The Regional Advisor for Culture in the Asia-Pacific is assisting the authorities of the Philippines in implementing this activity. New information: ICOMOS Germany expressed serious concern on the ...

an indigenous mountain people that live in the Philippines in the north of Luzon island. Almost 400 square kilometres of rice ...

Explore the significance of rice in Asia, from its historical roots and diverse culinary uses to the breathtaking rice ...

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 ...

The Hudhud consists of narrative chants traditionally performed by the Ifugao community, which is well known for its rice terraces extending over the highlands of the northern island of the Philippine ...

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.

Terraced rice paddies, masterpieces of ancient engineering, have existed in China, the Philippines ... walls and the excavated earth to level the terraces. Well, looks can be deceiving.

The Philippines achieved full independence from ... where their ancestors carved monumental rice terraces and built thatched limestone houses. Majestic, Spanish-influenced churches and ancestral ...

2001 Report on the ICOMOS/IUCN Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, 22-25 ... 1998 ICOMOS Expert Mission Report, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, ...