While visiting cemeteries is not at the top of most people’s lists of things to see when traveling, sometimes, the burial customs of different peoples around the globe can give us insight into their ...
BAGUIO CITY—A book about the Igorot people was sold out even before it was out in the market. Those who attended the book launch in Baguio City last week had to jostle their way to buy the few copies ...
In the Philippines, the Igorot people practice an ancient burial ritual where the elderly carve their own coffins and the dead are hung off the side of a cliff. The remote village of Sagada is nestled ...
My first reaction when I saw the side-by-side photos of 106-year-old Igorot tattoo artist Apo Whang-od and that of US business mogul and household name Martha Stewart: is this a joke? If so, it wasn’t ...
The Igorot house and granary was displayed during the 1996 British Museum exhibition. LONDON—After more than 20 years, the journey of an Igorot house and granary from the Philippines to the United ...
A VIRAL VIDEO EARNED HIM AN ACTUAL STATUE! 🔥😭 At Igorot Stone Kingdom in Baguio City, a life-size statue now stands in honor of tourist Randy Hugo. All because of one spontaneous moment: him ...
I am an Igorot. My mother is of Ibaloy descent, along with my maternal grandparents and their parents, and all my ancestors. I have an idea of what being an Igorot means — that is, being part of a ...
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine mixed martial arts stable Team Lakay is leaning on its Igorot heritage in surviving the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ...
AFFECTED like everybody else in the country by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, members of Baguio-based Team Lakay are turning to their Igorot heritage to get themselves through the ...