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Bontoc, officially the Municipality of Bontoc (Bontok: Ili nan Bóntoc; Balangao: Babley hen Bóntoc; Kankanaey: Ili di Bóntoc Ilocano: Ili ti Bóntoc; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bóntoc; Spanish: Municipio de Bóntoc), is a municipality and capital of the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...
The Bontoc (or Bontok) ethnolinguistic group can be found in the central and eastern portions of Mountain Province, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.Although some Bontocs of Natonin and Paracelis identify themselves as Balangaos, Gaddangs or Kalingas, the term "Bontoc" is used by linguists and anthropologists to distinguish speakers of the Bontoc language from neighboring ...
Bontoc, officially the Municipality of Bontoc (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Bontoc; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bontoc), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,799 people.
Bontoc (Bontok) / b ɒ n ˈ t ɒ k / [2] (also called Finallig) is the native language of the indigenous Bontoc people of the Mountain Province, in the northern part of the Philippines. Dialects [ edit ]
Bontoc may refer to: Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines; Bontoc, Southern Leyte, Philippines; Bontoc people, an ethnic group from Central Luzon, Philippines; Bontoc language, spoken by the Bontoc people
Bontoc became the capital of the new Mountain Province. [ 9 ] [ 12 ] Mountain Province would have been significantly affected by the Chico River Dam Project during the Marcos administration , as the Marcos regime's project would have flooded the municipalities of Sabangan , Sagada , Sadanga , Bontoc , Bauko , and parts of Barlig . [ 17 ]
The Bontoc live on the banks of the Chico River. They speak Bontoc and Ilocano. They formerly practiced head-hunting and had distinctive body tattoos. The Bontoc describe three types of tattoos: The chak-lag′, the tattooed chest of the head taker; pong′-o, the tattooed arms of men and women; and fa′-tĕk, for all other tattoos of both ...
The equivalent communal dormitory for unmarried girls is known as the ebgan (Kankanaey) or olog (Bontoc). Unlike the dap-ay, the ebgan did not host rituals or meetings, but served as a place for girls to learn various skills. It also served as the place for courtship. [9] [11]