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The museum institution itself was established in 2009 by National Artist Benedicto Cabrera with the BenCab Art Foundation managing the facility. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Cabrera intended to establish a private museum to host his personal art collection consisting his own works, Cordilleran indigenous art which he considers as underappreciated, erotica , and ...
Poverty incidence of Benguet 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 2000 4.10 2003 15.00 2006 5.77 2009 6.10 2012 3.69 2015 3.62 2018 5.96 2021 3.90 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Benguet is a major producer of highland vegetables in the country. Agriculture, mining, and tourism are the major industries in Benguet. Its cool climate and high altitude has made it an ideal place for producing highland ...
Igorot oral history states the Benguet upper class, baknang, was founded between 1565 and the early 1600s, by the marriage of a gold trader, Amkidit, and a Kankanaey maiden gold panning in Acupan. Their son, Baruy, discovered a gold deposit in the area, which he developed with hired workers and slaves. [15]
It houses a geological collection and natural history artifacts on local death rites and rituals, mummies, plants used in mummification process and Kabayan-Ibaloi people items. The Museum also conserves and protects the Timbac burial caves and the mummy rocks, which features the famous “Apo Anno” mummy, a revered ancestor, in Buguias, Benguet.
The National Museum agreed to return the mummy to Nabalicong Village in 1999 under the condition that Benguet officials take steps to protect Apo Annu from potential theft. [4] These protective measures included installing an iron barrier to the opening of his burial cave and appropriation of government funds to maintain the site.
The Kankanaey live in western Mountain Province, northern Benguet, northeastern La Union and southeastern Ilocos Sur. [2] The Kankanaey of the western Mountain Province are sometimes identified as Applai or Aplai. Because of the differences in culture from the Kankanaey of Benguet, the "Applai" have been accredited as a separate tribe. [3]
The Ibaloi inhabit the southeastern part of Benguet Province. The area is rich in mineral resources like copper, gold, pyrite, and limestone.Plants and animals are also abundant in the forests and mountain areas, and there is an extensive water system that includes the Bued River, Agno River, and Amburayan River.
[5] [12] On August 13, 1908, Benguet was established as a sub-province of the newly created Mountain Province with the enactment of Act No. 1876. As a result, six townships of Benguet were abolished, but Buguias remained a constituent town of Benguet sub-province. [11] In 1918, the mummy of Apo Anno was stolen by foreign treasure hunters.