Know your history.... (from WIKIPEDIA) . Igorot is the collective name of several Austronesian ethnic groups in The Philippines from the Cordillera Administrative Region of Luzon. They inhabit the six provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Kalinga, Ifugao, and Mountain Province, as well as Baguio City. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Cordillera ethnic groups 2.1 The Bontoc 2.2 The Ibaloi 2.3 The Isnag 2.4 The Kalinga 2.5 The Kankanaey 2.5.1 Hard and Soft Kankanaey 3 Ethnic groups by linguistic classification 4 Notable Events 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Etymology The word Igorot is an exonym, derived from the archaic Tagalog term for mountain people (formed from the prefix i-, dweller of and golot, mountain range). During the Spanish colonial era, the term was variously recorded as Igolot, Ygolot, and Igorrote, compliant to Spanish orthography.[2] The endonyms Ifugao or Ipugao (also meaning mountain people) are used more frequently within the Igorots themselves, as igorot is viewed by some as slightly pejorative.[3] Cordillera ethnic groups[edit] The Igorots may be roughly divided into two general subgroups: the larger group lives in the south, central and western areas, and is very adept at rice-terrace farming; the smaller group lives in the east and north. Prior to Spanish colonisation of the islands, the peoples now included under the term did not consider themselves as belonging to a single, cohesive ethnic group.[3] They may be further subdivided into five ethnolinguistic groups: the Bontoc, Ibaloi, Isnag (or Isneg/Apayao), Kalinga, and the Kankanaey
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