Philippines, Igorot boys and girls during House of Courtship ritual on northern Luzon island
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- Created Date
- Between 1955 and 1956
- Description
Shooting the electronic flash in almost total darkness (pointed in general direction of this 'House of Courtship') was able to get at least a few family good shots of boys and girls in preliminary stages of 'courtship'. 'House of Courtship'-dormitory for unmarried girls. The boys are encouraged to visit the girls here in the evening and sleep with anyone they choose. No obligation on either girl or boy, unless and until the girl becomes pregnant. Where upon, they must marry, build their own home and start raising a family. Girls from the age of puberty must sleep in these dormitories which a small thatch roof shacks accommodating about a dozen in each. Girls entering 'house' after evening chores are finished. Strange totems are frequently seen outside the special hut for the Council of Village elders. Sleeping platforms inside 'House of Courtship'. Igorots are rice-farmers. Paddies are terraced up the hillsides flanking a stream. A glimpse inside the cramped quarters of a Hou
Philippines: Igorots of Luzon (House of Courtship)
Grayscale
Forman Safety Negatives, Box 13
- Creator
Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Harrison Forman Collection - Safety Negatives
Harrison Forman Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Film Collections II - Monochrome Acetate Negatives and Motion Picture Film
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Subjects
- Indigenous peoples
Huts
Rites & ceremonies
Clothing & dress
Conversation
Igorot (Philippine people) - Location
- Asia
Southeast Asia; Malay Archipelago
Philippines; Pilipinas
Luzon (island); Central, Cordillera (mountain range) - Type
- image
- Format
- Safety film negatives
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978. Philippines, Igorot boys and girls during House of Courtship ritual on northern Luzon island. Between 1955 and 1956. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/24265. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978, (Between 1955 and 1956) Philippines, Igorot boys and girls during House of Courtship ritual on northern Luzon island. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/24265
- MLA citation style
- Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/24265>.