This publication is the volume 4 of a series dealing with the culture and traditions of the Ibaloy of Upper Doacan (Itogon, Benguet, Philippines). It is available in Nabaloy and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as the land, trees, plants, rules, incidents... Lire la suite
This publication is the volume 4 of a series dealing with the culture and traditions of the Ibaloy of Upper Doacan (Itogon,
Benguet, Philippines). It is available in Nabaloy and in English. Elders share their stories to a group of youngsters who ask them questions on a variety of topics such as the land, trees, plants, rules, incidents, death rituals and spirits. The book provides the verbatim accounts of these discussions recorded during a workshop that took place at the Senior-Citizen hall in 2019.
FOREWORD 11
INTRODUCTION 13
THE PARTICIPANTS 16
CHAPTER 1 19
Life Stories of the Elders 19
Life Story of Lola Tarcela Egme 19
Life Story of Lolo Salvador Stanley 24
Life Story of Lola Lourdes Calixto Bato 25
CHAPTER 2 31
Trees, Plants and Their Uses (Part 1) 31
CHAPTER 3 57
Trees, Plants and Their Uses (Part 2) 57
CHAPTER 4 83
Mapping Upper Loacan 83
The sitios Diyang and Tolibeng 83
The sitios Agpay and Kalebow 83
The sitios Bilis, Pi-ket and Sabkil 89
CHAPTER 5 95
Rules, Traditions of the Past and Genealogy 95
CHAPTER 6 109
Earthquakes, Typhoons and Other Incidents 109
CHAPTER 7 127
The Fourth and Burial Day in the Aremag 127
CHAPTER 8 135
The Batbat 135
The Poni 135
The Karingan 137
The Batbat 140
The Kape (Sinekgowit and Eppas) 142
The Pakshel 148
GLOSSARIES 149
Nabaloy terms 149
Nabaloy terms for rituals 156
Animals, Birds, Reptiles, Insects 158