Methodology

Gathering information for this project was quite a challenge. Team members had to sacrifice time to go and find the people who are still involved or practicing the three arts. We really had to enlist the help of our schoolmates who lived near these native Ifontoks (people from Bontoc). After having our questionnaires checked, we also engaged translators to help us because most of our respondents spoke only the Bontok dialect and there were some terms we couldn’t understand. We really did take up much of their time and for that, we are very thankful!

Most of the data were gathered through interviews conducted after class hours because some of them still go out even on weekends to their fields. It really takes patience to keep going back when they are not around. Sometimes, we were able to borrow a digital camera and at times, none was available so there is undocumented information.