00000ctm a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611630083 Buklod 20150615090737.0 m |o d | ta 150615s2010 xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPD-00246505988 DARCHIVES rda eng DMLUC LG 996 2010 H4 A23 Abayao, Leah Enkiwe author Mayoyao ethnohistory and death ritual practices continuity and change, 1857-1990 Leah Enkiwe Abayao. Quezon City Departamento ng Kasaysayan, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman 2010. xiii, 341 leaves illustrations 28 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "October 2010." Vita. Thesis (Ph.D. History)--University of the Philippines Diliman. This work examined the death ritual tradition of the Mayoyao people from a multidisciplinary approach traversing various facets of ethnohistory of the Mayoyao Ifugaos in Northern Philippines. The first chapter explains the relevance of ethnohistories and introduces the approaches and methodologies in conducting such field of study. It grounds this study with an examination of several literatures relevant to notions of death and practices of death rituals in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. the second chapter presents the rootedness of the death ritual to an ancient settlement which existed before the advent of written tradition. An examination of the settlement's remains uncovered the origins and continuities of mortuary traditions. The analysis of death ritual tradition in its complex form as practiced in a new village habitation site in Central Mayoyao is tackled in chapter three. The following chapter demonstrates the dynamics of change brought by external forces and the internal dynamics such change has undergone. Like other villages in Northern Luzon during the United States occupation of the Philippines, Central Mayoyao in 1900s was a laboratory for cultural transformation in the spirit of the 'civilizing mission' of the American colonial government. Hence, the formulation and implementation of strategic policies and programs designed to assimilate the Mayoyaos in America's cultural frame. The impacts of colonial programs foregrounded the dynamics of change that transpired between the 1950s and the 1990s which is discussed in the fifth chapter. Significant changes in the death ritual caused by external factors such as by the protestant missionaries and other religious sects and bred with other cultural and technological confluences in Central Mayoyao brought pressures to Mayoyao ideational constructs and traditional worldview. The continuities and discontinuities in the practice of the death ritual mirror historical periods of the Mayoyaos and their homeland-an ethnohistory far different from the national history's narratives. The death ritual plays a significant part of the Mayoyaos' cultural frame. Relations are ordered in accordance with the inherent ecological consciousness of the Mayoyaos to their ancestors and creators. Ancestors are believed to be residing in particular parts of their environment where the living is an integral component of the ecology. This study emphasizes the intimate relationship of the Mayoyaos to their ancestors by sustaining ancestor-rooted traditions such as wet rice cultivation, traditional houses, woodlots, and graveyards. Funeral rites and ceremonies Philippines Ifugao. Ethnohistory Mayoyao Philippines Ifugao. Funeral rites and ceremonies Philippines Mountain Province. Ethnohistory Mayoyao Philippines Mountain Province. FI UP UPD DARCHIVES LG 996 2010 H4 A23 Thesis