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	Ifugao
		The Ifugao inhabit the most rugged and mountainous part of the country, high in the Central Cordillera in northern Luzon, with peaks rising from 1,000-1,500 m., and drained by the waters of the Magat River, a tributary of Cagayan River.
		Ifugao religious beliefs are expressed in the numerous rites and prayers (baki) that comprise the main body of Ifugao myths.
		Ifugao epics are chanted romances recounting the origins of the people, the life and adventure of the Ifugao heroes, the valor of men and the beauty of women, as well as ancient customs and traditions.
	litera1no4.tripod.com /ifugao_frame.html (5335 words)

	Ifugao Website
		When Ifugao was separated from Nueva Vizcaya in 1905, Captain Jeff Gallman of the American Army was appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ifugao and was Succeeded by J. Jamilinsen.
		It was in Ifugao, particularly Mt. Napulawan in the municipality of Hungduan, where General Yamashita known as "The Tiger of Malaya" decided to put his last stand against the Filipino and American forces.
		Ifugao then started its operation as a distinct province on April 1, 1967 a few days after the first provincial officials were inducted into office on March 26, 1967 by His Excellency, Ferdinand E. Marcos, at La Trinidad, Benguet.
	www.angelfire.com /ca2/Ifugao/ifugao.htm (1364 words)

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		It is the native (Ifugao) name of a drink produced by the fermentation of rice, a drink that varies in color and in flavor, according to the care taken in its make, but nearly always agreeable to the palate and refreshing.
		Kiangan was celebrated in Spanish times, and even more recently, as the home of some of the most desperate head-hunters of the Archipelago.
		But the Ifugaos, thanks to Gallman, as already said, have abandoned head-hunting, and the skulls in hand, if kept at all, are now hidden inside their owner's houses, their places being taken by carabao heads and horns.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/2/9/7/12970/12970.txt (22104 words)

	The Asia Rice Foundation: Rice Articles
		Of the many procedures in rice production in Ifugao-from lobah (clearing the slopes and stonewalls of the terraces) to the balin (preparing the seedbed), from the ahiboge (transplanting the seedlings) to the ahitulu (harvesting the mature palay panicles), and many more in between, the most laborious are transplanting and harvesting.
		Because rice is the staple of the Ifugaos and the production of such pervades their communal life, the Ifugaos value their traditional rice varieties which are a source of cultural pride and identity.
		The insufficient rice that is the staple of the Ifugaos, they offer abundantly to the Church for the sustenance of their priest and for their parish activities.
	www.asiarice.org /sections/whatsnew/othersa.html (1539 words)

	Ifugao rice terraces losing half of farmers - Jun. 27, 2003
		KIANGAN, Ifugao -- The latest population survey of Ifugao showed that about 50 percent of its residents have abandoned the centuries-old rice terraces for lowland farms, reducing the skills required to restore these World Heritage sites.
		Baguilat is nursing back to health the terraces of Barangay Julongan in his hometown Kiangan, as a test case for the rest of the Cordillera terraces, which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) had inscribed in the World Heritage list.
		This is the ninth ritual of a 12-rite cycle of the province's rice planting and harvest rituals.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2003/jun/27/reg_3-1.htm (483 words)

	cyberhunk Province of Ifugao Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		A concrete pyramid-type structure that resembles an oversized Ifugao native house, it depicts historical events, from Filipino opposition to Spanish rule to the Death March, and the role of the Ifugao and American troops in the defeat of General Yamashita.
		It was in Ifugao, particularly in Mt. Napulawan, where General Yamashita, the known “Tiger of Malaya,” decided to put his last stand against the Filipino and American forces.
		Ifugao finally gained provincial status on June 18,1966 with the municipality of Lagawe as the capital town.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/1e383/71a (928 words)

