is that really the way how people in mountain province bury their dead one,, they just carry it like a pig and toss it like a basketball ball,, why are they very noisy..? aren't they mourning, and the man in blue cap is he clapping,,?
@jenndark1 I think it's one of the most beautiful funeral ceremony. The way they carried the dead on their bare back instead of having a car carry the dead. They are fighting for the essence of the dead so that luck can trickle onto them. The clapping is a not a form a of applause but of harmonious tribal sound similar to many indigenous peoples. Please read up on other culture instead of only seeing it through westernized eyes.
ok.. exagg nga! it would've been better if they agreed beforehand who's going to carry the corpse.. and then just take turns after every 10seconds perhaps.. that way, everyone will get a chance to carry it.. walang agawan! hehe..
The agawan part is part of the tradition. He who gets to carry the body is considered luck, even better if gets wet by the bodily juice as decomposition sets it.
you should think deeper e latrinidad...do you think that burrying dead in the hanging coffins is a practice of Paganism...you are absolutely mistaken. Those are traditional practice...research more!People of Demang are not Pagano...think million times before posting a comment.Thanks
also is it difficult to compare a particular ethnic tribal cultur and its values with a present-day westernized-christianized-politicised emerging global society and its values. The Monks of Sagada came relatively early, too, and built that (very thick-walled) church. If it was better or not I leave with the individuals, but it definitely helped to weaken the Igorot culture, too.
Otherwise there was no way the clock was standing still, and now everyone is modern.
It is not lauging but a noise in which the guys want to grab the corpse from each other since that it a goodluck for them whenever they carried the corpse even for a just a second.
this is quite strange, though i have never seen the way they do it before, am just saying this because it appears rough to my surprise.. it is like no respect to the dead. was this the authentic way of doing it, i mean our ancestors before?
cyphk999 ... this is copied from one of those articles. Please read: "Just how long have we lived is implied by a digging done by Robert Fox at 121 centimeters of the Tabon Caves revealed a habitation level containing charcoal dated by radiocarbon-14 to 30,000 years ago-long before man inhabited the Americas and the New World." theres hould be a lot of information if you type in Prehistoric Philippines.
FrancisRae, D culture & heritage that U think belonged to our people must've come fr diff cultures before Spain colonized Phils. D mummification did not originate in D Phil., our ancesters are not pure Filipinos but a concoction of all races in asia (chinese, malay, indo, japanese, indian, arabs), & including that of black, thus the negritos. So, which culture/tradition do U prefer to observe? I seem to have an issue about caucasian people, I'm not sure if U R a racist or just purely ignorant.
i agree that filipinos are a concoction of several races as you say but historians said igorots were one of the few original settlers here in the PHils who were able to 'resist' colonizers thus maintaining parts of the culture and heritage it is even due to the mountainous terrain..the malay race yes,chinese we did barter with them the americans their education,the japs the war its endless but arabs and negritos even indians are mere speculations..
part2 we may have assimilated traits but the igorot culture were there and still is very much alive-we have caves full of traditions that dates hundreds of years..this is not RACISM,but ignorance is the issue..do we have a new research published or are you a person of authority in this field maybe?pardon my ignorance i wud like to read on it very much coz i live it,studied it- mummification is but a term,it is DIFFERENTLY DONE by diff culture..the WAY we do it that is our igorot culture..
cyphk999, I am referring to the settlers pre-igorot time. I read this new findings from archeologist and historians who went to the Phil and found new evidence in Palawan caves that is chilling to know that oldest Philippines settlers by far is from that settler found to be several thousands of year old. I remember this coz I actually thought it to be older than Christ. I will try to find that source of info and forward it to you.
How come they are not in their "native" apparel.....man you are ignorant. Not everyone in the world conforms to these stereotypical views of the world. You need a reality check buddy. Try the fact that ...humm...we are in the 21 est century you ignorant ignorant person.
This video is interesting. However, I think it would have been better if there were more information about it. For instance, who died and why did the men go through so much trouble to bury him/her? How was the body prepared for burial? Was it mummified? Are cave burials like these common among Igorots or do they only do it for important people?
ll try to answer some of your query. i'm from benguet and what we do there, based on what i seen and heard, the ones mummified are those who are rich. cause there are required number of animals (pigs, cows, etc) which needs to be killed to be feasted on during the duration of the mummification. its not common nowadays cause most of us igorots today are christians and the fact it is very expensive..hehehe.
no problemo! well if you really want get the details on how the mummification is done i can refer you one of my classmate in high school. he is working in the provincial capitol. he handles the museum and he is well versed on how the mummification is done. or try visiting the museum.
