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Mount Pulag
Mount Pulag
Mount Pulag is Luzon’s highest peak at 2,926 metres (9,600 ft) above sea level. It is also a dormant volcano. The borders between the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya meet at the mountain's peak.
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Published at 2020-09-18 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Benguet, Ifugao, Pulag
Ifuago
Ifuago
The Ifugao is a group that lives in a mountainous region of north-central Luzon around the of town Banaue. Also known as the Ifugaw, Ipugao, Yfugao, they are former headhunters who are famous for their spectacular mountain-hugging rice terraces.
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Published at 2020-09-16 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, Culture, People
Tug-Of-War Keeps Rice Terraces Alive
Tug-Of-War Keeps Rice Terraces Alive
GAME TIME Egged on by their elders, boys in Hungduan town in Ifugao province compete in a game of tug-of-war in the community’s river in this year’s postharvest tugging ritual, “punnuk.” The tradition has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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Published at 2019-08-25 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, Culture, History, People
Ifugao, Tuwali
Ifugao, Tuwali
The southern part of Ifugao Province is home to the Tuwali Ifugao (known to many as Kiangan, Ifugao, or Gilipanes). They are mainly located in the municipality of Kiangan in Ifugao, which has 15 localities. The tribe has three dialects: Hapao, Lagawe, and Hungduan.
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Published at 2018-03-01 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Banaue, Ifugao
Ifugao, Mayoyao
Ifugao, Mayoyao
The Mayoyao Ifugao (also, Mayaoyao) is part of the Nuclear Cordilleran stock. They have 27 localities, which boast beautiful mountains and waterfalls.
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Published at 2018-03-01 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Banaue, Ifugao
Ifugao, Batad
Ifugao, Batad
Batad is surrounded by beautiful amphitheatre-like rice terraces. Batad Ifugaos have three dialects: Batad, Duclingan, and Ayangan.
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Published at 2018-03-01 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Batad, Ifugao, Luzon
Ifugao, Amganad
Ifugao, Amganad
Mention the word “Ifugao” and it immediately calls to mind the famous man-made Banaue Rice Terraces in northern Luzon, which has been included as one of the wonders of the world. In fact, the word Ifugao is said to have come from ipugo, which means “from the hill.”
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Published at 2018-03-01 by Puerto Parrot
Tags: Ifugao, Luzon
Philippine Tribe: Bontoc
Philippine Tribe: Bontoc
"Bontoc" is derived from the term "bun," which is the equivalent of heap in English and "tuk," which means top. When combined, the two words mean “mountain,” or “Bontoc,” when translated on the tribe’s dialect. They are the people who live in the mountainous areas of Benguet, Ifugao, Mounatin Province and Kalinga-Apayao.
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Published at 2017-12-01 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, Culture, People