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Bontok

[ bon-tok ]

noun

, plural Bon·toks, (especially collectively) Bon·tok.
  1. a member of a people who inhabit northern Luzon in the Philippines.


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Bontok is a place of importance, as becomes the capital of the Mountain Province.

From Banawe we rode to Bontok, thirty-five miles, in one day, May 7th.

The day closed with a baile, given by the Ilokanos living in Bontok.

The Bontok religion is, on the whole, somewhat less developed than that of the Igorots and Ifugaos.

The following story about Ihîk is especially interesting because of its resemblance to one of the Bontok myths previously given.

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