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May 21, '07 9:39 AM
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Cordillera life revolves around the culture of rice, and its rituals, or at least that's the way it used to be.

A River Named Chico
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Chico River Rice Terraces

Sagada Farmer

To the Rice Terraces

Fuss After Harvest

Rice Bundles

Offerings
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Drying Rice Grains - Dec. 28

Two Women by the Terraces
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To the Slaughter
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Reserve Force
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From Watwat to Etag
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Shaman's Brew
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Prestige Symbol
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Bontoki Stonework
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Local Wines Galore
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Vintage Mountain Bus
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Tags: cordillera, philippines, chico river, bontoc, mountain province, sadanga, indigenous people, tribes, culture, mountain life

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hendrixsanchez wrote on May 21, '07

very nice. :-)

chitasangvaro wrote on May 23, '07

Good Natur

shane100281 wrote on May 23, '07

ganda...i have seen another viewpoint in one of my friends' photo album...but i like urs better...ssooo alive....

baguiowriter wrote on May 23, '07

Thanks Shane, and you Chitasangvaro -- Are you a Buddhist Monk? I've been to your country once.

shane100281 wrote on May 25, '07, edited on May 25, '07

baguiowriter said

Thanks Shane, and you Chitasangvaro -- Are you a Buddhist Monk? I've been to your country once.

Ur welcome po.

andreset wrote on Jun 6, '07

baguiowriter said

American architect Daniel Burnham designed Baguio City in the early 1900s for a projected population of only 25,000. The city's current population stands at 360,000 permanent residents.

Transient population, plus tourists, swells it up to close to 2-million during peak seasons.

wow ... so scary

baguiowriter wrote on Jun 6, '07

Yes, but mountain people are mountain people. They love the peaks, the window views and the slope perspectives. They are used to landslides...he-he-he-he !

salingpusa wrote on Jun 11, '07

piggies sleeping

shane100281 wrote on Jun 14, '07

sunod sila sa slaughter...hehehe

wenafestin wrote on Jun 24, '07

beautiful

scooterasta wrote on Jul 17, '07

parang todas lahat kapag nag k landslide ah..kktakot nga XD

babatngon wrote on Jul 29, '07

naalala ko na naman sa amin..llinis ng pag ka ani nitong palay..

babatngon wrote on Jul 29, '07

ndi na to puede para litsonen..malake na..

babatngon wrote on Jul 29, '07

ganda.

donasco wrote on Aug 19, '07

Wow..........this photo is gorgeous Chi!!!
I love the Landscape. It's really very beautiful there.
Wish I could be there someday.
Thanks for sharing,
Lucy

donasco wrote on Aug 19, '07

This IMAGE is awesome Chi!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
God Bless,
Lucy

donasco wrote on Aug 19, '07

I think it is scary to live there in Baguio.
It's overpopulated................
May God Bless the inhabitants in Baguio City.

jrgamina wrote on Sep 11, '07

reflections on steady water... This is cool

kastan101 wrote on Sep 20, '07

sarap nito natikman kona eh, tapa kunam man.

kastan101 wrote on Sep 20, '07

makapailiw nga buya!!!!!! wew ganda.

kastan101 wrote on Sep 20, '07

kambal sila noh? native nga baboy

baguiowriter wrote on Sep 21, '07, edited on Sep 23, '07

Hi Maya.
In Cordillera, this one is actually part of ritual meat, of animal sacrifice, as offering to the gods. It is called "watwat" when given as a gift to visitors. At the dying stage, it is almost an "etag," a highland dish that is highly priced and craved for.

jdrlmca wrote on Sep 22, '07

What is the story on this ? Like, why is it called the shaman brew (other picture) and the offerings (another picture) ?

baguiowriter wrote on Sep 22, '07, edited on Dec 29, '07

The full story on these series of pictures will come out in 2008 for the Cordillera Geographic magazine.