	The Asia Rice Foundation: Philippines Rice Articles
		Baguilat, the eldest son of an Ifugao father from Kiangan and a mother who is part Gaddang and part African-American from Nueva Vizcaya, felt insulted.
		In those two years, Baguilat immersed himself in the community and came away humbled by the richness of the Ifugao culture and the pride that the Ifugaos still take from long-standing traditions that have largely withstood the test of time, like the world-famous Ifugao rice terraces.
		So far he has joined national efforts to preserve the Ifugao Rice Terraces and was instrumental in setting up the Ifugao School for Living Traditions which teaches the Ifugao youth key elements of their culture such as the hudhud (epic), alim (ritual chant), loom weaving and baya or rice wine making.
	www.asiarice.org /sections/whatsnew/Philippines146.html (976 words)

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		By JUAN B. KIANGAN, Ifugao — This historic town, scenes of fierce fightings between the allied forces and the Japanese army during the last war, will soon be developed as the "Cultural Capital" of this province to entice tourists to come and experience an entirely different world of magnificent vistas, where the sky seems closer.
		Mayor Albert Indunan told in a meeting of the Ifugao Intangible Heritage Subcommittee here that the major developmental thrust of his administration during the next three years will be promotion and enhancement of the wealth of cultural assets of this highland town including its tourism potentials.
		Another attraction in Kiangan is the Provincial Museum where one can see Ifugao native artifacts, antique Ifugao weaponry, jewelry, tools, ritual boxes and old wooden gods and many other agricultural and household implements that depict Ifugao life and culture.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/02/04/TOUR2005020428000.html (432 words)

	About Culture and Arts
		The proclamation of the hudhud chants of the Ifugao as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity further enhances the value of oral and intangible heritage.
		Manuel Dulawan, a cultural expert from Kiangan, Ifugao, was hired as Local Coordinator to act as conduit between the NCCA and the IIHSC.
		Francis Lambrecht’s 1957 article “Ifugao Epic Story: Hudhud of Aliguyun at Hananga” published in the Journal of East Asiatic Studies of the University of Manila; re-edited video documentary on the hudhud highlighting the cultural significance of the hudhud and the scope of preservation efforts being done on the international, local and national levels.
	www.ncca.gov.ph /about_cultarts/cultprofile/intangibleacom.php (2821 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		KIANGAN, Ifugao - As night falls in this town, a group of mumbakis, or high priests, gathers to perform a sacred rite called "holiat" aimed to ensure the success of the "Gotad Ad Kiyangan," an annual cultural festival.
		Mayor Albert Indunan of Kiangan said he was happy with the number of mumbakis who gathered to perform the holiat, and that the number was an indication that the high priests appreciate the objectives of the festival.
		As such, Kiangan villagers should be at the forefront of the "uphill battle" to preserve Ifugao culture.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=38068 (765 words)

	GlobalTribe . Countries . Philippines . Hudhud \| PBS
		It's a musical record of Ifugao myths, traditions and beliefs passed down orally from as far back as the 15th century, although some scholars believe it to be older.
		The Ifugao rice terraces, on the other hand, symbolize not only Ifugao industry and engineering and aesthetic skills but also their love of freedom and respect for the rights and dignity of their fellowmen...Read more of Manuel Dulwan's essay at the National Commision for Culture and the Arts website
		But so much of Ifugao's customs are tied to rice farming and today's youth, while embracing the role of "keepers of the tradition," aspire to working in Manila or overseas.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/globaltribe/countries/phi_hudhud.html (989 words)

	Banaue Hotel & Youth Hostel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This summer months in Banaue, characterized by sunny and clear blue skies, the perfect months for touring and picture taking to the later part of May. The rice terraces change from green to yellow with the ripening of the rice plants.
		Town fiesta adopting the Ifugao term "ammong" which means a gathering.
		They open their sealed rice granaries to bring out the stored grains but before doing so, they have to bath their butchered sacred wooden idol or rice god called "bulul" with blood from their sacrificial animals, either chicken or pig.
	www.philtourism.com /bhyh_fest.html (405 words)

