Aeta women gather shellfish, they perform a dance which is partly an apology to the fish and partly a charm to ensure the catch. Similarly, the men hold a bee dance before and after the expeditions for honey.

Pictures of Aeta with their traditional clothing.

Pictures of Aeta with their skillsand practices.

Traditional medicines

With their arts

Their traditional clothing is very plain. The young women wear wrap around skirts. Elder women wear bark cloth, while elder men wear loin cloths. The old women of the Agta wear a bark cloth strip which passes between the legs, and is attached to a string around the waist. Today most Aeta who have been in contact with lowlanders have adopted the T-shirts, pants and rubber sandals commonly used by the latter. The Aetas are skillful in weaving and plaiting. Women exclusively weave winnows and mats. Only men make armlets. They also produce raincoats made of palm leaves whose bases surround the neck of the wearer, and whose topmost part spreads like a fan all around the body. Aeta women are known around the country as experts of the herbal medicines A traditional form of visual art is body scarification. The Aetas intentionally wound the skin on their back, arms, breast, legs, hands, calves and abdomen, and then they irritate the wounds with fire, lime and other means to form scars.

Their Music

Pictures on Aetas

Video on their traditional way of producing fire.

Video of aetas on their way of living.

The Aeta have a musical heritage consisting of various types of agung ensembles ensembles composed of large hanging, suspended or held, bossed/knobbed gongs which act as drone without any accompanying melodic instrument. The Municipality of Lal-lo is one of the first four cities in the Philippines. Lal-lo (formerly named Nueva Segovia) for a time enjoyed the lavish gifts of the Papal Throne. It was named Nueva Segovia by Juan Pablo Carreon in 1581. It was visited by Juan Salcedo in 1572 and Luis Perez Dasmarias in 1592. Because of its navigable river, it was chosen the capital of Cagayan Valley. Lal-lo has a total land area of 70,280 hectares or 702.80 square kilometers representing 7.08 % of the total 9,002 square kilometers land area of the province of Cagayan and has at present thirty five (35) component barangays. The town belongs to 1st class municipality. The aetas usually produce fire out of bamboo by rubbing or scouring two pieces of bamboo to produce fiction and heat. They used wooden mortal and pestle to grind and its traditional way of milling of rice.

Video of aetas in school

Nowadays, young generation goes to school. These children walks more than kilometers just to be in school. They mingle with their group.