ja cord yu lots the mountain province

ulog

is a traditional communal sleeping house

and social center for unmarried young women of marriageable age

ulog

for Unmarried young women sleep in the low, stone-walled, cogon-

thatched hut at night under the guidance of older women or community rules.

ulog

elders pass down tribal customs, oral

traditions, and societal values to the younger generation.

ulog

where elders pass down tribal customs, oral

traditions, and societal values to the younger generation.

ulog

for Young men to visit the ulog in the evening to court the

women, sing traditional songs, and converse.

Bontoc Mangmang

communal ritual centered around

the sacrificial butchering of animals

Chalischis

a ritual usually celebrated especially for family gathering and cleansing where in the whole part of the pig is cooked and distributed to all present.

Sangfo

a ritual for the sick

Amam-a

male elders

wawalitan

sacred place

Chao-es/Daw-es

ritual is associated in trauma or

accidents or warfare, this ritual is conducted in order to give peace of mind to the

person who witness the accident, warfare, or have been traumatized.

Paskhep

closing ceremony

Mangmang

traditional indigenous ritual practiced by the Bontok people to appease ancestral spirits

suklang

Bontoc Hat

Tinuud

ordinary rattan style Bontoc Hat

Fallaka

more adorned rattan hat

that are usually added of chicken

feathers and bore tusk.

abkil

ceremonial warrior’s armband

Wanes

Term for traditional handwoven loincloth worn by men

Finallin

Wanes woven with colorful stripes

Chinangta

Woven from plain, dirty white threads; historically worn during tribal wars or used as a burial garment for the dead regardless of status and used in everyday community life.

Langat

a plain red color which is the same used like the Chinangta.

Lufid

traditional attire worn by females from Mountain Province.

Kinarchago

what women wear in the fields

inorma,

a longer and more intricate skirt that women wear to important gatherings

kayin skirt

designed exclusively for the deceased