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Ifugao baki: rituals for man and rice culture
Journal of northern Luzon • 15 (1-2) • Published In 1989 • Pages: xvii, 116
By: Dulawan, Lourdes.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a verbatim account of BAKI ritual in both Ifugao and English. The Baki are sacrificial rituals performed on all important occasions. Fourteen rituals are included in this volume. Baki rituals are divided between 'Rituals for Man' and 'Rituals for Rice Culture.' Examples of the former which are included here are rituals for childbirth, diagnosis of an illness, healing, epidemics, and protection of health and wealth. The Rituals for Rice Culture are performed at different times of the agricultural cycle: sowing, before transplanting, after transplanting, when rice plants grow new leaves, when rice grains form, harvest time, stacking rice in the granary, and the removing of first rice bundles from the granary. Most rituals follow a general pattern beginning with i) an invocation to ancestors, messengers, cultural heroes, and gods; ii) offering and divination; iii) chanting (usually of myths or legends); and iv) repeat of the invocation and conclusion. Usually a chicken is sacrificed and its gall bladder read to determine the efficacy of the ritual. This volume compliments other studies of Ifugao religion in the file (see Barton 1946, no. 1, for a general account and Lambrecht 1932-1941, no. 9, for a regional account.)
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cereal agriculture
- Rest days and holidays
- Music
- Accumulation of wealth
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Purification and atonement
- Texts in the speaker's language
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ifugao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Educator
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Western Area, Ifugao Province, Philippines
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lourdes Dulawan
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75646159
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ifugao (Philippine people)