LouisianaGator, Cave burial is not for everybody, it's for people who had long lives ei.. no babies& teens . Its considered luck if you get to carry the body thus all the commotion. The body is not mummified, not even embalmed, at times the body starts decomposing before its burial. If you get drenched by the bodily fluid on the way to the cave while carrying the body, the luckier you are. 3 of my grandparents were buried in caves. I've attended 1. Quite an experience, be ready to climb rocks.
wow.. yeah it's weird and it's my first time to see how they buried an igorot at the cave and the body was like preserved already. but I respect my fellow kababayan igorots tradition.. i am just surprised.
this is a proof that we filipinos have centuries old traditiona and still being practised up to this day.we learned about egyptians did it to bury their dead and famous for it.thanks for the upload it is a real eye opener
weird but awesome video,I have a huge repect to my tradition like this and that it is deminishing to this days,most especially that the old folks of the dap-ays are gone,..this clips made it alive and reminds the younger generations of Sagada what was once before...MADAYDAYAW KAY SAGADA!!!
im from this place and the first and last one i saw like this was when i was in first year highschool at the st. mary's school. decades passed and i thought this practice was long gone. i never thought that it is still practiced today. i was surprised.
really amazing.. never thought they're still practicing the old things..i just read this and learned it from my history class ..but wow! such a great effort on that.
is that really the way how people in mountain province bury their dead one,, they just carry it like a pig and toss it like a basketball ball,, why are they very noisy..? aren't they mourning, and the man in blue cap is he clapping,,?
jenndark1 1 year ago
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if you read the over 50 comments below - the matter is discussed...
waltwide 1 year ago 2
@jenndark1 I think it's one of the most beautiful funeral ceremony. The way they carried the dead on their bare back instead of having a car carry the dead. They are fighting for the essence of the dead so that luck can trickle onto them. The clapping is a not a form a of applause but of harmonious tribal sound similar to many indigenous peoples. Please read up on other culture instead of only seeing it through westernized eyes.
citizenlen 1 year ago 7
@jenndark1 @jenndark1This is a great example of ethnocentrism
wouldnt you think so @citizenlen?
ajoshnamedlee 2 months ago
wow I cant believe they still practice this burial system
yinyang44 2 years ago
ok.. exagg nga! it would've been better if they agreed beforehand who's going to carry the corpse.. and then just take turns after every 10seconds perhaps.. that way, everyone will get a chance to carry it.. walang agawan! hehe..
cndaluz 2 years ago
The agawan part is part of the tradition. He who gets to carry the body is considered luck, even better if gets wet by the bodily juice as decomposition sets it.
Mari443Garrett 2 years ago
you should think deeper e latrinidad...do you think that burrying dead in the hanging coffins is a practice of Paganism...you are absolutely mistaken. Those are traditional practice...research more!People of Demang are not Pagano...think million times before posting a comment.Thanks
monkeykeeper99 3 years ago
also is it difficult to compare a particular ethnic tribal cultur and its values with a present-day westernized-christianized-politicised emerging global society and its values. The Monks of Sagada came relatively early, too, and built that (very thick-walled) church. If it was better or not I leave with the individuals, but it definitely helped to weaken the Igorot culture, too.
Otherwise there was no way the clock was standing still, and now everyone is modern.
waltwide 3 years ago
it looks like there is commotion and laughing at thesame time.
aeyona 3 years ago
It is not lauging but a noise in which the guys want to grab the corpse from each other since that it a goodluck for them whenever they carried the corpse even for a just a second.
monkeykeeper99 3 years ago
this is quite strange, though i have never seen the way they do it before, am just saying this because it appears rough to my surprise.. it is like no respect to the dead. was this the authentic way of doing it, i mean our ancestors before?
aeyona 3 years ago
cyphk999 ... this is copied from one of those articles. Please read: "Just how long have we lived is implied by a digging done by Robert Fox at 121 centimeters of the Tabon Caves revealed a habitation level containing charcoal dated by radiocarbon-14 to 30,000 years ago-long before man inhabited the Americas and the New World." theres hould be a lot of information if you type in Prehistoric Philippines.
bisdakdiay 3 years ago
FrancisRae, D culture & heritage that U think belonged to our people must've come fr diff cultures before Spain colonized Phils. D mummification did not originate in D Phil., our ancesters are not pure Filipinos but a concoction of all races in asia (chinese, malay, indo, japanese, indian, arabs), & including that of black, thus the negritos. So, which culture/tradition do U prefer to observe? I seem to have an issue about caucasian people, I'm not sure if U R a racist or just purely ignorant.
