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The indigenous peoples of the Cordillera in northern Luzon, Philippines, often referred to by the exonym Igorot people, [2] or more recently, as the Cordilleran peoples, [2] are an ethnic group composed of nine main ethnolinguistic groups whose domains are in the Cordillera Mountain Range, altogether numbering about 1.8 million people in the early 21st century.
A photo from 1909 showing Igorots doing their ceremonial dance. Filipino rituals are based on the belief that there exists a delicate balance between man and nature, and the spirit world; and that it is through rituals that we can restore, enhance or maintain this balance.
The height at which their coffins are placed reflects their social status. Most people interred in hanging coffins are the most prominent members of the amam-a, the council of male elders in the traditional dap-ay (the communal men's dormitory and civic center of the village). There is also one documented case of a woman being accorded the ...
Cañao or Kanyaw is a festival or a ceremony of the indigenous mountain people of Northern Luzon in the Philippines.It is a socio-religious ritual [1] where chickens, pigs and/or carabaos are butchered as a sacrifice and feasted on. [2]
Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic. It is related to and overlaps with sacred dance and ecstatic dance .
A post on X claims that the first reading of a bill during a Parliamentary session in New Zealand was cancelled after Māori tribal representatives started doing a traditional Haka dance. Verdict ...
A traditional Bontoc house, 1903. Bale house of Igorot people with its skeletal displays. The Bontoc Women's Work diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum Man with a spear at Bontoc in the Philippines, circa pre-1935. The Bontoc social structure used to be centered around village wards containing about 14 to 50 homes.
Ifugao dancers in traditional attire performing a cultural dance with gangsa (gongs). The Igorot people, also referred to as Cordilleran peoples, are an indigenous ethnic group in the Philippines primarily inhabiting the Cordillera Mountain Range, as well as parts of the Caraballo Mountains and Sierra Madre in Northern Luzon. [64]