	Cebu Island Properties - Philippine information » DFA Announces Commemorative Activities in Kiangan, Ifugao for ...
		DFA Announces Commemorative Activities in Kiangan, Ifugao for the 60th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War
		Governor Benjamin Cappleman of Ifugao Province is expected to give the welcome remarks, while Mayor Albert G. Indunan and Veterans Federation of the Philippines District Commander Victor S. Codamon will give an account of the surrender of General Yamashita to the Filipino soldiers.
		The commemorative event in Kiangan, Ifugao is the final ceremony capping the one year celebration of the anniversary of the end of World War II, which started with the Leyte landing in October 2004.
	www.cebuislandproperties.com /blog/?p=2793 (357 words)

	THE IFUGAO EPIC, Philippines - Travel and Tours Info.
		The epic is chanted by Ifugao women, usually at harvest time, funeral wakes, and wedding time.
		Francis Lambrecht, CICM brought HUDHUD to the international scene, which he claims has been sung by generations of Ifugaos since the late 17th century and still is a central part of the Ifugao life.
		The social characteristic of the ancient Ifugaos as seen in the HUDHUD showed a strong matriarchal society.
	www.it8it.com /site_en/THE_IFUGAO_EPIC_Philippines.htm (224 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net
		IT WAS in the 1960s when villagers of Nagacadan in Kiangan, Ifugao, last heard the kurimbatung or the rhythmic beating of the dipdipu, a percussion instrument made from hollowed wood and deer skin.
		The advent of Western religion, modern science, politics and economics in Nagacadan (pop: 602) did not stop Ampaguy Dulawan, an 83-year-old mumbaki (native priest), and the villagers from thanking their gods and spirits through the harvest ritual.
		Dulawan said the myth of the ipugo or how the butnol was taken from the sky world and propagated in Ifugao's rice terraces, was recited during the ani.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_phe/2005/aug/03-02.htm (759 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:ifk
		Hapao has 88% intelligibility of Kiangan, Hungduan has 85% of Kiangan.
		Lexical similarity 80% with Amganad Ifugao, 72% with Batad Ifugao, 78% with Hapao, 86% with Hungduan.
		Kiangan is the place, Tuwali is the language.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=ifk (218 words)

	G.R. No. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		At the trial, the prosecution sought to establish that on October 20, 1983, the INP Ifugao Command in Lagawe was informed of a planned sale of marijuana at Kiangan, Ifugao.
		The box produced by Mario was taken to the Ifugao INP headquarters for safekeeping.
		His testimony was that in the evening in question, he arrived home in Kiangan, Ifugao, and found that his young daughter was still out.
	www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1992/oct1992/gr_90452_1992.html (1904 words)

	The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon: From Ifugao to Kalinga: A Ride Through the Mountains of Northern Luzon
		As Kiangan is a sort of headquarters, it has a guard-house for the service of short imprisonments, a post-and-rail affair made of bamboo under the cuartel.
		It is pertinent to remark that the Ifugaos treat their women well; for example, the men do the heavy work, and there are no women cargadores.
		That such a thing could take place without danger was incomprehensible to the old women of Kiangan, who doubtless remembered sons or husbands, brothers [101] or cousins, who had lost their lives in such an affair.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/2/9/7/12970/12970-h/12970-h.htm (18432 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		KIANGAN, IFUGAO - To increase the yield of Ifugao rice farmers and help preserve the provinceâs rice terraces, the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) introduced the system of rice intensification (SRI) to upland rice farmers.
		Ciencia also related that the PRRM had tied up with the Save Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMO), an organization working for the preservation of Ifugaoâs terraces, by introducing more productive farming practice to entice local farmers not to leave their farms.
		James Tayaban, chair of SITMO board, said that younger generations of Igorots are abandoning their farms to look for jobs in the nearby urban centers.
	uw2.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=8094 (1989 words)

