‘Antoway’: Bontoc’s unique mourning for the dead at risk of dying


MANILA, Philippines—Like every night, it was silent in a community in Bontoc, Mountain Province on Oct. 15, except for a house where an 87-year-old matriarch died, as people, most of them elders of Barangay Bontoc Ili, sang Luisa Tafaleng the antoway. Tafaleng, who died on Oct. 13, was well-regarded in the community that depended on

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