A Living Cultural Treasure In 1973, the Ifugao Rice Terraces, including Banaue, were declared a Philippine National Cultural Treasure. Spanning over 10,360 square kilometers, these terraces ...

NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — In the Philippines, people say, “Bigas ay buhay”: “Rice is life ... some on ancient terraces that cut through steep hills. But for young people, the grueling ...

The Philippines’ myriad ethnic groups create vivid crafts and vibrant fabrics. Amid the rice terraces of Kalinga, in northern Luzon, a century-old tattoo artist hand-taps tribal designs.

The Hudhud consists of narrative chants traditionally performed by the Ifugao community, which is well known for its rice terraces extending over the highlands of the northern island of the Philippine ...

The Philippines achieved full independence from ... where their ancestors carved monumental rice terraces and built thatched limestone houses. Majestic, Spanish-influenced churches and ancestral ...

Even though economic and geopolitical headwinds have slowed Philippine tourism, tailwinds of opportunities abound within the ...

Heritage conservation is not just the conservation of buildings but also includes cultural indigenous landscape like the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordillera Ivan Henares has long been a ...

the Ifugao Rice Terraces. Now another economic sector is facing a similar dilemma. Data gathered by the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that there has been a decline in the number of youths ...