Babaylan Sing Back: Philippine Shamans and Voice, Gender, and Place by Grace Nono

Author:Grace Nono [Nono, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Asia, Southeast Asia, Social Science, Indigenous Studies, Religion, Sexuality & Gender Studies
ISBN: 9781501760112
Google: 1OwcEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: CornellUP
Published: 2021-11-15T20:30:54+00:00

The Translocal Production of Ifugao

Lagitan’s experience of mobility did not commence with his immigration to Ohio. Ifugao itself made available for him cultural, linguistic, and ideological forms of mobility during his early years there. Centuries of transnational flows, connections, and networks with their attendant hierarchies helped shape and shift local cultural practices and identities.11

The province of Ifugao, claimed by the Ifugao people as their ancestral domain since time immemorial, is a landlocked mountainous area that is between 1,000 and 1,500 meters above sea level (figure 3.2). It is bounded on the east by Isabela, on the west by Benguet and a part of Mountain Province, on the north by another part of Mountain Province, and on the south by Nueva Vizcaya. Surrounding it are major land and water forms that have contributed to Ifugao’s relative inaccessibility. On the eastern side between Ifugao and Isabela is the Magat River; on the western side between Ifugao and Benguet is Mount Pulag; on the northern part between Ifugao and Mountain Province are Mount Amuyao and Mount Polis; and on the southern side between Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya is the Lamut River.12 None of these natural barriers, however, have exempted the Ifugao people from longstanding relationships with other tribes. It is said that long before colonization, highland peoples like the Ifugao traded highland gold and forest products with lowland staples and livestock.13 This mutually beneficial relationship that engendered cultural similarities is said to have been destroyed by the divide-and-conquer strategies of colonization.14

FIGURE 3.2.    Map of Ifugao, showing Banaue

Map by Bill Nelson.

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