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Origin myths among the mountain peoples of the Philippinesarticle 1913 • Beyer, H. Otley (Henry Otley)
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
This article is a comparative study and presentation of the texts of several origin myths among five cultural groups (Ifugao, Tagbanua, Igorot, Manobo, and Bontoc) of the Mountain Province in Luzon. Similarities in religious beliefs, cosmology, and m...An Ifugao burial ceremonyarticle 1911 • Beyer, H. Otley (Henry Otley) & Barton, Roy Franklin
Ifugao • Asia > Southeast Asia
This article describes in detail the 'munhimung' burials of the Ifugao in the Central Ifugao and Kiangan areas of northern Luzon. This series of ceremonies was held for beheaded bodies and bodies of persons killed by hereditary enemies (suppressed by...