#sadanga

actually a swidden, but with the flare-up of the Butbot-Betwagan tribal conflict a few years back with casualties rising on both sides, the agricultural mountain patch seems seldom attended

Saclit, Sadanga, Mountain Province

Rough roads and tough rides.

Exotic food anyone? Wild boar caught by patungkab.

Ricefields of Dananaw

when you see it.

How do you preserve meat without a freezer? Indigenous wisdom comes into play. Etag is an exotic food and a common sight in the Mountain Provinces.

Please enjoy as you scroll over the pictures. Belwang / Ferwang; a marvel community locked within hills and mountains wedded with peaceful rivers and falls. Its precisely engineered Rice Farm Terraces is akin to the ingenious Ifugao Rice Terraces marked by UNESCO as one of the 8 wonders of the world. Fortified by dogmas of Indigenous Knowledge, Systems, and Practices, yBelwangs reverence to the Heavenly Deities prohibit the involvement of chemical as their rice farming input that profit them a fertile and uncontaminated soil; It is a way of life where money is not a priority. Tokpar, saliket, waray, tepa, and vutilaw are names of Belwangs’ heirloom rice generally called ‘pagey’. Sowing period began on the month of March and April and the ripping period starts on the third quarter of the year.