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Sagada Rice Terraces feat. Igorot Lass - oil on canvas 24" x 32" by JBulaong 2015
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Portrait of an "Igorot" (pronounced [ɪgəˈrot]) name for the people of the Cordillera region, in the Philippines island of Luzon. The Igorot form two subgroups: the larger group lives in the south, central and western areas, and is very adept at rice-terrace farming; the smaller group lives in the east and north. Igorot groups formerly practiced headhunting. (Wikipedia)
black and white version of an earlier colored one.
One of my entries at DPOTY....:
poty2009.dcmag.co.uk/userGallery.aspx?UserId=d25c427c-643...
High up in the terraced rice fields of the Philippine Cordillera mountains, traditional tattooing (batek, Kalinga) among the former headhunters of northwestern Luzon is nearly extinct. Today, you can only see traces of the indelible art in all of its splendor among the Kalinga and maybe one or two other groups living in the area. But back in 1900, just before American authorities outlawed headhunting, tattoo was to be seen everywhere, especially among the Bontoc Igorot, Kalinga, and Ifugao peoples.
Bontoc is derived from two local words, "bun" (heap) and "tuk" (top), which together mean "mountains." As they have for centuries, most Igorots live in Bontoc municipality near the upper Chico River basin and in the capitol city of the municipality, Bontoc. The region is bounded to the north by the Kalinga-Apayao province and to the south by the Ifugao and Benguet provinces. Although there is a common language, several villages in the Bontoc region have their own distinct dialect.
Generally speaking, the Bontoc Igorots recognized several kinds of tattoos and very often the amount of designs worn by a man was directly related to the proportion of human heads he had taken in the headhunt. The chaklag, usually running upward from each nipple, curving out on the shoulders and ending on the upper arms, indicated that the man had taken a head or, as one writer put it in 1905, "The indelible tattoo emblem proclaims them takers of human heads, nine-tenths of the men in the pueblos of Bontoc and Samoki wear them." Among the neighboring Kalinga to the north, successful warriors (maingor) had tattoos placed at the back of their hands and wrists after their first kill. These striped designs were called gulot, meaning "cutter of the head." Kalinga men who killed two or more men had elaborate patterns applied to their arms and chests called biking, comprised of khaman ("head-axes"), ufug ("centipede scales") and bodies of the centipede (gayaman), which were protective and spiritually charged symbols. The khaman design also covered portions of the torso, back, and thighs and centipede scales crossed the cheeks of the most successful warriors. Sometimes, a human anthropomorph was tattooed just above the navel and small crosses adorned the face, indicating a warrior of the highest rank. Other more simple markings had therapeutic value and were placed on goiters, tumors and varicose veins. Among the Kalinga particular arrangements of centipede scales were believed to ward off cholera.
post and run(busy)... will visit your streams soon... have a great day
our tribe @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igorot
Pintig at Pantig is the annual literary festival of the Mountain Collegian, the official student publication of Benguet State University.
"Pintig" as for heartbeat, and "Pantig" as for syllable, this festival aims to dig deep into the hearts of the youth and be the instrument to free the unsaid words and feelings molded by time and experience. After the festival, the contributions will be published in the Kalaleng, the literary folio of the said Publication. "Kalaleng" is an igorot term for Nose Flute.....
The seminar-workshop-competition includes poetry writing, short story writing, essay writing, literary graphics illustration, and hopefully-- photography, both in English and Filipino categories.
Photo and layout by Me :D
Material culture and Tattoos
"Batok establishes its presence in the other aspect of Igorot material culture. Tattoo patterns are also found embelishing shields, potterym textiles, bamboo flutes, lime containers, and rice mortar among others. Batok also serves as a form of visual language and constitutes similar elements (motifs and arrangements) that are particularly linked to the contextually defined narrative of the wearer. As such, the signification and meaning embedded in tattoos are also made visible through material culture."
*Batok: traditional hand-tapped tattoing
Benguet smile....
This are the common smile that you can see in the province of Benguet.
Another image from my Baguio vacation!
Inukit ng aming kaibigang Igorot
Metal na aksesorya ay ginawa sa pagawaan ni G. Ben Torres
Pa pinturahan ba? O kahit hindi na.
Riders from different associations of Baguio City and Benguet province, Philippines have fun with their horses around the track and field oval of Baguio Athletic Bowl during the annual celebration of Panagbenga Festival where groups of local horseback-riders compete during Pony Boys Day. ©Richard Balonglong
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Captured with Yellow Pentax K-01
The main tourist spots in the Cordillera mountain range of Northern Luzon are Sagada and Banaue. These places are "on the trail" and come with lots of hostels, guest houses, restaurants, Western food, local textile & crafts industries etc etc. I opted instead to try somewhere a little more off the beaten track, and rode the roof of a jeepney for two hours from the main county town of Bontoc up over a rough potholed dirt road to reach the Igorot nationality village of Barlig, known for its blanket weaving. Barlig does see tourists, being the jump-off point for climbing the 2800 metre peak Mt. Amuyao, but it's a sporadic supplement to the village's income rather than backbone of the economy. Currently there only two guest-houses with rooms for 150-200 Pesos a night (cold water) and a 10pm curfew on alcohol-sales in in the village's one or two restaurants and karaoke houses. I did bump into another foreigner there, and strangely enough he was an Irishman. I imagine with a new road about 40% built and due for completion sometime in the future (could be months, could be years...) the tourism industry in Barlig will pick up. The locals I spoke to definitely want it to.
Barlig, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippines, January 2013, Hexar AF
Kennon Road,Baguio City Circa early 80's
taken from my old flickr account...
Named after Col. Lyman W. Kennon who was the final builder of the famous Benguet road, with the help of the industrious Cordillerans and foreign workers. Kennon Road is the shortest and the most scenic highway linking Baguio and the lowlands. The Lion's head can be found along the way.
Final construction of this road was finished in 1903. Col. L. Kennon first ascended to Baguio in 1905. Of the original workers, the Igorots and Japanese were admired for their trustworthiness and willingness to work.
Kennon was closed due to traffic after the July 16, 1990 earthquake. It is now open to light vehicles.
Austronesian people from Taiwan seems to have developed a skill to cultivate rice that became an indispensable element of Austronesian cultures.
Rice terraces in Ifugao province are registered on the list of World Cultural Heritage. Ifugao province has been inhabited by Ifugao people, one of principal ethnic groups that are collectively called "Igorot" by lowland Filipinos, which means people of mountains. Compared with lowland Filipinos, they still maintain cultures that are less influenced by Spanish colonisation.
Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" was shot in the Philippines, for which Ifugao people played the role of "montagnards" of Vietnam.
Igorot or Cordilleran is the collective name of several Austronesian ethn groups in The Philippines, who inhabit the mountains of Luzon. The word "Igorot" is an exonym, derived from the archaic Tagalog term for "mountain people" (formed from the prefix i-, "dweller of" and golot, "mountain range"). During the Spanish colonial era, the term was variously recorded as Igolot, Ygolot, and Igorrote. ref:wiki
Lang-ay Festival showcases the customs and traditions of the
Lang-ay Festival showcases the customs and traditions of the Mountain Province in the Philippines. The festivity usually happens on the first week of April.
Lang-ay Festival showcases the customs and traditions of the Mountain Province in the Philippines. The festivity usually happens on the first week of April.
Lang-ay Festival showcases the customs and traditions of the Mountain Province in the Philippines. The festivity usually happens on the first week of April.