Ifugao (other)
Ifugao may refer to: *Ifugao, a province in the Philippines **Ifugao language, an Austronesian language **Ifugao people, speakers of the language *Ifugao River *Ifugao (film), ''Ifugao'' (film), a 1954 Filipino film directed by Gerardo de León See also *Batad (other) {{Disambiguation ...
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Ifugao
Ifugao, officially the Province of Ifugao (; ), is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and it borders Benguet to the west, Mountain Province to the north, Isabela to the east, and Nueva Vizcaya to the south. The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras and Banaue Rice Terraces are the main tourist attractions in the province. These terraces are believed to have been hand-carved into the mountains 2,000 years ago to plant rice. However, recent research by carbon dating suggests that they were built much later. In 1995, the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras were declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2008 and 2015, the ''Hudhud chants of the Ifugao'' and the '' Punnuk ( Tugging rituals and games)'' were inscribed in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. Etymology Ifugao is named after the term ''i-pugo'' (''"i"'' rom/peopleand ''pugo'' ill, which translates to ''pe ...
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