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 Tuesday, 26 April 2011 08:43 The third phase of NIKE concluded in May 31, 2010. For the fourth phase, the Ifugao State University has assumed the role as executing agency, coordinating the projects being implemented by More...
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 Monday, 15 March 2010 00:00 IfSU, Nayon, Lamut – Participant-members of group three composed of first level management officials and representatives of various agencies and institutions agreed to adopt Ifugao’s initiative More...
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Ifugao HouseTHE BALE: TRADITIONAL IFUGAO HOUSE Clustered Huts: Typical of an Ifugao Village Source: H.O. Beyer; Courtesy of Beyer Family Museum INTRODUCTION Ifugao house building is one of the most admired ethnic architectural designs for having employed an indigenous system of construction that is more complex... 
Swidden FarmingSWIDDEN FARMING Otherwise known as shifting agriculture, swidden farming is defined as “any agricultural system in which the fields are cleared and cultivated for shorter periods than they are fallowed” (Conklin: 1957 in Jianchu & Ruscoe: 1993:11). Unlike the widely propagated view that swidden farming is destructive, swidden ... 
Traditional Weather IndicatorsTRADITIONAL WEATHER INDICATORS: IMPLICATIONS TO IFUGAO AGRICULTURE AND DAILY LIFE INTRODUCTION Out of various factors which control agricultural production, weather is the only factor over which man has no control (Verma:1998). Virtually, weather condition determines the failure or success of crops. It aff... 
Rice Terrace ConstructionRICE TERRACE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Restoring collapsed rice terrace walls in Batad, Banaue Photo: Ifugao Cultural Heritage Office For the Ifugao, the primary purpose in constructing a ricefield is for agricultural production. Due to sheer necessity for food, they painstaikingly c... 
Pingkol DilemmaENDANGERED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN IFUGAO TRADITIONAL RICE PRODUCTION: The Pingkol Dilemma by Armand N. Camhol This paper discusses an Ifugao “best practice”-the pingkol. Pingkol are vegetable mounds found in the rice terraces during fallow season of the Ifugao traditional rice cycle. The research which included interviews and periodic... 
Rice Wine MakingBAYA: Indigenous Rice Wine Making By Mary Lydia de Castro Bayninan, Kiangan: Extracting the rice wine Photo: SITMo Ingredients: 1.5 kgs Ifugao native rice or other ordinary rice varieties 1 kg glutinous rice 1/3 yeast cake to be pulverized Materials needed: Ligau (rattan made winnower) Lopahan (rattan made co... 
Holok Pest ManagementENDANGERED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN IFUGAO TRADITIONAL RICE PRODUCTION: The Holok Pest Management System In early times, farmers believe that supernatural beings have direct influence on the success or failure of their rice crop. Consequently, crop problems such as pest infestation is often dealt with herbs and accompanying rituals... 
TINAWON: IFUGAO TRADITIONAL RICE PRODUCTIONTINAWON: IFUGAO TRADITIONAL RICE PRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Traditional rice production in Ifugao is divided into two phases, namely: field preparation and rice production. These are subdivided into four seasons of unequal duration in the agricultural calendar, namely: kiwang (offseason), lawang (planting season), tiyalgo (dry seaso... Stories of the Old |
Knowledge We Wrote!
Ifugao HouseTHE BALE: TRADITIONAL IFUGAO HOUSE Clustered Huts: Typical of an Ifugao Village Source: H.O. Beyer; Courtesy of Beyer Family Museum INTRODUCTION Ifugao house building is one of the most admired ethnic architectural designs for having employed an indigenous system of construction that is more complex...
Swidden FarmingSWIDDEN FARMING Otherwise known as shifting agriculture, swidden farming is defined as “any agricultural system in which the fields are cleared and cultivated for shorter periods than they are fallowed” (Conklin: 1957 in Jianchu & Ruscoe: 1993:11). Unlike the widely propagated view that swidden farming is destructive, swidden ...
Traditional Weather IndicatorsTRADITIONAL WEATHER INDICATORS: IMPLICATIONS TO IFUGAO AGRICULTURE AND DAILY LIFE INTRODUCTION Out of various factors which control agricultural production, weather is the only factor over which man has no control (Verma:1998). Virtually, weather condition determines the failure or success of crops. It aff...
Rice Terrace ConstructionRICE TERRACE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE Restoring collapsed rice terrace walls in Batad, Banaue Photo: Ifugao Cultural Heritage Office For the Ifugao, the primary purpose in constructing a ricefield is for agricultural production. Due to sheer necessity for food, they painstaikingly c...
Pingkol DilemmaENDANGERED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN IFUGAO TRADITIONAL RICE PRODUCTION: The Pingkol Dilemma by Armand N. Camhol This paper discusses an Ifugao “best practice”-the pingkol. Pingkol are vegetable mounds found in the rice terraces during fallow season of the Ifugao traditional rice cycle. The research which included interviews and periodic...
Rice Wine MakingBAYA: Indigenous Rice Wine Making By Mary Lydia de Castro Bayninan, Kiangan: Extracting the rice wine Photo: SITMo Ingredients: 1.5 kgs Ifugao native rice or other ordinary rice varieties 1 kg glutinous rice 1/3 yeast cake to be pulverized Materials needed: Ligau (rattan made winnower) Lopahan (rattan made co...
Holok Pest ManagementENDANGERED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN IFUGAO TRADITIONAL RICE PRODUCTION: The Holok Pest Management System In early times, farmers believe that supernatural beings have direct influence on the success or failure of their rice crop. Consequently, crop problems such as pest infestation is often dealt with herbs and accompanying rituals...
TINAWON: IFUGAO TRADITIONAL RICE PRODUCTIONTINAWON: IFUGAO TRADITIONAL RICE PRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Traditional rice production in Ifugao is divided into two phases, namely: field preparation and rice production. These are subdivided into four seasons of unequal duration in the agricultural calendar, namely: kiwang (offseason), lawang (planting season), tiyalgo (dry seaso... Stories of the Old |
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Gopa(h)
Ritual speeches delivered in accordance with customary formulas; imitation of authentic speeches extemporaneously performed to amuse the multitude attending a celebration (such as the More...
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Dogap.
To do the same for all;to apportion something to all, to give a share to everybody.
Dogaponay kabalebale [ef. under bale], “he goes to all the houses (the one after the other)”;
Kon More...
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Nomnom
Conveys the idea of thinking, of being mindful.
- Thought(s): Munnomnom, ‘’he (she) is busy thinking’’;
- Intellect: Nanomnoman hi Aliguyun, ‘’Aliguyun is More...
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Pugaw
Earthworld;
Ipugaw, "from the earth", "earthman", "mortal", "human being"
Luta
Earth, soil; may sometimes be used in the sense of ‘’the earth’’ i.e., the cosmic earth More... |
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Kalun.
Conveys the idea of being an intermediary, an interlocutor between two parties, a ‘’ go-between,’’ not simply a messenger who has to inform somebody about something, but somebody More... |
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Konóng.
Sacrificial performance in which the bile-sac of each victim is scrutinized; the term primarily conveys the meaning of scrutinizing (examining minutely) bile-sacs, though it is only a More... |