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Among the Sagada Igorots, children began to
sleep at the dap-ay (where
courtship techniques are transmitted by older boys) or ebgan (where courtship takes place) at age six, or eight (Eggan,
1960:p42/1971)[1], or thirteen (1965:p79-81)[2]. According to one high school
student, girls learn from elder girls how to perform massage (on boys,
mainly). “The function of the ebgan was primarily to provide training in
courtship and preparation for marriage” (Eggan, 1963:p51-2[3]; cf.
Pacyaya, 1951)[4]. “
“Sleeping together” today may or may not involve sexual relations but
probably did so more frequently in the past, when it was the major way in
which marriages were arranged” (E., 1963).
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin:
Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology
Last
revised: Sept 2004
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