The pechen is a ritualized oral contract between two villages with the purpose of establishing peaceful relations. It is a contract held in safekeeping by a particular ato/ator of
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Category: Cordilleran Beliefs
The indigenous peoples of the Cordillera Mountain Range of northern Luzon, Philippines are often referred to using the exonym Igorot people, or more recently, as the Cordilleran peoples. There are nine main ethnolinguistic groups whose domains are in the Cordillera Mountain Range, altogether numbering about 1.5 million people in the early 21st century.
Bontok Beliefs
Ibaloy Beliefs
Ifugao Beliefs
Isneg Beliefs
Itneg/ Tingguian Beliefs
Kalinga Beliefs
Kankana-ey Beliefs
Bontok Deities and the Origin of Headhunting
THE BONTOC (or Bontok) ethnolinguistic group can be found in the central and eastern portions of Mountain Province, in the Philippines. Although some Bontocs of
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Introduction to the Southern Kankana-ey People
The Southern Kankana-ey ethnolinguistic group includes the majority of inhabitants of southern Mountain Province in the municipalities of Tadian, Bauko and Sabangan, and the municipalities
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Northern Kankana-ey Religious Beliefs and Rituals
The Northern Kankana-ey ethnolinguistic group consists of the inhabitants of the municipalities of Sagada and Besao, including those who migrated to other places. Found in
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IBALOY Spirits, Rituals, Tattoos, Mummification, and the Mambunong (Shaman)
The Ibaloy / Ibaloi are an indigenous ethnic group found in Benguet Province of the northern Philippines. The native language is Ibaloi, also known as
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Tingguian Deities, Spirits and Shamans | Itneg Mythology and Beliefs
The Tingguians “the people of the mountains” originally referred to all mountain dwelling people. Nowadays, it particularly refers to a cultural minority group living in
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Gawīgawen and Gīambōlan, the multi-headed giants of Tingguian Myth
Tingguian means “the people of the mountains.” It was originally used to refer to all mountain dwelling people. These days it is particularly associated to
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Follow in the footsteps of the BONTOC Culture Hero, Lumawig
Follow in the footsteps of the BONTOC Culture Hero, Lumawig. Your next Philippine adventure… The pre-Christian Bontoc belief system centers on a hierarchy of spirits, the highest
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KALINGA BELIEFS: Their Deities, Cosmos, and the Shaman’s Call
The Kalinga people are highlanders and the most extensive rice farmers of the Cordillera peoples, having been blessed with some of the most suitable land
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IFUGAO Myth | Origin of Thunder and Lightening
The Ifugao call themselves as i-pugao or “inhabitants of the known earth”; other variations of the name are Ifugaw, Ipugao, and Yfugao. They live primarily
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