meat-snatchers

Updated: May 4, 2025

"The old men who had performed the feast, after things had quieted down somewhat, began scolding and cursing those who had run away with the meat. Finally they managed to prevail upon the meat-snatchers to bring back three small pieces, about the size of their hands, from which I concluded that Ifugao is a language which is admirably adapted to making people ashamed of themselves.

Cornélis de Witt Willcox - The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon