Ifugao

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The Ifugao are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group in the northern Philippines renowned for their rice terrace engineering, rich oral traditions, and complex ritual practices.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ifugao canonical 23
Ayangan Ifugao 3
Ifugao Province 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
agriculturalTechnology gravity-fed irrigation systems ⓘ
stone-walled rice terraces ⓘ
associatedWith Banaue Rice Terraces ⓘ
Batad Rice Terraces ⓘ
Hapao Rice Terraces ⓘ
colonialHistory resisted full Spanish colonization ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
culturalFestival Imbayah Festival ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus intangible cultural heritage of the Philippines ⓘ
economy handicrafts ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ethnicGroupPopulationCountry Philippines ⓘ
famousFor Ifugao Rice Terraces ⓘ
bulul rice granary figures ⓘ
complex ritual practices ⓘ
rice terrace engineering ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
hasOralTradition Alim epic ⓘ
Hudhud chants ⓘ
language Ifugao languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Luzon ⓘ
partOf Cordillera indigenous peoples ⓘ
primaryRegion Cordillera region ⓘ
provinceSharesNameWith Ifugao Province ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO World Heritage Site (Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras) ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
indigenous Ifugao religion ⓘ
ritualSpecialist mumbaki (priest-shaman) ⓘ
socialStructure kinship-based communities ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalClothing tapis (women’s wraparound skirt) ⓘ
wanoh (men’s loincloth) ⓘ
traditionalHouseType Ifugao bale (native house) ⓘ
traditionalMaterialCulture rice granaries ⓘ
wooden ritual objects ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence swidden agriculture ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
UNESCORecognition Hudhud chants of the Ifugao (Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity) ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script (for modern writing) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Pulag → locatedIn → Ifugao ⓘ
Iwak language → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Ifugao Province ⓘ
linked to: Ifugao
Batad Ifugao language → spokenIn → Ifugao Province ⓘ
linked to: Ifugao
Kalanguya language → region → Ifugao Province ⓘ
linked to: Ifugao
Nueva Vizcaya → borderedBy → Ifugao ⓘ
Nueva Vizcaya → ethnicGroup → Ifugao ⓘ
Kankanaey → relatedGroup → Ifugao ⓘ
Igorot → subgroup → Ifugao ⓘ
Igorot → primaryProvinces → Ifugao ⓘ
Batad Ifugao → ethnicGroup → Ifugao ⓘ
Kalangoya → region → Ifugao ⓘ
Ayangan Ifugao language → ethnicGroup → Ayangan Ifugao ⓘ
linked to: Ifugao
Ayangan Ifugao language → hasAlternativeName → Ayangan Ifugao ⓘ
linked to: Ifugao
Ayangan Ifugao language → hasAlternativeName → Ifugao, Ayangan ⓘ
linked to: Ifugao
Ayangan Ifugao language → hasEthnologueEntry → Ayangan Ifugao ⓘ
linked to: Ifugao
Amganad Ifugao language → hasAlternativeName → Ifugao, Amganad ⓘ
linked to: Ifugao