Teduray people
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The Teduray are a Filipino ethnic group. They speak the Tiruray language.
The Tiruray (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."
Indigenous religion[edit]
The Teduray or Tiruray people believe in various spirits and deities. The most prominent deities are:
- Minaden – The goddess who creates of the world, had a brother named Tulus, also called Meketefu and Sualla.
- Tulus - Is the chief of all good spirits who bestow gifts and favors upon human beings. He goes around with a retinue of messengers called telaki. Tulus is said to have rectified some errors in the first creation of the world and of human beings.
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