Table of Contents
- 1 What is the culture of Ilongots?
- 2 What I want to know about Ilongots?
- 3 What are the traits of Ilongots which are easily recognized?
- 4 What is the region of Ifugao?
- 5 What is the description of Ifugao?
- 6 What kind of spirits do Ilongot believe in?
- 7 Who are the anthropologists that studied the Ilongots?
- 8 What was the relationship between the Ilongot and Lowlanders?
What is the culture of Ilongots?
Traditional Ilongot religion revolves around helpful and dangerous supernatural beings. Illnesses is believed to be caused by supernatural beings who lick or urinate on their victims. Shaman preside over curing ceremonies, and spirits are kept away by bathing, smoking and sweeping.
What I want to know about Ilongots?
The Ilongots are a tribe who inhabit the southern Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains, on the east side of Luzon Island in the Philippines, primarily in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija and along the mountain border between the provinces of Quirino and Aurora. Presently, there are about 2,500 Ilongots.
What is the other term used to describe the Ilongots?
PRONUNCIATION: ee-LAWN-goht. ALTERNATE NAMES: Bugkalut.
What are the traits of Ilongots which are easily recognized?
Ilongot recognize a range of supernatural beings including a creator-overseer deity associated with the sun, as well as ancestral spirits. They are most concerned, however, with nature spirits and illness-giving spirits.
What is the region of Ifugao?
CAR – Cordillera Administrative Region
| Province | Ifugao |
|---|---|
| Region | CAR – Cordillera Administrative Region |
| Population | 202,802 |
| Revenue | 98,266,237.00 |
What is the meaning of Ilongot?
1a : a people inhabiting northern Luzon in the Philippines. b : a member of such people. 2 : the Austronesian language of the Ilongot people.
What is the description of Ifugao?
Ifugao, group of wet-rice agriculturalists occupying the mountainous area of northern Luzon, Philippines. Their great system of irrigated rice terraces—steeply contoured, mountain-terraced walls of stone that lean slightly inward at the top—is world renowned and was developed with a simple technology.
What kind of spirits do Ilongot believe in?
Ilongot recognize a range of supernatural beings including a creator-overseer deity associated with the sun, as well as ancestral spirits. They are most concerned, however, with nature spirits and illness-giving spirits.
What kind of society does the Ilongot live in?
Cultivation is based primarily on root crops, and subsistence is supplemented by hunting, fishing, and food gathering. The society is traditionally egalitarian with no leadership structure. Leadership resides in sets of skilled male siblings with powers of persuasion, especially in the art of oratory or puron.
Who are the anthropologists that studied the Ilongots?
The Ilongots of Northern Luzon had been studied by Renato and Michelle Rosaldo, two anthropologists who had extensively documented their cultural practices.
What was the relationship between the Ilongot and Lowlanders?
The Ilongot even avoided the trade relations with lowlanders that other independent tribes deemed indispensable. The latter relationship is very concisely reflected in an Ilongot creation myth recorded by Laurence Wilson in the 1940s.