The Tinguian: Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe

A visitor, who enters the Tinguian territory in the period following the rice-harvest, quickly gains the impression that the ceremonial life of this people is dominant. In nearl...

_Birth_.--The natural cause of pregnancy is understood by the Tinguian, but coupled with this knowledge is a belief in its close relationship to the spirit world. Supernatural c...

_Rice Culture_.--The most important crop raised by the Tinguian is rice, and to its cultivation he devotes a considerable portion of his time. Two distinct methods of growing ar...

The Tinguian has been taught by his elders that he is surrounded by a great body of spirits, some good, some malevolent. The folk-tales handed down from ancient times add their...

resemblances to the Islands of the south, as well as incidents of Indian lore. There is, in fact, a distinct feeling of Indian influence in the tales of the mythical period; yet...

In measure 2 there is the harmony-interval of a perfect fourth followed immediately by that of a minor third, the same succession as was used in the _Da-eng_, Girls' part (Recor...

_Iron-Working_.--Little iron work is now done in the valley of the Abra for the competition of the Ilocano smiths of Santa and Narvacan, in Ilocos Sur, and the cheap products br...

_Introduction_.--That the songs might be delivered as nearly as possible at the same pitch which the singers used when making the records, investigation was made as to the usual...

Head-hunting and warfare are practically synonymous. To-day both are suffering a rapid decline, and a head is seldom taken in the valley of the Abra. In the mountain district ol...

The village is the social unit within which there are no clans, no political, or other divisions. The Tinguian are familiar with the Igorot town, made up of several _ato_ [168]...

From the time of the Spanish invasion up to the present, nearly every author who has mentioned the people of northern Luzon has described the Tinguian as being different from ot...

The Tinguian are a pagan Philippine people who inhabit chiefly the mountain province of Abra in northwestern Luzon. From this center their settlements radiate in all directions....

The dress of the man is the clout (_ba-al_), either of beaten bark or of cloth, and a woven belt (_balikes_) in which he keeps small articles (Plates LXXV-LXXVI). On special occ...

In decorative art the Tinguian offers sharp contrast to the Igorot and Ifugao, both of whom have developed wood carving to a considerable extent. They also have their bodies tat...

It is cast in the relative minor (C) of the pentatonic scale of E-flat major. The tones of this scale given in order are C, E-flat, F, G, B-flat, and then the octave C. The tone...

well defined, however, as there is considerable abandon in the style of rendition. The metronome tempo of 69 applies practically throughout. Sometimes the singers are a trifle i...