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Igorot
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Igorot (ĭgərōt`, ēgə–), general name for the people of N central Luzon island, the Philippines. The Igorot form two subgroups: the largest group lives in the south, central, and western areas, and is very adept at rice-terrace farming; the other group lives in the east and north. They formerly practiced headhunting. The name Igorot is also used as a collective term for many of the warlike tribes of Luzon.
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Kennon was designed by Americans in the 1900s and constructed with the help of native Igorots.
What's It like up in Baguio, Philippines? by John Grant / Travel, recreation and leisure community
Men were recruited from as far away as Albay in the Bicol region and even Panay in the Visayas though the majority of workers were Tagalogs, Pangasinans, Pampangans, Igorots and increasingly Ilocanos.
'These brothers of ours': Poblete's obreros and the road to Baguio ... by Bankoff, Greg / Journal of Social History
Vaughn explores the display of Igorots in the United States in the wake of the occupation of the Philippines, while Frost examines the political usefulness of the Circassian Beauty as a figuration of racial purity.
Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body by Martin, Scott C. / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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