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For this week’s Larong Pinoy, Museum From Home series, the National Museum of the Philippines features another recreational activity popular among Filipino children—the spinning top locally known as bowwot/bawwot (Ifugao), agngan/singgan (Isneg), kasing (Molbog), pansil/pasil (Batak and Tagbanua), betig (Maranao and Maguindanao), and trumpo/turumpo (Tagalog/Filipino). Spinning tops became widespread across cultures through trade. Playing with … Read more

Pahonan A member of an Indigenous group from Lagawe, Ifugao competes in the pahonan or log race event, one of the traditional sports and games featured in this leg of PSC’s Indigenous Peoples Games program held in 2018. The activity is in partnership with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). You may want to read: … Read more

Kadang sa Bagol A teenager from an Indigenous community from Lagawe, Ifugao demonstrates their version of Kadang Sa Bagol. The activity is in partnership with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). The Philippine Sports Commission’s Indigenous Peoples (IP) Games program aims to preserve and promote the traditional sports and games of the Indigenous Peoples. The … Read more

Labba Relay In collaboration with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), the IP Games program empowers the Indigenous Peoples to showcase not just common traditional sports and games but also unique ones. This is an effort to achieve the concept of “passing down” from generation to generation. The photo (above) shows a young IP … Read more