My Flickr account offers more captions for these photos. Just click the photo below for the link:

ericsales wrote on Oct 21, '07

thanks for these images...
brings back lots of memories during my baguio years..
(1980's)
http://hangovercamera.blogspot.com/2005/06/blog-post_111898736608560878.html
http://hangovercamera.blogspot.com/2005/06/blog-post_111898868438372707.html

baguiowriter wrote on Oct 22, '07

You are an artist, Mr. Eric.

ericsales wrote on Oct 22, '07

Ma'am, if you have any plan to shoot in the upland cordi...
and if it's ok to join..do give me a buzz..thanks...

baguiowriter wrote on Nov 11, '07

Hi! You can always join the Philippine Information Agency or the DOT. Would you believe, I usually go alone in my photo exploration trips?

paxuntalan wrote on Nov 15, '07

nice pic of smooth stones, it reminds me of the smooth black stones of bay-yo dap -ay in mt. province. way back 1984 when we had a forestry practicum. Sadly i was not allowed to take photos then but we were treated with tapey, kamote and etag.

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ruditabora wrote on Nov 15, '07

nice dap-ay!

mangkaryas wrote on Nov 16, '07

well if those were my pillows then i might be really hard headed=D..hehehe

baguiowriter wrote on Nov 16, '07, edited on Nov 16, '07

ruditabora said

nice dap-ay!

This is not a "dap-ay" in the traditional sense. It is a re-invention of the indigenous institution of the Cordilleras. This stone bench is part of an open-air chapel in Bontoc.

jackcarino wrote on Nov 17, '07

You didn't bring me along to see this.

braided wrote on Nov 19, '07

too smooth edges for the real one. hi i'm from the mountain provinces

shane100281 wrote on Nov 28, '07

yeah!...hmmm...pang world class...

1mig wrote on Nov 28, '07

Did you say Guava wine? I wonder how that would taste???? Magpabili nga...

ricmaniquis wrote on Nov 28, '07

ayos, sariling atin.

2ynotmi wrote on Nov 29, '07

wow! they've come a long ways. noong araw, strawberry wine lang ang mayroon.

tibok wrote on Nov 30, '07

nice ; )

tibok wrote on Nov 30, '07

i've never been there. tnx for taking me, with your fotos. ganda!

boowwet wrote on Dec 11, '07, edited on Dec 11, '07

Mayat nga pang chaser dagitoy! waaaahehi. I like them all except the yacon wine. Apart from the red roselle wine, the BLUEBERRY is my favorite not because it is Benguet's provincial fruit, basta i like the blueberry wine, the blueberry jam, the blueberry jelly, the blueberry cake........

criscayat wrote on Dec 26, '07

hmmm pang canao yan, , ,"mamantika-an manen ti subil ti umili" he he he!

pumpkind wrote on Jan 27

now thats what im talking about!

baguiowriter wrote on Jan 29

pumpkind said

now thats what im talking about!

This kind of feast though kind of impoverishes the hosts. The cost of the meat served to the multitudes of guests could buy one a decent/better house.

ricmaniquis wrote on Jan 30

di na ko nakakakita nito.

baguiowriter wrote on Jan 30

ricmaniquis said

di na ko nakakakita nito.

Trips are confined to the mines site -- like a walk back in time.

Mines sites tell us that the capitalists are not re-investing their profits back. Up there, time looks as if it has stood still.

mangkaryas wrote on Jan 30

good for you to have an image like this chi...i used to see this one long time ago....a very long time ago =D...pero dangwa bus bound for ambuklao-vizcaya ang mga nasakyan ko noon..

alienscream wrote on Jan 30

thst is really a classic bus!!!! i remember years ago when we vist our father in ambuclao and ride those buses there the conductor gets the fares at the side then climbs to the roof then transfers to the other side!!!!!!!

baguiowriter wrote on Jan 30

alienscream said

I am drawn toward antiquities but not to the lifestyle associated with them if they are still serviceable like this one. Looks like it is difficult to maneuver esp. up along slopes and curves of the mountain roads.

baguiowriter wrote on Feb 3, edited on Feb 3

I couldn't tell beyond this period; saw this hunk of a running artifact only at Philex Mines when Jack and I visited the place in October last year.

I was glad going on a "time travel" right in the heart of this highland paradise.

nationalista08 wrote on Apr 16

..whoah maganda...
uhmmm napinpintas manen nu cka mismo makakita..hanlang nga pix...

nationalista08 wrote on Apr 16

whoaw..."kachangyan ai kanan da"

baguiowriter wrote on Apr 16

nationalista08 said

..whoah maganda...
uhmmm napinpintas manen nu cka mismo makakita..hanlang nga pix...

The beauty of Montañosa is beyond words...and keeps changing, hopefully, always for the better.

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