	PHNO: HOMETOWN AND COMMUNITY News Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Kiangan, Ifugao, July 5, 2000 - A tribal group is protesting the construction of a P5-billion hydroelectric dam that will submerge the tribe’s entire village.
		Ifugao Sangguniang Panlalawigan member Jose Guyguyon said that the dam will submerge the sitios of Cabaduyan, Bukig, Dole, and Napu including the Amoweg Elementary School.
		Barangay Amoweg, which is populated entirely by members of the Kalanguya and the Ayangan tribes in Ifugao, is the current subject of a territorial dispute between the two neighboring provinces.
	www.newsflash.org /2000/06/ht/ht001212.htm (270 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:IFK
		It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Philippine, Northern Luzon, South-Central Cordilleran, Central Cordilleran, Nuclear Cordilleran, Ifugao.
		Some speakers are bilingual in English, Ilocano, Tagalog, or Amganad Ifugao.
	www.ethnologue.com /14/show_language.asp?code=IFK (144 words)

	September 01 2005
		President Arroyo will lead the flag-raising and wreath-laying ceremonies at the Kiangan Central Elementary School and Kiangan War Memorial Shrine, respectively, to honor the heroism and sacrifices of the Filipino resistance fighters who fought the Japanese and defended the country.
		Yamashita’s surrender in Kiangan took place simultaneously with Japan’s formal surrender to the Allied Supreme Commander in the Pacific, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945.
		After his formal surrender in Kiangan, Yamashita was brought to the Camp John Hay in Baguio City on Sept. 3, for the signing of the instrument of surrender.
	www.news.ops.gov.ph /archives2005/sep01.htm (2489 words)

	IFUGAO UPLAND TOWN MARKS YAMASHITA'S SURRENDER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tomoyuki Yamashita, salutes during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kiangan Memorial Shrine commemorating the 60th anniversary of the surrender of Japanese forces in Ifugao.
		Unknown to most Filipinos, it was in Kiangan where Japanese Maj. Gen.
		Kiangan’s Lt. Santiago Balajo, perhaps the oldest living World War II veteran at 95, recalled that they jumped with joy when Yamashita, who had his last defense here, finally gave up.
	www.newsflash.org /2004/02/ht/ht005420.htm (277 words)

	Teddy Baguilat: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Teddy Baguilat, erstwhile mayor of Kiangan and governor of Ifugao, is now the moving spirit of an NGO called Save the Ifugao Rice Terraces Movement (SITMO).
		From the private sector, he is pursuing a priority project he had initiated while at the helm of his province - the zoning of Ifugao.
		Nauyac is idolized by University of the Philippines graduate Teddy Baguilat, the youngest ever to serve as governor of Ifugao.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Baguilat_Teddy_138546119.htm (401 words)

	Heirloom Rice News
		The rice left Manila on October 09, 2005 and is expected to arrive into the Port of Tacoma, Washington USA on October 29, 2005.
		At the project launching in Ifugao, 500 bundles of Imbuucan seed will be distributed among farmers who will be planting and expanding production for the business venture.
		Included here are two pictures taken by Vicky when she had the honor of attending a blessing harvest ceremony in Hingyon, Ifugao earlier in June.
	www.heirloomrice.com /news.htm (1133 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		Of the 3,090 unregistered people in Kiangan, Ifugao, 2,196 were adults and only 894 were children.
		The partial results of the survey showed that out of the 2,397 unregistered persons, there were 1,976 adults and only 391 children, NSO-CAR administrative officer Bernardo Velasco said in a forum.
		The municipalities of Kiangan, Ifugao, Bontoc, Mountain Province, Manabo, Abra, Santa Marcela, Apayao, Kibungan, Benguet and Rizal, Kalinga, were made the pilot municipalities in the "Birth Registration Project" of NSO-CAR and Plan International Philippines.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=23015 (707 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| 1978: Mark E. Getchell served in Philippines in Kiangan, Ifugao beginning in 1978
		1978: Mark E. Getchell served in Philippines in Kiangan, Ifugao beginning in 1978
		Peace Corps Online: Directory: Philippines: Directory of Philippines RPCVs: 1978: Mark E. Getchell served in Philippines in Kiangan, Ifugao beginning in 1978
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	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2036371.html (313 words)

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