For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation to the next, and the expression of sacred ...

A Living Cultural Treasure In 1973, the Ifugao Rice Terraces, including Banaue, were declared a Philippine National Cultural Treasure. Spanning over 10,360 square kilometers, these terraces ...

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 ...

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.

NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — In ... Some 2.4 million Filipinos work as rice farmers, toiling on lush paddies that blanket the country, some on ancient terraces that cut through steep hills.

Farmers must incessantly weed rice paddies to maintain water flow through the terraces. Rice ... Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines. Rice-growing methods are almost as varied ...