Bontoc people

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The Bontoc people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, rice terrace agriculture, and distinctive rituals and material culture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bontoc people canonical 20
Balangao people 1
Bontoc Igorot 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
artForm basketry ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
culturalPractice agricultural festivals ⓘ
communal rice rituals ⓘ
head-hunting (historical) ⓘ
demographicStatus ethnic minority in the Philippines ⓘ
ethnographicRegion Cordillera Central ⓘ
governmentClassification indigenous peoples of the Cordillera ⓘ
hasDialectGroups Central Bontoc ⓘ
linked to: Bontoc

Eastern Bontoc ⓘ
linked to: Bontoc language

Northern Bontoc ⓘ
linked to: Bontoc
knownFor distinctive rituals ⓘ
material culture ⓘ
rice terraces ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
language Bontoc language ⓘ
languageBranch Northern Luzon languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Cordillera region ⓘ
Northern Luzon ⓘ
musicalInstrument gangsa (flat gong) ⓘ
musicalTradition chanting ⓘ
gong ensembles ⓘ
neighboringGroup Ifugao people ⓘ
Kalinga people ⓘ
Kankanaey people ⓘ
primaryRegion Mountain Province ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous cultural community in the Philippines ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
socialOrganization kinship groups ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
traditionalClothing handwoven textiles ⓘ
loincloth for men ⓘ
wrap-around skirts for women ⓘ
traditionalCrop rice ⓘ
sweet potato ⓘ
traditionalHousing stone houses ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ
traditionalHousingFeature thatched roofs ⓘ
traditionalLeadership council of elders ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor veneration ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence rice terrace agriculture ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cordillera Central → indigenousPeople → Bontoc people ⓘ
Balangao language → spokenBy → Balangao people ⓘ
linked to: Bontoc people
Kalinga people → relatedGroup → Bontoc people ⓘ
Chico River → associatedWith → Bontoc people ⓘ
Bontoc → spokenBy → Bontoc people ⓘ
Bontoc → ethnicGroupAssociated → Bontoc people ⓘ
Ifugao people → relatedEthnicGroup → Bontoc people ⓘ
Philippine Cordilleras → inhabitedBy → Bontoc people ⓘ
Cordillera Administrative Region → ethnicGroup → Bontoc people ⓘ
subject linked to: CAR
Ibaloy people → relatedEthnicGroup → Bontoc people ⓘ
Balangao people → neighboringGroup → Bontoc people ⓘ
Isneg (Apayao) → relatedGroup → Bontoc people ⓘ
Bontoc language → spokenBy → Bontoc people ⓘ
Bontoc language → hasAlternativeName → Bontoc Igorot ⓘ
linked to: Bontoc people
Bontoc language → ethnicGroup → Bontoc people ⓘ
Bontoc → namedAfter → Bontoc people ⓘ
subject linked to: Bontoc town
Bontoc → hasIndigenousPeople → Bontoc people ⓘ
subject linked to: Bontoc town
Bontoc → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Bontoc people ⓘ
subject linked to: Bontoc town