"Ilongot people" redirects here. Not to be confused with the Ilongo people, also of the Philippines.
Bugkalot people Ilongot
A Bugkalot man at work in clearing (c. 1910).
Total population
18,712 (2020 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Philippines (Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Quirino, Aurora, Northern Luzon)
Languages
Bugkalot, Ilocano, Tagalog, English
Religion
Animism, Paganism, minority Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Igorots, Ibanag, Ilocano, other Filipino ethnic groups
A Bugkalot hunting party.
The Bugkalot (also Ilongot or Ibilao[2]) are a tribe inhabiting the southern Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains, on the east side of Luzon in the Philippines, primarily in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija and along the mountain border between the provinces of Quirino and Aurora. They are also commonly referred to as "Ilongot", especially in older studies, but nowadays, the endonym Bugkalot is preferred in modern ethnic research.[3] They were formerly headhunters.[3]
Presently, there are about 18,000 Bugkalots according to the 2020 census.[4] The Bugkalots tend to inhabit areas close to rivers, as they provide a food source and a means for transportation. Their native language is the Bugkalot language, spoken by about 6,000 people. They also speak the Ilocano and Tagalog languages, both spoken in Nueva Ecija and Aurora, with the former also spoken Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.
^"Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
^Barrows, David P. (1910). "The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon". Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 77, no. 1–6. pp. 521–537.
^ abMikkelsen, Henrik Hvenegaard (2016). "Chaosmology: Shamanism and Personhood Among the Bugkalot" (PDF). HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 6 (1): 189–205. doi:10.14318/hau6.1.013.
^"Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
The Bugkalot (also Ilongot or Ibilao) are a tribe inhabiting the southern Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains, on the east side of Luzon in the Philippines...
Bugkalot (also Ilongot) is a language of the indigenous Bugkalot people of northern Luzon, Philippines. Ethnologue lists the following provinces in which...
through bits of meat, which would bring good luck to the people Cain: the Bugkalot headhunter creator of mankind; gave customs to the people; lived together...
del Sur and Bambang), Dumagat (Aritao), Kalanguya (Santa Fe), and the Bugkalot (Alfonso Castañeda and Dupax del Norte). Indigenous peoples' groups have...
land area. † Regional center The native languages of Central Luzon are: Bugkalot, spoken in parts of Nueva Ecija and Aurora. Kapampangan, spoken in the...
grouped into the Igorot (comprising many different groups) and singular Bugkalot groups, while the non-Muslim culturally-indigenous groups of mainland Mindanao...
society, but even then it is only during ceremonial periods. Main article: Bugkalot The Ilongot (or Ibilao) are a tribe who inhabit the southern Sierra Madre...
mythology): the deity who teased Kabunian for not yet having a spouse Delan (Bugkalot mythology): deity of the moon, worshiped with the sun and stars; congenial...
Sometimes the Dragon Kings were included instead of Yu Shi Oden, the Bugkalot deity of the rain, worshiped for the deity's life-giving waters Apo Tudo...
mile. The major languages are Ilocano and Ifugao. Other languages are Bugkalot, Pangasinan, Kankana-ey, Tagalog, and English. As Quirino was part of Provincia...
Vizcaya. This rural area of the Philippines is traditional land of the Bugkalot or Ilongot tribe and was only opened to a road via Carranglan, Nueva Ecija...
Eschetewuarha of Chamacoco Chibchacum in the religion of the Muisca Oden (Bugkalot mythology): deity of the rain, worshiped for its life-giving waters Apo...
the war between the peoples of the skyworld and the underworld Elag: the Bugkalot deity of the Sun, worshiped with the moon and stars; has a magnificent...
Ilongot (Bugkalot) Personal Adornment. Illinois Wesleyan University. Mikkelsen, H. H. (2016). Chaosmology: Shamanism and personhood among the Bugkalot. HAU...
metres (6,283 ft) above sea level according to NAMRIA topographic map. Bugkalots have long established trails which they use when hunting. No scientific...
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