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

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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