Baguio Part 2

In 2018, Baguio was listed as one of the safest cities both in the ASEAN region, ranking sixth with a crime index of 40.57 and safety index of 59.43. The Baguio City Police Office also has the highest crime solution efficiency nationwide of 84%, compared to the national 77% and the region's 70%. In May 2019 BCPO also reported a drop of 27% in crimes, from 1,150 in 2018 to 834 in 2019. The BCPO was awarded as the country's best city police station in 2018.

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Published on 26/06/2020 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, Travel
Tags: Baguio, Cordillera, Luzon, Pines

Text to Textile

To kick off Filipino American History Month and U.N. /Philippines Indigenous Month, San Francisco’s Asian American Museum held a premiere of Mountain Spirits: Textiles and Folk Arts of Cordillera and Ilokos, the signal documentary of The Hinabi Project's third exhibit on Philippine textile arts.

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Published on 27/10/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary, Mythology & folklore
Tags: Cordillera, Folklore, Textile

Isnag Language

Isnag (also called Isneg) is a language spoken by around 40,000 Isnag people of Apayao Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the northern Philippines. Around 85% of Isnag are capable of reading the Isnag language.[citation needed] Many Isnag speakers also speak Ilocano.

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Published on 02/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Apayao, Cordillera, language

Kankanaey, Southern

The Southern Kankanaeys inhabit Mankayan, Bakun, Kibungan, Buguias, and the upper half of Kapangan in Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region.

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Published on 02/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Cordillera, Kankanaey, South

Kalinga, Lubuagan

Dance was an integral element of Kalinga Lubuagan culture. In keeping with its warrior heritage, Takiling, represented a homecoming of successful kayaw or head-taking, done to avenge the death or evil done to a family member or relative. Mingols were honored by their female relatives with gift of lawi feather, bongon (beads), and colorful ba-ag (g-strings).

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Published on 02/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Cordillera, Kalinga, Lubang

Ibaloi

The Ibaloi inhabit southeastern Benguet in the Cordillera Administrative Region; they are concentrated in Kabayan, Bukod, Tuba, Itogon, Tublay, La Trinidad, Sablan, and Atok. Like the Southern Kankanaey, they are also called Benguet.

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Published on 01/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Benguet, Cordillera

Balangao

The Balangao, also known as Boliwons were the early settlers of the Eastern Mountain Province in central Cordillera. Concentrations of this ethnolinguistic group are found in the towns of Barlig, Natonin, and Paracelis. According to the tribe's oral historians, the Gaddangs of Cagayan fled to the mountains in the 17th century, soon after their defeat at the hands of Spanish colonists.

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Published on 01/03/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Cordillera, Ethnography

Chico River (Philippines)

The Chico River (Spanish: Rio Chico de Cagayan), is a river system in the Philippines in the island of Luzon, encompassing the regions of Cordillera and Cagayan Valley. It is the longest tributary of Cagayan River.

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Published on 16/02/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: Cordillera, Luzon

Igorot Origin Myths: the Creation

The Igorots have both priests and priestesses, and they perform many public and private ceremonies, both for the benefit of the great deities and for the countless minor spirits which inhabit the sacred mountains, cliffs, groves, trees, and bushes that are scattered throughout the Igorot country.

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Published on 27/01/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Culture, Mythology & folklore
Tags: Cordillera, Igorot, Mythology

Preserving Cordillera Culture Through Solar Drawing

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – From his humble beginnings as a construction laborer, Jordan Mang-osan is now a renowned solar drawing artist, producing life-sized artworks that depict the landscape of the Cordillera region as well as personalities like Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao. Solar art utilizes sunlight, replacing paints and brushes with a simple magnifying glass to paint an image into a canvas.

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Published on 27/12/2017 by puertoparrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary
Tags: Cordillera, Tradition, culture

Philippine Tribes: Apayao

They are considered as one of the most lighthearted among the indigenous tribes in the Philippines. The Apayaos are a river people. Their tribe’s name was derived from the warm waters of the Apayao River. They live in the Northwestern end of the island of Luzon from Abulog up to the Apayao River. Their mountainous territory is rich in flora and fauna – typical of the rainforests in Asia.

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Published on 29/11/2017 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Culture, People
Tags: Apayao, Cordillera, Luzon

Baguio Part 1

Baguio is a city and hill station located at an altitude of 1450 meters above sea level (4760 feet) on the Cordillera Administrative Region in the middle of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. Due to its cool mountain weather, Baguio is considered the summer capital of the Philippines. Because of its many pine trees it is also called the City of Pines.

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Published on 19/03/2017 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, Travel
Tags: Baguio, Cordillera, Luzon, Pines