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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.
Abstract
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.)
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Educator
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field Date
- 1950-1952
- Coverage Date
- 1950-1952
- Coverage Place
- Western Area, Ifugao Province, Philippines
- Notes
- Lourdes Dulawan
- LCCN
- 75646159
- LCSH
- Ifugao (Philippine people)