page_title: Sambal people
section_title: Sambal indigenous religion
hierarchical_section_title: Sambal people / Sambal indigenous religion
caption_attribution_description: English: A Zambal Couple
context_page_description: The Sambal people are a Filipino ethnolinguistic group living primarily in the province of Zambales and the Pangasinense municipalities of Bolinao and Anda. The term may also refer to the general inhabitants of Zambales.
  In 1950s, hundreds of Sambal from the northern municipalities of Zambales, migrated to and established a settlement in Quezon, Palawan; this settlement was named Panitian. The residents call themselves Palawenyong Sambal or simply Sambal.
context_section_description: The Sambal people have a complex indigenous religion since before Spanish colonization.
caption: A couple belonging to the Sambal warrior class, documented by the 16th century Boxer Codex. The female warrior is holding a raptor, which has captured a bird, exemplifying a culture of falconry.
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