﻿ix. d, 6 Robertson : The Igorots of Lepanto 515 



After they make a prayer or offering, they go to some running water and 

 bathe themselves and after that all the people may go home."* 



CONCEPCION 0B 



The township of Concepcion has 6 barrios, as follows : Alf onzo, 

 Ananaao, Concepcion, Sigay, Mateo, and Tubaline. After giving 

 the lists of officials for these barrios, the manuscript continues : 



HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE, THEIR CUSTOMS, AND LIFE 



The first condition of a child when he is born and the things he does 

 until the end of his life are the following: 



When a child is born, the old men or women perform a canao which 

 is observed as an offering to God so that the child will have a successful 

 life in the future. The ceremony they observe in this canao is the killing 

 of a hog or a chicken.* 7 



The parents of the child, whether he is a boy or a girl, when he becomes" 

 one or two years old, make an agreement with the parents of another child 

 of another family to marry these children, but sometimes this agreement 

 is not carried out. 



When this child, boy or girl, is about 10 years old and can do any kind 

 of work, the parents let him go to any place where he can earn a good 

 living or he helps his parents to find food for the family. 



As the boy reaches the age of 18 or less, he wants to get married and 

 begins the performances of some canaos according to the Igorot customs. 



When this boy becomes a full-grown man, and old enough to think 

 of the future, he builds himself a house to live in. This married couple 

 diligently work to find enough provisions for their living and they often 

 do the same thing as their parents did, according to their customs; this 

 married couple, though they were united together or living in the same 

 house, have not the right to get the dowries given by their parents, unless 

 the wedding ceremonies are celebrated. 



When the husband and the wife want to get the dowries from their 

 parents they tell the old men (principales) of the town that they will 

 celebrate their marriage. The parents of both must agree to it, together 

 with the old men of the town. The day before the marriage they prepare 

 all the things needed for the wedding. 



After the preparations are made they summon the people to come to 

 attend the marriage ceremony. On the wedding day there is much happi- 

 ness, and the husband and the wife as well as the visitors are full of 

 joy. On this day the parents of both bequeath some property, such as 

 lands, animals, house, and other things, to the married couple. In this 



** One Igorot version of the flood and the new creation. Compare with 

 the similar story in Beyer, This Journal, Sec. D (1913), 8, 96. Note that 

 in the Bontoc and Igorot story there is the same reluctance of the brother 

 and sister to be married. Compare also the Ifugao myths related by Beyer, 

 ut supra, 100-102, and 111-113. 



°* Concepcion was formerly a part of the district or comandancia of 

 Bontoc. See Perez, Igorrotes, 245-247. 



"See footnote 78. 



