Comments on: Fire Mummies of the Philippines http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/ Insider tips on visiting, living & doing business in Baguio City, Philippines Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:43:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jane http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-35897 Jane Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:52:00 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-35897 I think I have to correct the statement I wrote above. I must have written Ibaloi is the only one who practiced mummification in the Philippines. Thank you so much! I think I have to correct the statement I wrote above. I must have written Ibaloi is the only one who practiced mummification in the Philippines.

Thank you so much!

]]> By: Jane http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-35896 Jane Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:49:31 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-35896 I was interested knowing more about mummies so I was connected to your site. Your site is a big help. I'm an Ibaloi but this is the time I knew Ibaloi tribe is the only one who practiced mummification. Actually, I'm realy interested to read more about mummification. Are their any sites or links and magazines to know more about it? Salamat dja abadeg!!! I was interested knowing more about mummies so I was connected to your site. Your site is a big help.

I’m an Ibaloi but this is the time I knew Ibaloi tribe is the only one who practiced mummification. Actually, I’m realy interested to read more about mummification. Are their any sites or links and magazines to know more about it?

Salamat dja abadeg!!!

]]> By: ANIME http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-33703 ANIME Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:28:33 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-33703 Since Fire mummies is now very popular I hope it will not be commercialized , it shall remain revered. Since Fire mummies is now very popular I hope it will not be commercialized , it shall remain revered.

]]> By: lisa http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-33678 lisa Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:31:14 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-33678 Hi Jay, I love it that the Ibaloi tribe is one of the few "advanced" cultures that includes mummification -- an a totally different way of accomplishing the same. A Brendan Frazer movie in a Philippine setting? Only if it showcases the indigenous peoples in a positive light! Hi Jay,

I love it that the Ibaloi tribe is one of the few “advanced” cultures that includes mummification — an a totally different way of accomplishing the same. A Brendan Frazer movie in a Philippine setting? Only if it showcases the indigenous peoples in a positive light!

]]> By: jason http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-33635 jason Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:47:50 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-33635 Should be converted into a fiction movie to The Mummy 5 the fire mummies of the Philippine ancestors supposedly aged Alex O'Connell's descendants. Should be converted into a fiction movie to The Mummy 5 the fire mummies of the Philippine ancestors supposedly aged Alex O’Connell’s descendants.

]]> By: ruth http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-28213 ruth Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:42:35 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-28213 hi perhaps we can link the mummy story with the historical node which says that kabayan is the seat of Ibaloy 'civilization' -- can we locate a material for this that we can take a look at? i have not yet gone through Pawid-Bagamaspad History of Benguet; will try to browse Merino & Baucas too hi
perhaps we can link the mummy story with the historical node which says that kabayan is the seat of Ibaloy ‘civilization’ — can we locate a material for this that we can take a look at? i have not yet gone through Pawid-Bagamaspad History of Benguet; will try to browse Merino & Baucas too

]]> By: mike http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-23759 mike Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:42:36 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-23759 good god you shouldn't have opened that coffins. it will cause it to decompose faster. and please have some respect. and please nico don't bring too much people in that place for them to reopen the coffins. a nice souvenir picture outside the burial place is enough opening it is way too much. i hope you understand. good god you shouldn’t have opened that coffins. it will cause it to decompose faster. and please have some respect. and please nico don’t bring too much people in that place for them to reopen the coffins. a nice souvenir picture outside the burial place is enough opening it is way too much. i hope you understand.

]]> By: Pamela Roco http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-22061 Pamela Roco Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:14:42 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-22061 Hi. Thanks for the very informative blog with the video. Only professional archeologists should be handling anything like this. It baffles me to see that the coffin was actually moved, taken out to the elements and the skeleton exposed to daylight. Disturbing the peace by moving the boxes in place and shuffling the textiles protecting the skeletons is so distressing to these precious archeological heritage. I do understand that this was taken 2 years ago, I really hope that better security and preservation steps have been taken since. Mabuhay and Pilipino. Hi. Thanks for the very informative blog with the video.

Only professional archeologists should be handling anything like this. It baffles me to see that the coffin was actually moved, taken out to the elements and the skeleton exposed to daylight. Disturbing the peace by moving the boxes in place and shuffling the textiles protecting the skeletons is so distressing to these precious archeological heritage. I do understand that this was taken 2 years ago, I really hope that better security and preservation steps have been taken since.

Mabuhay and Pilipino.

]]> By: Letty http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-19794 Letty Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:57:14 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-19794 May i know what year they found the mummies at kabayan cause i never heard about them before i left 1975.Just find out today one of my girlfriend she had a book about phillipines cause she was planning to go in the phil. for vacation. june 23 09 thanks pls e-mail me May i know what year they found the mummies at kabayan cause i never heard about them before i left 1975.Just find out today one of my girlfriend she had a book about phillipines cause she was planning to go in the phil. for vacation. june 23 09 thanks pls e-mail me

]]> By: merino http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-13807 merino Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:43:59 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/fire-mummies-of-the-philippines/#comment-13807 skulls and bones covered with tattooed dry skin..aged and preserved for the future generation to more than appreciate..call it "meh-kheng" Perhaps, the best way to trace back the origins and history of the Ibaloi tribe is to analyze the tattoo etched on the dry skin and the mummified corpse. Surely, the blended art will provide the clue..could it be that it came all the way from ancient china during the Lim-hang expedition..a group was said to have disappeared and did not return to the shore. Could it be that this group went upstream (agno river) together with the likes of Princess Urduja? Nah..no recorded references yet to prove such claim. Another, when in kabayan, try to find connection also with the stone piled(pyramid like)tomb found at the back of the Municipal building, on top of a boulder. And if in Eddet, look for the pyramid like tomb also resting on top of a boulder, near the bend of the river, at the paddies infront of the eroded mountain. No bricks and clay or hardened "kemet" to build tapered structures instead hand carved caves and naturally tunelled mountains are made as sacred tombs. Perhaps, these tomb locations as well as the mountain tombs are strategically (astronomically concealed) set up not to hide them (mummies) but instead to have them well preserved. "He who holds the wooden staff does not necessarily keep its bark" skulls and bones covered with tattooed dry skin..aged and preserved for the future generation to more than appreciate..call it “meh-kheng”

Perhaps, the best way to trace back the origins and history of the Ibaloi tribe is to analyze the tattoo etched on the dry skin and the mummified corpse. Surely, the blended art will provide the clue..could it be that it came all the way from ancient china during the Lim-hang expedition..a group was said to have disappeared and did not return to the shore. Could it be that this group went upstream (agno river) together with the likes of Princess Urduja? Nah..no recorded references yet to prove such claim.

Another, when in kabayan, try to find connection also with the stone piled(pyramid like)tomb found at the back of the Municipal building, on top of a boulder. And if in Eddet, look for the pyramid like tomb also resting on top of a boulder, near the bend of the river, at the paddies infront of the eroded mountain. No bricks and clay or hardened “kemet” to build tapered structures instead hand carved caves and naturally tunelled mountains are made as sacred tombs.

Perhaps, these tomb locations as well as the mountain tombs are strategically (astronomically concealed) set up not to hide them (mummies) but instead to have them well preserved.

“He who holds the wooden staff does not necessarily keep its bark”

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