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The Banaue Rice Terraces (Filipino: Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banawe) are terraces that were carved into the mountains of Banaue, Ifugao, in the Philippines, by the ancestors of the Igorot people. The terraces are occasionally called the " Eighth Wonder of the World ".
The rice terraces of the Cordilleras are one of the few monuments in the Philippines that show no evidence of having been influenced by colonial cultures. Owing to the difficult terrain, the Cordillera tribes are among the few peoples of the Philippines who have successfully resisted any foreign domination and have preserved their authentic tribal culture.
The Banaue Rice Terraces is an example of a nationally recognized cultural property. Current logo for the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property. These lists contain an overview of the government recognized cultural properties in the Philippines.
The Banaue Rice Terraces are part of the rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras. Pre-colonial Philippine societies relied more on swidden agriculture than intensive permanent agriculture. For example, in pre-colonial Visayas, the staple crops such as rice, millet, bananas and root crops were grown in swiddens (kaingin). [24]
Bagabag is famous for its buko pie (coconut pie) in the Cagayan Valley region and it is the gateway to the world-famous Banaue Rice Terraces. It is considered the pineapple region of Nueva Vizcaya. [5] The main crops produced are rice, corn, coconut, mango, and pineapple. Bagabag has the largest tilapia farming in the region. [6]
Banaue Rice Terraces- Initially believed to pre-date the arrival of the Spanish colonizers, recent scholarship has led scholars to conclude that the Banaue rice terraces were constructed in the 1650s, an Indigenous response to Spanish colonial rule in the lowlands. [90]
A Nepali farmer winnows rice grains to separate them from the husks in a field in Khokana, Lalitpur, Nepal, on Nov. 6, 2024. Credit - Subaas Shrestha—NurPhoto via Getty Images Rice is not just a ...
The Spanish first described the Ifugao rice terraces in 1801. Though as William Scott notes, "These impressive stone-walled fields, irrigated for both rice and taro, had been known from the time of the first expeditions in to Kiangan in the 1750s..." [9] [10]: 2 Ifugao culture revolves around rice, which is considered a prestige crop.