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Fertility Hut

An old Ifugao Hut in Tam-awan Village. It is said that if a couple does not bear a child within a year of iving together, The native Ifugao couple stays here for a couple of months where a shaman (locally called mumbaki) performs a ritual upon them. A closer look at the houses will tell you they are well built , originally without a single nail used. A pride of philippine culture that is, sad to say, vanishing!

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Uploaded on January 13, 2009
Taken on December 21, 2008