TY  - ADVS
AU  - Torio, Tita S.
ED  - Ayala Museum Research Team
TI  - Ifugao pre-wedding dance
KW  - Ifugao
KW  - 1979
KW  - amrt
KW  - augury
KW  - bile
KW  - car
KW  - chicken
KW  - cordillera
KW  - costumes
KW  - culture
KW  - customs
KW  - gangsa
KW  - gong
KW  - ifugao
KW  - luzon
KW  - marriage
KW  - mombaki
KW  - mumbaki
KW  - omen
KW  - priest
KW  - rites
KW  - torio
KW  - traditions
N1  - The betrothed couple dances to the beat of the gongs. They move their feet sideward or shuffle them lightly; they stretch their arms and bow their heads as they move around the dance floor. After the mumbaki examines the bile of the butchered chicken, they are told whether the gods favor the union
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