More Kapre design concepts. The Kapre is a creature of Philippine mythology, best describe as a tree demon or a tree troll. It looks much like the North American Bigfoot, but with more human characteristics. They are believed to be always smoking a large, trunk-like cigar. Read more about it here: http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Kapre Attire is based on Igorot people, a collective term for the ethnic groups who are indigenous Austronesian inhabitants of provinces located in Noth Luzon, Philippines.   The word “Igorot” is archaic Tagalog for “mountain people”. It is derived from the prefix ‘i-’ (“dweller of”) and ‘golot’ (“mountain range”). -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igorot_people
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More Kapre design concepts. The Kapre is a creature of Philippine mythology, best describe as a tree demon or a tree troll. It looks much like the North American Bigfoot, but with more human characteristics. They are believed to be always smoking a large, trunk-like cigar. Read more about it here: http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Kapre

Attire is based on Igorot people, a collective term for the ethnic groups who are indigenous Austronesian inhabitants of provinces located in Noth Luzon, Philippines.  

The word “Igorot” is archaic Tagalog for “mountain people”. It is derived from the prefix ‘i-’ (“dweller of”) and ‘golot’ (“mountain range”).

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igorot_people

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