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Bontoc people use weapons such as battleaxes (}pin-nang/pinangas), knives and spears (falfeg, fangkao, sinalawitan), and shields . [2] The ritual pasiking of the Bontoc is called the takba, and represents an ancestor figure, and active participant in begnas rituals. [5] A traditional Bontoc ritual during a wake with a death chair.
Gaki (Bontoc) – a gigantic crab that caused earthquakes. [49] The god Lumawig designated it as his overseer. It can cause the earth to flood. [50] Kataw: merfolk; Kurita – an amphibious animal who survived on land and sea and lives at Mount Kabalalan. He is a creature who eats humans and exterminates nearby animal life. [51]
The primary function of the dap-ay is as the meeting place for the council of elders. The council serves as the governing body of the community, with the authority to settle disputes or conflicts internally or with another village, pass judgement and punishments, issue laws, coordinate rituals and farming activities, and make decisions that affect the community as a whole.
gaki – a gigantic crab that is said to be the causer of earthquakes in Bontoc beliefs [100] gawigawen – a race of six-headed giants who wield spears and a head-axes the size of half the sky in Itneg mythology [31] [101]
While these beliefs can be treated as separate religions, scholars have noted that they follow a "common structural framework of ideas" which can be studied together. [3] The various Indigenous Philippine religious beliefs are related to the various religions of Oceania and the maritime Southeast Asia, which draw their roots from Austronesian ...
The segaki began as a way for Moggallana (Maudgalyāna in Sanskrit), on instruction of his master, the Buddha Sakyamuni, to free his mother from gaki-do, the realm of the gaki. Alternatively, Sakyamuni ordered Moggallana to preach the Lotus Sutra or to travel to hell himself, a feat that resulted in the escape of all gaki into the world and ...
The Hinatuan Enchanted River is protected by supernatural beings who cast enchanted protection on certain fishes according to the beliefs of the Surigaonon people. Mount Apo is a sacred mountain for various ethnic groups such as the Bagobo, Manobo, and Kalagan, and other groups surrounding the holy grounds.
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) includes traditions and living expressions that are passed down from generation to generation within a particular community.. The Philippines, with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts [1] as the de facto Ministry of Culture, [2] ratified the 2003 Convention after its formal deposit in August 2006. [3]