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050			_aDS 688.G3 _b.T629 2009
100			_aToquero, Elena S. _952675
245		0	_aGaddang of Isabela / _cElena S. Toquero.
264			_aIntramuros, Manila : _bNational Commission for Culture and Arts, _c2009
300			_a60 pages : _billustrations (chiefly color) ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aThis book entitled "Gaddang of Isabela", is a project of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to provide the reader's knowledge about the indigenous people and community in Isabela which known to be Gaddang. Gaddang's were mentioned to be present as early as 1600 in the Spanish historical accounts of Luzon. This book tackles Gaddang's land territory, people, community celebrations, attires, adornments and accessories. They have great interest in farming as a source of their income and when it comes to social organizations the family type among Gaddang's were nuclear and extended. In their religious life Gaddang's were still earthbound with a vague idea about afterlife and believe ancestral spirits like "Karurua". They have also different kind of ceremonies and rituals like life cycle rituals, courtship and marriage rituals, wedding rituals, pregnancy and child delivery rituals, infant ritual, children healing ritual, travel ritual, healing power ritual and death rituals.
650			_aAcculturation. _939370
650			_aGaddang (Philippine people) _2sears _952676
942			_cIRC
999			_c85224 _d85224