This ethnographic study on the Itawes’ knowledge, systems and practices made use of ethnographic method. The study was conducted in Cataggaman (Nuevo, Viejo and Pardo), Tuguegarao City. The study was conducted by the researcher who is himself, an insider. Thus, the researcher employed an emic approach, looking at the data from an insider’s perspective. The study explored the extant practices of the Cataggaman Itawes’ related to death and dying. The subject of death and dying is not uncommonly a social taboo on ordinary and everyday discussion or as conversational topic. Thus, participant – observation was the primary means of data gathering. The study uncovered that the Itawes social construction of death and dying is rich in symbolism and meanings, with its expression both personal and collective. The social proscriptions on death and dying are passed on from one generation to another through strict observance. Thus, the assertion of authority by the elders ensures the passing on of the knowledge, systems and practices. However, the study also found, consistent with the nature of culture as dynamic, that there are also modifications through time. This study contributes in two ways. Given the dearth of literature on the subject of death and dying, as cultural study, the research opens a gateway for other researchers to follow up while it also makes known an aspect of Itawes culture that’s little known – both in academe and popular culture.