The Regional Advisor for Culture in the Asia-Pacific is assisting the authorities of the Philippines in implementing this activity. New information: ICOMOS Germany expressed serious concern on the ...

The Ifugao Rice Terraces are another example of the beautiful landscapes that can be found throughout the Philippines. The mountains of the Ifugao province have been cultivated for thousands of ...

an indigenous mountain people that live in the Philippines in the north of Luzon island. Almost 400 square kilometres of rice ...

NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — In the Philippines, people say, “Bigas ay buhay”: “Rice is life ... some on ancient terraces that cut through steep hills. But for young people, the grueling ...

Terraced rice paddies, masterpieces of ancient engineering, have existed in China, the Philippines ... walls and the excavated earth to level the terraces. Well, looks can be deceiving.

The Philippines’ myriad ethnic groups create vivid crafts and vibrant fabrics. Amid the rice terraces of Kalinga, in northern Luzon, a century-old tattoo artist hand-taps tribal designs.

The Hudhud consists of narrative chants traditionally performed by the Ifugao community, which is well known for its rice terraces extending over the highlands of the northern island of the Philippine ...

The Philippines achieved full independence from ... where their ancestors carved monumental rice terraces and built thatched limestone houses. Majestic, Spanish-influenced churches and ancestral ...

2001 Report on the ICOMOS/IUCN Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, 22-25 ... 1998 ICOMOS Expert Mission Report, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, ...