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Ilocano culture and beliefs are shaped by centuries of Catholicism and the influence of animism-polytheism traditions. These traditions are rooted in their agricultural lifestyle, communal values, and close-knit family structures. [5] The Ilocano population extends across most parts of the Philippines, beyond the Ilocos Region.
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Bagcal also performs the Ilocano lullaby practice of duayya and mourning ritual art of dung-aw. She is known for her efforts for preserving Ilocano oral traditions by training people in Dallot at the Banna National High School including her grandson Jessie Bagcal who became a public school teacher.
A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. [1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
In Paoay, Ilocos Norte, the tumba-tumbá celebration honors the dead, blending religious and cultural traditions. Observed on All Saints' Day (November 1) and All Souls' Day (November 2), families prepare by constructing and decorating a mallong or tumbá (platform), which symbolizes a shelter for the deceased. [ 12 ]
The town of San Nicolas is known for its terracotta pottery, called damili after the Ilocano language word for pottery. [64] San Nicolas' pottery tradition has been declared part of the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts' School of Living Traditions program. [65]
Biag ni Lam-ang (lit. ' The Life of Lam-ang ') is an epic story of the Ilocano people from the Ilocos region of the Philippines.It is notable for being the first Philippine folk epic to be recorded in written form, and was one of only two folk epics documented during the Philippines' Spanish Colonial period, along with the Bicolano epic of Handiong.
Ilocano culture is further celebrated through life rituals, festivities, and oral traditions, expressed in songs (kankanta), dances (salsala), poems (dandániw), proverbs (pagsasao), and literary duels (bucanegan). These rich literary forms not only preserve Ilocano identity but also demonstrate its adaptability within the evolving Filipino ...