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Peace Pact Celebrations: The Revitalization of Kalinga Intervillage Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Albert S. Bacdayan
Albert S. Bacdayan*
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
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This paper presents a discussion of the revitalization processes of the peace pact system of intervillage relations among the Kalinga mountaineers of northern Luzon by means of celebrations given by the system's key personnel, the peace pact holders. Revitalization here refers on the one hand to the ways in which these celebrations regenerate support for the peace pact system, reinforce obedience to peace pact law, and strengthen the obligations of the people to the personnel of the system. On the other hand, revitalization refers to the reaffirmation and reformulation of peace pact law, which ensures the continuing effectiveness, validity, and relevance of the peace pact system to the changing world of the Kalinga. The revitalization processes inherent in peace pact celebrations have not been studied by earlier students of the Kalinga, yet close observation reveals this built-in revitalization to be a basic feature in the operation of the system.

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Research Article
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Law & Society Review , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , August 1969 , pp. 61 - 78
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 by the Law and Society Association

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Footnotes

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Field work for this study (1964-1966) was made possible by funds granted by Carnegie Corporation of New York through the London-Cornell Project at Cornell University. The paper was presented in the Symposium on the Anthropology of Law and Conflict at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Seattle, Washington, November 1968.

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