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The Igorote Village in the [[Philippine Exhibit]] included three tribes; The Bontoc, The Suyoc and The Tinguanes. | The Igorote Village in the [[Philippine Exhibit]] included three tribes; The Bontoc, The Suyoc and The Tinguanes. | ||
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| Location | Philippine Exhibit |
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| No. of Buildings | 1 |
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| Construction Cost | $200,387 ($6.04 million in 2021) |
The Igorote Village in the Philippine Exhibit included three tribes; The Bontoc, The Suyoc and The Tinguanes.
Before the Fair
The Bontoc
The Bontocs were the head-hunters. Tattooing was considered an art and the tribe were dog eaters.
Dog Eating
Like the word Moro, Igorot had a derogatory connotation implying backwardness and cultural inferiority whose appeal lay in their custom of eating dog.
The Igorots ate dog only occasionally, for ceremonial purposes, but during the Fair, they were fed the canines on a daily basis. They were made to butcher dogs, which disrespected their culture.
The city of St. Louis provided the Igorots with the agreed amount of 20 dogs a week. Because the supply of canines did not meet demand, the tribe encouraged local people to bring them dogs which they bought. The poaching of dogs became so common in the area near the Igorot Village that the neighborhood was warned to watch their own dogs. Many pups vanished.
When word spread that wayward mutts were being roasted in the Igorot village, sensibilities were outraged.
St. Louis Women's Humane Society, protested the treatment to man's best friend, but many people sympathized the Igorot's need for dog meat.
One Missourian donated 200 fat dogs to the Igorots.
The news and attraction of the Igorots eating dog was an embarrassment to the Fair committee as well as various St. Louis groups. It exacerbated the myth that these people were savages, and objects of inferiority to ridicule.
The Suyocs
The Suyocs were the miners and show their method of extracting the metal from the ore, especially copper. They refused to wear clothing, so Fair signs warned visitors that they might see nudity in the Suyoc area. They had their own rice paddies and sweet potato patch.
The Tinguanes
The Tinguanes were the agriculturists.
See also
After the Fair, the Igorots who made the journey took home with them a sense of dislocation and shock that is still recalled with rancor by their descendants.
