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Ifugao rice terraces stakeholders conduct forum
2007-11-02 01:49:00 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 ...
Ifugao town to cultivate jathropha
2007-09-02 18:01:00 Alfonso Lista, Ifugao — To increase farmer’s income and in support to the national government’s development of renewable energy, the local government unit here will start propagating Jatropha curcas locally known as ‘tagumbao’. Jatropha curcas also called physic nut, is used to produce the non-edible Jatropha oil for making candles and soap, and as a feedstock ...
Restore the Ifugao Rice Terraces before it's too late
2007-08-24 05:19:00 We seem to forget there is a delicate balance between man and nature that needs to be preserved. Such a balance was close to perfect in the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras until neglect came into the picture. I've always lamented the fact that the Banaue Rice Terraces are now the Banaue House Terraces with so many unsightly structures built on them. I understand the need for more homes in the area to shelter the growing population. But can't they be built the traditional way so as not to destroy the landscape, the very cultural landscape which gives them funds to build their new structures in the first place?The UNESCO has spoken: restore the Ifugao Rice Terraces or it's out of the UNESCO World Heritage List! Those shanties and other unsightly buildings must go! If new structures must be built, let them mimic the traditional Ifugao homes with cogon roofs and wooden walls. In fact, although it may be artificial, I feel covering all those structures with cogon would mak...
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Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo) ?Bakle ad Kiangan Tour Packages?
2007-08-13 04:55:00 BAKLE ad KIANGAN TOUR PACKAGE August 24 ? 26, 2007 Kiangan, Ifugao Package Cost: Php4, 500 Inclusions: Transportation with in the province Meals (3 breakfast, 3 lunches, 2 dinners) Lodging (SITMo Center (dormitory type; additional P200 for home stay accommodation). Environmental Fee Entrance Fees Tour Guide Fee Cultural Night Souvenir T-shirt ID and Certificate Exclusions: Transfers to Ifugao from Manila or Baguio, and back (we will arrange reservations for those who will ...
Bakle ad Kiangan Tour by Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo)
2007-08-12 03:32:00 Dear Friends, The Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo) invites you to join the “Bakle ad Kiangan Tour.” SITMo’s series of organized tours culminates to “bakle”, a thanksgiving ritual for a bountiful yield conducted after all the rice has been harvested, usually in July to September. It is the time to feed the “bulul”, the rice ...
Ifugao tourism promotes GREET livelihood program
2007-08-01 18:01:00 by Jina Shirley G. Dacmay LAGAWE, Ifugao — In line with the directive of President Arroyo to promote and safeguard the country’s eco-tourism sites through the provision of essential services for tourists, the Provincial Tourism here is promoting the Grassroots Entrepreneurs For Eco-tourism (GREET) Livelihood Grants Program. Marieta Hangdaan, Provincial Tourism Officer, disclosed that the GREET Program ...
China to help on the preservation of rice terraces
2007-07-03 04:04:00 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 ...
Ifugao dads enact ordinance to support tourism industry
2007-07-03 04:02:00 by Vency D. Bulayungan KIANGAN, Ifugao – With the vision of transforming the oldest and most historic town here into a heritage town and an eco-cultural tourism haven, the municipal dads here enacted an ordinance providing and mandating the protection and management of all God-given natural and man-made tourist spots and providing funds thereof. Annie Dumangeng, Municipal Tourism ...
NCCA Publishes Two Children?s Books on Ifugao Hudhud Epic
2007-05-29 07:25:00 NCCA Publishes Two Children?s Books on Ifugao Hudhud Epic Two new children's books have been published by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to teach children about the Ifugao epic, hudhud. Pumbakhayon and Halikpon are retellings of two episodes from the epic which is usually chanted by the Ifugao people in Cordillera while harvesting rice. Both books are written by Mae Astrid Tobias, with illustrations by Jose Miguel Tejido, and translated into Ifugao by Maribelle Bimohya. Pumbakhayon is the story of how the mythical figure Pumbakhayon passed on the different epics to the Ifugao people. Halikpon, on the other hand, is the love story of Bugan and Aliguyon. ?This book on tales of the Ifugao Chant, Hudhud, is designed for the child so that he will grow into the adult person that is envisioned to be steeped in the culture of his people, the Ifugao,? says anthropologist Dr. Jesus Peralta in his foreword. Dr. Peralta is the Project Director of Safeguarding a...
Eco-tourism development still priority program of Kiangan Ifugao
2007-05-24 10:19:00 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 ... |
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