Tribes Of The Cordilleras
There are tribes throughout the Philippines, but those of the Central Cordillera are the best-known. The Cordilleras are home to six main indigenous Filipino tribes: the Ibaloy, the Kankanay, the Ifugao, the Kalinga, the Apayao and the Bontoc, collectively known as Igorots . There are dozens of smaller, family tribes, including the Dalicans and the Fidelisans , who recently brandished high-powered weapons at each other in a tiff over water sources. Dalican tribal elders magnanimously proposed a truce, but only because they had run out of bullets. Tribal spats are still commonplace, usually over land, but are rarely resolved these days through headhunting, as they were up until the turn of the twentieth century. The usual method of resolving modern tribal "warfare" is for all tribes from the mountains to be present and help mediate between the two factions. After reaching an agreement for a peace pact, the tribes celebrate by having a huge party, known as a canao, a ritual feast during which food, rice wine and blood flow freely. A typical canao will involve the slaughter of a carabao, a pig and half a dozen chickens, whose bladders are "read" for signs of good fortune, in much the same way other cultures read tea leaves. A tribe that breaks a peace pact is obliged to pay compensation in the form of livestock or rice. Tribal communities arose in the Philippines during pre-Spanish times when lowland Filipinos, both Muslim and Christian, expanded into the interiors of Luzon, isolating upland tribes into pockets in which they still exist today. Like other Filipinos, upland tribes were a blend of various ethnic origins. Technologically, they ranged from the highly skilled Bontoc and Ifugao to the more primitive groups. Some have intermarried with lowlanders for more than a century, but others, like the Kalinga , remain isolated from lowland influences and are happy to remain so. The tribe most visitors to the north are likely to come into contact with is the Ifugao , who live in and around Banaue and who built the famous rice terraces.
TOROGISASEHR says "visit our land and see how famous we cordillerans are..... and see how igorots look like... don't rely on the negative buzzes coming from some ignorant people..........
" travellerandrea says "Visit Santa Ana, Cagayan North (www.santa-ana-cagayan.blogspot.com). It's one of the best places in the world - virtually untouched, it an undiscovered paradise of sorts. There's a lot of rooms for tent-pitching. Room rates in resorts are also very cheap (p1,200 per aircon room for 4 people). There are long stretch of white sand beaches. There's a Spanish-time lighthouse you can climb and the sight up there is just awsome! If angels are with you, you get to encounter the minke whales or the dolphinsl.
" MONTANOSABryle,Buluan, Conner,Apayao says "Montanyosa in igorot means cordillera.Cordillera Administrative Region has 6 provincesand 1 city. The provinces(W/ their capitals) are ABRA-Bangued, BENGUET-Latrinidad, IFUGAO-Banae, APAYAO-Kabuugao, KALILNGA-Tabuk, MT. PROVINCE-Bontoc. And the only city of this region is THE SUMMER CAPITAL of the Philippines, BAGUIO. IGOROT is the people of CAR, so their are still tribes under igorot such as kankanaey, iisneg, kiangan, ibaloi, and many more."
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