PHILIPPINES - Concern for rice terraces

Manilatimes.net, July 03, 2007

Local villagers were joined by tourists in a rice granary in the middle of the rice field where a mumbaki (native spiritual priest) performed harvest prayer rites in one of the world’s heritage sites, the Ifugao rice terraces.
More Filipinos are now becoming part of the uphill bid to preserve and bring back the natural grandeur of the Ifugao rice terraces not by just taking pictures of the terraces but also by experiencing the culture that built the terraces more than 200,000 years ago.
Close to 30 visitors from as far as Palawan, Bohol, Batangas, Manila and Baguio joined the Bfoto’ Ad Majajaw tour over the weekend, which is part of year-round tour organized by the “Pochon” of the Save the Ifugao Terrace Movement (SITMo), a nongovernmental organization group advocating for the preservation of the terraces and the rich culture of the villagers.

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