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In 1904, a group of Igorot people were brought to St. Louis, Missouri, United States, for the St. Louis World's Fair. They constructed the Igorot Village in the Philippine Exposition section of the fair, which became one of the most popular exhibits. The poet T. S. Eliot, who was born and raised in St. Louis, visited and explored the Village.
For the Spanish, the Igorot people gained a reputation for being rebels and backward pagans, and the continuing Igorot independence was a mark of shame for colonial officials. Repeated Spanish incursions forced the Igorot people to retreat further inland, abandoning old settlements and weakening Igorot society as a whole.
Scott observed the Igorot people of the Cordillera region had preserved elements of pre-colonial culture to a greater degree, and over a wider area, than could be found elsewhere in the Philippines. He saw the resistance of Igorots to attempts by the Marcos government to develop projects in the region as a model for resistance elsewhere in the ...
A group of Igorot displayed during the St. Louis World's Fair [1] [2] Natives of Tierra del Fuego, brought to the Paris World's Fair by the Maître in 1889. Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were a colonial practice of publicly displaying people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state. [3]
Januario Galut (fl. 1899) was a Tingguian Igorot who guided the 33rd Infantry Regiment of United States Volunteers under Major Peyton March so that they could surround and defeat 60 Filipinos led by General Gregorio del Pilar in the Battle of Tirad Pass on December 2, 1899.
The Ifugao people are the ethnic group inhabiting Ifugao province in the Philippines. They reside in the municipalities of Lagawe (capital of Ifugao), Aguinaldo , Alfonso Lista , Asipulo , Banaue , Hingyon , Hungduan , Kiangan , Lamut , Mayoyao , and Tinoc .
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However, Filipinos who did wear American clothing were believed to not be “Filipino” enough. [1] In the U.S., the 1904 World’s Fair (also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition) had an exhibit of Filipinos dressed as the Igorot tribe. [1] This led to the mistaken portrayal of Filipinos as solely representative of the Igorot people. [1]