Ifugao Governor Teodoro Baguilat Jr. on Monday described the success of the recent “Bakle” week-long festival or thanksgiving for bountiful rice harvest have not only inspired farmers to produce more of the staple food but also now listed in the festivals in the highlands which will soon attract more tourists.
2,000 years old Rice Terraces in [...]
With the aim of preserving the Ifugao Rice Terraces and its supporting systems through the promotion and transmission of local knowledge, skills and cultural practices to the young generation of Ifugaos, the provincial government through the Ifugao Cultural Heritage Office (ICHO) in partnership with SITMO and the Indigenous Knowledge Professors and scholars, is conducting a [...]
by Vency D. Bulayungan
LAGAWE, Ifugao — The Ifugao Culture Heritage Office (ICHO) here will enter into a Memorandum of Undertaking with the China Great Wall Society of China on the World Heritage Protection and Sustainable Development.
Sharon Sarol, outgoing ICHO Officer said that the signing of the MOU will expand mutual understanding and friendly exchanges between [...]
May 24th, 2007
by naturegirl.
KIANGAN, Ifugao — Eco- tourism is still cited by this municipality as its pet project for the coming years as it did not yet fully realize the benefits that can be obtained from this industry.
According to Engr. Jos Aguana, municipal planning and development coordinator of this town, they are still harmonizing all efforts to maximize [...]
Sep 7th, 2006
by gimikera.
At the end of the rice production cycle, the Ifugaos celebrate the Bakle festival. It’s time to feed the bulul (rice god)!
Gongs are sounded and the villagers dressed in traditional g-strings and colorful woven cloth gaily make binakle (traditional rice cakes) and baya (rice wine). Through the help of the non-government organization Save the Ifugao [...]
The origin of the Ifugao’s is derived from the term Ipugo which refers to the rice grain given to them by their god Matungulan. Until the present day, this kind of rice grain is cultivated by the Ifugaos. Over two thousand years old of cultural herigate, the ifugao’s are continuing the tradition of planting the [...]