bisdakdiay 3 years ago
i agree that filipinos are a concoction of several races as you say but historians said igorots were one of the few original settlers here in the PHils who were able to 'resist' colonizers thus maintaining parts of the culture and heritage it is even due to the mountainous terrain..the malay race yes,chinese we did barter with them the americans their education,the japs the war its endless but arabs and negritos even indians are mere speculations..
cyphk999 3 years ago
part2 we may have assimilated traits but the igorot culture were there and still is very much alive-we have caves full of traditions that dates hundreds of years..this is not RACISM,but ignorance is the issue..do we have a new research published or are you a person of authority in this field maybe?pardon my ignorance i wud like to read on it very much coz i live it,studied it- mummification is but a term,it is DIFFERENTLY DONE by diff culture..the WAY we do it that is our igorot culture..
cyphk999 3 years ago
cyphk999, I am referring to the settlers pre-igorot time. I read this new findings from archeologist and historians who went to the Phil and found new evidence in Palawan caves that is chilling to know that oldest Philippines settlers by far is from that settler found to be several thousands of year old. I remember this coz I actually thought it to be older than Christ. I will try to find that source of info and forward it to you.
bisdakdiay 3 years ago
i havent seen anything like this...wish i get the chance!
igoysiak 3 years ago
How come they are not in their "native" apparel.....man you are ignorant. Not everyone in the world conforms to these stereotypical views of the world. You need a reality check buddy. Try the fact that ...humm...we are in the 21 est century you ignorant ignorant person.
ronson97 3 years ago
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almalalet 3 years ago
This video is interesting. However, I think it would have been better if there were more information about it. For instance, who died and why did the men go through so much trouble to bury him/her? How was the body prepared for burial? Was it mummified? Are cave burials like these common among Igorots or do they only do it for important people?
LouisianaGatorGirl 4 years ago
LouisianaGatorGirl,
oh! interesting question. i
ll try to answer some of your query. i'm from benguet and what we do there, based on what i seen and heard, the ones mummified are those who are rich. cause there are required number of animals (pigs, cows, etc) which needs to be killed to be feasted on during the duration of the mummification. its not common nowadays cause most of us igorots today are christians and the fact it is very expensive..hehehe.
georgecallahan34 4 years ago
Thanks! I appreciate your reply.
LouisianaGatorGirl 4 years ago
LouisianaGatorGirl,
no problemo! well if you really want get the details on how the mummification is done i can refer you one of my classmate in high school. he is working in the provincial capitol. he handles the museum and he is well versed on how the mummification is done. or try visiting the museum.
georgecallahan34 4 years ago
Sure! How can I get in touch with him?
LouisianaGatorGirl 4 years ago
LouisianaGator, Cave burial is not for everybody, it's for people who had long lives ei.. no babies& teens . Its considered luck if you get to carry the body thus all the commotion. The body is not mummified, not even embalmed, at times the body starts decomposing before its burial. If you get drenched by the bodily fluid on the way to the cave while carrying the body, the luckier you are. 3 of my grandparents were buried in caves. I've attended 1. Quite an experience, be ready to climb rocks.
Mari443Garrett 2 years ago 5
Okay, thanks for the info.
LouisianaGatorGirl 2 years ago
wow i was mesmerized by this...
karlxx 2 years ago 2
wow.. yeah it's weird and it's my first time to see how they buried an igorot at the cave and the body was like preserved already. but I respect my fellow kababayan igorots tradition.. i am just surprised.
bituin 4 years ago
this is a proof that we filipinos have centuries old traditiona and still being practised up to this day.we learned about egyptians did it to bury their dead and famous for it.thanks for the upload it is a real eye opener
curmikey 3 years ago
weird but awesome video,I have a huge repect to my tradition like this and that it is deminishing to this days,most especially that the old folks of the dap-ays are gone,..this clips made it alive and reminds the younger generations of Sagada what was once before...MADAYDAYAW KAY SAGADA!!!
jhawarzsky 4 years ago
weird but wow,I respect the tradition and proud that a burial practise like this that has been long gone is still alive....keep up sagadians
jhawarzsky 4 years ago
astheriod, im kankanaey can we be friends?
goldrush377 4 years ago
Glad these gentle people are keeping their traditions alive... Respect from Scotland!
boldbhoy67 4 years ago 2
im from this place and the first and last one i saw like this was when i was in first year highschool at the st. mary's school. decades passed and i thought this practice was long gone. i never thought that it is still practiced today. i was surprised.
yvbangles 5 years ago
WOW! VERY interesting & traditional Igorot burial.
ciaobello2525 5 years ago
really amazing.. never thought they're still practicing the old things..i just read this and learned it from my history class ..but wow! such a great effort on that.
polishcurl 5 years ago
wow thats a lot of effort in putting that man in his coffin...
kris0228 5 years ago