VANISHING TRADITIONS
TOBOTBAL
Battakana tuwali'y Ipugawan!!!!
Hana ot tuwali ta mahayu’dut di pun to’tob’balan
Ta dakwaton takun tatagu di tobal “di Maknongan
ad Kabunyan”
Ta hi'iton taku’y binadayan ta ihul’hul’wit on
mahong-o’
On nun’dadaw'wat taku tuwali inul’tikan, ot
maphod taku kaya’n...
Old Ifugao Traditions - BOGWA (Bone Cleansing Ritual) By Anderson D. Tuguinay
“Bogwa”
is the practice of exhuming the bones of the dead, cleaning, rewrapping
and returning them to the grave or “lubuk. The Ifugao is one of the
ethnic groups in the Cordillera region of the Philippines that practice
this tradition of exhuming their dead usually after a year or more
depending...
OLD IFUGAO TRADITIONS Our Past Time, Toys and the Games We Played “Hay at’at’ton mi ya Ay’ay’yam mi han’di” By Anderson Dulnuan Tuguinay
During earlier times in the Cordillera highlands of Ifugao, there were no
playgrounds and parks where children could spend their leisure time
playing. There were no roads, bridges and
schools then. Only trails, the “payo”
(rice...
