Lifestyle

Everyone who owns a rice field in Ifugao would own an alang, the granary where rice is stored. Each set of rice fields would usually have a granary adjacent to it, thus, the kadangyan who owns more rice fields would own more alang. Bu’lul figures are stored in the alang to serve not only as … Read more

The huguhug looks like a small version of the kinabiggat. As opposed to the kinnabigat which supports the frames of the roof, the huguhug supports the frame where firewood is stored above the hearth in the bale. You may want to read: Acopiando Leña

The kinnabigat is the king post that connects the beam and the frame of the cogon roof of the Ifugao bale. In the houses of the kadangyan in certain areas of Ifugao, the king post may have anthropomorphic figures representing Kabigat, the god of plenty and giver of the rice plant. The hollowed out head … Read more

Ibaloi Myths Long ago, before the earth was created, there were only the Skyworld and the Underworld. People living in both worlds did not get along and were constantly at war. One day, someone from the Underworld shot an arrow to the Skyworld but missed and hit the sun instead. The sun then decided to … Read more

Pistang Lupi DID YOU KNOW that the feast of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Turumba is celebrated in seven fiestas locally known as “Pistang Lupi”? The 18th-century Pakil Church, also known as the San Pedro de Alcantara Parish Church and designated as the Diocesan Shrine of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Turumba, is … Read more