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    Mountain Province: Bontoc Museum and Bontoc Cathedral

    While in Sagada, we passed by villages and witnessed how common folks of Sagada still practice age-old customs hanging out in dap-ay, while young men massage their feet of the elders with two sticks traditionally known as dagdagay, showcase etag (otherwise known as Igorot ham) and pinikpikan that can make PETA denounce their practice.

    Law and order in Sagada is still maintained by elders in the community and put on trial in a dap-ay and the guilty one made to pay damages in "4x4" (which we found out later refers to gin in four-cornered bottles known in anywhere else as "cuatro cantos")


    bontoc museum Bontoc Museum, Bontoc (capital town of Mountain Province)
    villages in Bontoc are called ato
    Bul-ul



    St Rita Cathedral, Bontoc

    Bontoc is can be reached directly by bus from Manila and is the penultimate stop of our "amazing race" in the Cordilleras. We made a quick stop in Banaue before boarding our bus back to Manila

    How to get to Bontoc, Mountain Province:

    Buses going to Banaue, Ifugao. In Banaue, transfer to a jeepney going to Bontoc. Travel time is about 2 hours from Banaue.

    Backpacking Bontoc/Sagada/Banaue

    Related Posts:

    Sagada Festival of Lights, Sagada
    List of Museums in the Philippines

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    posted by GingGoy @ 6:15 PM,

    3 Comments:

    At Nov 22, 2006, 4:32:00 AM, Blogger Señor Enrique said...

    Love the pics especially that of the third (huts). Looks like it's chilly up there.

     
    At Nov 27, 2006, 6:58:00 PM, Blogger GingGoy said...

    really cold there and crisper than baguio definitely.

    must visit, I tell you :)

     
    At Dec 19, 2006, 11:19:00 PM, Blogger Wil said...

    interesting posts about Sagada and Bontoc. btw, PETA would be squeamish about ANY practice involving animals, not just chickens. ;)

     

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