Bontoc rice harvesters
Statement of responsibility: Albert Ernest Jenksby
Jenks, Albert Ernest
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Visual materialSubject(s): 1905 | Bontoc | 1905 | agriculture | anthropology | ceremony | ethnic | ethnolinguistic | grain | highlander | igorot | indigenous | jenks | luzon | north | safosab | sa-fo-sabOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website General Note(s): Rice harvesting among the Bontoc is accompanied by a ceremony called sa-fo-sab, which is performed before a single grain is picked. The owner of the field builds a fire and, standing while the harvesters sit, recites a wish for a bountiful harvest. He then harvests a handful of grain and the laborers begin their work (Jenks, 103). (See also PE00712.)Image type: Reproduction: Photograph
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Peoples | PE00816 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | PE00816 |
Rice harvesting among the Bontoc is accompanied by a ceremony called sa-fo-sab, which is performed before a single grain is picked. The owner of the field builds a fire and, standing while the harvesters sit, recites a wish for a bountiful harvest. He then harvests a handful of grain and the laborers begin their work (Jenks, 103). (See also PE00712.)
Two harvestersCaption Note)
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