Head hunting in the Cordilleras at present Headhunting ritual continues with a wooden substitute for a real human head, attempts to achieve the cosmological benefits of agricultural fertility without the violence long since outlawed by national laws. Among the northern Kankana-ey, the Dongtoy ritual is a headhunting rite held every ten years or so (with a substitute head) in order to ensure the fertility of the rice crop. The last trophy heads cut off by Igorot headhunters of the Cordilleras was supposedly in the late 70s.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:01:35 +0000
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