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THE END 0E A WRESTLING BOUT 



The judges and referee are Americans, and the Igorots have implicit confidence in the 



fairness of their decisions 



drink at once. As a result half the basi 

 is spilled on the ground, and no one gets 

 much. 



THE PICKED DANCERS OE BONTOC 



Now the gansas start up again. The 

 crowd pushes back in all directions from 

 a central point, and into the circle thus 

 cleared step the picked dancers of Bon- 

 toc town, followed by a dozen of their 

 women, each of whom wears a blanket 

 draped from her left shoulder and under 

 her right arm in such a way as to leave 

 the right breast exposed. Music and 

 dancing begin. It is the same dance that 

 we saw beside the trail, save that the 

 performers are now picked men, and 

 that women are taking part. The latter 



dance with arms stretched horizontally 

 from the shoulders, waving their hands 

 in time to the music, at the same time 

 rising on tip-toe and dropping down 

 again, or lifting first one foot and then 

 the other, either remaining in one place 

 or moving forward or to one side very 

 slowly. Their movements are more 

 graceful than were those of the women 

 whom we saw dancing at Cervantes, 

 and many of them have wonderfully 

 strong and well-developed bodies. 



As things warm up, a famous fighting 

 man, at the prime of life, steps lightly 

 into the ring. The music changes a little 

 and a real head-dance begins. Armed 

 with head-axe alone, or perhaps with 

 lance and shield in addition, the warrior 



