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The shield is made of hardwood and is decorated with intricate carvings and an elaborate rattan binding on the front. [1] The wood comes from native trees such as the dapdap, polay and sablang. [2] The shield usually measured about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length and 0.5 m (1.6 ft) in width.
The Bontoc (or Bontok) ethnolinguistic group can be found in the central and eastern portions of Mountain Province, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.Although some Bontocs of Natonin and Paracelis identify themselves as Balangaos, Gaddangs or Kalingas, the term "Bontoc" is used by linguists and anthropologists to distinguish speakers of the Bontoc language from neighboring ...
The Tatenokai (楯の会, 楯の會) or Shield Society was a private militia in Japan dedicated to traditional Japanese values and veneration of the Emperor. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was founded and led by author Yukio Mishima . [ 3 ]
Poverty incidence of Bontoc 5 10 15 20 2006 15.10 2009 16.71 2012 10.86 2015 15.43 2018 10.01 2021 4.49 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The local economy depends largely on small trades and agriculture. This capital town's biggest economic potential is tourism with its smaller rice terraces in Barangay Bay-yo, Maligcong and other areas. Government Local government Main article ...
A Bontok man in a 1908 postcard. The Bontok ethnolinguistic group can be found in the central and east portions of the Mountain Province. It mainly consists of the Balangaos and Gaddangs, with a significant portion who identify as part of the Kalinga group. The Bontok live in a mountainous territory, particularly close to the Chico River and ...
Lepanto-Bontoc was created on May 28, 1902, through Act No. 410 of the Philippine Commission. [1] Included in the new province's territory were the Spanish-era comandancias of Amburayan, Bontoc and Lepanto, which became its three component sub-provinces. [1]
The following is a list of gods, goddesses, deities, and many other divine, semi-divine, and important figures from classical Philippine mythology and indigenous Philippine folk religions collectively referred to as Anito, whose expansive stories span from a hundred years ago to presumably thousands of years from modern times.
Baltic Shield, part of the East European Craton; Fennoscandian Shield, the exposed Northwestern part of the Baltic Shield in Norway, Sweden and Finland (3.1 Ga) Karelian Craton, part of the Fennoscandian Shield in Southeast Finland and Karelia Russia, (3.4 Ga) Kola Craton, part of the Fennoscandian Shield, Kola Peninsula, Northwest Russia