The Ibaloi Traditional practiced MUMMIFICATION.

The process they used involved smoking the corpse for months to completely dehydrate the dead body, which preserved every part of the body including tattoos and internal organs. They would then encase the preserved body within a hollowed out log and placed in caves that are thought to be spiritual by the ibaloi. ALTERNATIVE / ASSOCIATED NAME : Ibaloi/Ibaloy/Nabaloi LOCATED : Southern Luzon ETHYMOLOGY: I in the ibaloi means from, so far from baloy, an old place in bokod PEOPLE and CULTURE: The Ibaloi are one of the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines who live mostly in the southern part of benguet, Located in the cordilleras as of northern Luzon. The Ibaloi people were traditionally an agrarian society . Many of the Ibaloi people continue with their agriculture and rice cultivation. The Ibalois major feast is the Pesschet, a public feast mainly sponsored by the people of the prestige and wealth. The Pesschet feast can last for weeks and Involves the butchering and sacrifice of dozens of animals. One of the more popular dances of the Ibaloi is the Bendiyan Dance, Participated in the hundreds of male and female dancers.