Bontok
Americannoun
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Bontoks,
plural
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Bontok
plural
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While our friends the Ifugaos were, on the whole, a quiet lot, these Bontok people seemed to be fond of making a noise, of shouting, of loud laughter.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
Among other things shown us by Father Clapp was a circle of highly polished boulders, said traditionally to be the foundation of the house of Lumawig, the Deity of the Bontok.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
Bontok is a place of importance, as becomes the capital of the Mountain Province.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
The day closed with a baile, given by the Ilokanos living in Bontok.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
Neither of them could make out a word in the poor village we had just passed through, nor anywhere else on the road in the Bontok country.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
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