e ys ▁ ▁The ▁Northern ▁K ank ana - e ys ▁live ▁in ▁S ag ada ▁and ▁Bes ao , ▁west ▁of ▁Mountain ▁province , ▁and ▁const itute ▁a ▁lingu istic ▁group . ▁ ▁They ▁are ▁referred ▁to ▁with ▁the ▁generic ▁name ▁Ig or ot , ▁but ▁call ▁themselves ▁Ap la i . ▁ ▁H . ▁Ot ley ▁Bey er ▁believed ▁they ▁origin ated ▁from ▁a ▁migr ating ▁group ▁from ▁Asia ▁who ▁land ed ▁on ▁the ▁coast s ▁of ▁P ang as in an ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁Cord ill era . ▁Bey er ' s ▁theory ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁dis cred ited , ▁and ▁Felix ▁Ke es ing ▁spec ulated ▁the ▁people ▁were ▁simply ▁ev ading ▁the ▁Spanish . ▁ ▁Their ▁smallest ▁social ▁unit ▁is ▁the ▁sin ba - ey , ▁which ▁includes ▁the ▁father , ▁mother ▁and ▁children . ▁The ▁sin ba - e ys ▁make ▁up ▁the ▁d ap - ay / eb gan ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁w ard . ▁Their ▁society ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁two ▁classes : ▁the ▁k ad ang yan ▁( rich ), ▁who ▁are ▁the ▁leaders ▁and ▁who ▁inherit ▁their ▁power ▁through ▁line age ▁or ▁inter mar riage , ▁and ▁the ▁k ado ▁( po or ). ▁ ▁They ▁practice ▁bil ater al ▁kin ship . ▁ ▁The ▁Northern ▁K ank ana - e ys ▁believe ▁in ▁many ▁super natural ▁belief s ▁and ▁om ens , ▁and ▁in ▁gods ▁and ▁spirits ▁like ▁the ▁an ito ▁( s oul ▁of ▁the ▁dead ) ▁and ▁nature ▁spirits . ▁