Name: Danica Jane S.

Pacalioga Date: February 14, 2023

Schedule: TTH (1:30 – 3:00 PM)
USC Museum: A place of learning
• The greater bird of paradise, or Paradisaea apoda in New Guinea, is one of the
world's most dramatic but also attractive birds due to its magnificent colors. Its
feathers are a mix of yellow, blue, scarlet, and green. Because of their
attractiveness, they were once the target of skin hunters.
• There were two museums in Iraq that were destroyed by the war: Antiquities and
Mosul. It destroys the artworks that are stored there. The exhibits displayed in
these museums are ancient world collections from cities such as Madrid, Mexico
City, and many others. As a tribute to the two museums, the USC museum
displayed an empty museum glass.
• I learned that there are only three species of tarsiers in Southeast Asia. They are
thought to be forerunners of monkeys, which flourished 40 million years ago.
These species can be found in Bohol, Philippines, which is one of the reasons
tourists visit there.
• The rice terraces of the Philippines Cordilleras are a living cultural landscape in
remote areas of the Philippine Cordillera Mountain range in Northern Luzon. By
Presidential Decree in 1978, the Philippine government identified the Banaue Rice
Terraces as a National Cultural Treasure under the Ifugao Rice Terraces.
• In Laguna, there is a tradition known as cremation burial. The body was first
prepared for primary burial in one of several ways, after which the bones were
burned in a ritual before secondary burial.
• There is a male rice deity known as Bulul in the Ifugao culture, and their rice crop
is protected by this statue. The Ifugaos' ancestors are said to be represented by
these bulul, and the existence of ancestor spirits within them is said to give the
people power.
• There is a picture of Ifugao priests, known as mombaki, baptizing bululs. Baptizing
a bulul pair with the blood of sacrificed pigs was a feature of annual harvest-time
rituals for the Ifugaonon.
• The items that were once used for accounting were the most fascinating thing I
learned while exploring the museum. It is a national cash register model from 1948
that was created in 1096.
• A Japanese armor known as O-yoroi, or Yoroi Vintage, is also on display in the
museum. During the Genpei War in 12th-century feudal Japan, this gained
popularity among the samurai class. According to tradition, Ashikaga Takauji gave
this yoroi to the Shinomura Hachimang, a shrine close to Kyoto. Due to its heavy
armor and helmet, this was replaced in the 15th century by the much lighter and
more flexible Do-maru armor.
• Herons are large wading birds with a long bill, neck, and legs. Although some
herons eat insects and other small, live prey, fish is their primary food source.