IBALOIS	RITUALS	DANCES	COSTUMES
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

            Ibaloi women wear kambal (blouse) and div’et (wrap around skirt). The samra refers to the colorfully combined checkered cloth used to decorate both the kambal and div’et. This costume has been worn as a symbol and pride of one’s identity. The men wear a g-string of white cloth lined at both sides with a stripe of dark color.

 

 

Loakan women, together with teachers of Loakan Elementary School, during their  induction as officers. First row, from left: Ducia Behis-Banes, Codja Chiday-Valles, Estrella Pinge-Chiday, Nenita Gaspan-Bugnay, Clara Galpo-Bugnosen (President), unidentified, Dominga Colis, Babeng Cosil, Petra. Second row, second from left: Victoria Pataras and Agustina Chiday-Galong; sixth and seventh from left: Margarita Galpo-Posadas and Melba Saro. Clara Galpo-Bugnosen and her sister, Margarita Galpo-Posadas, who hail form Sagada, Mt. Province and migrated to Loakan around 1950 have likewise learned to be proud wearing the Ibaloi costume. (Photo courtesy of Clara Galpo-Bugnosen)