• North-central Luzon

• Cordillera Administrative
Region (CAR)
• Banaue
• Ifugao means “Inhabitant of the
known world”
• The Ifugao is a group that lives
in a mountainous region of
north-central Luzon around the
of town Banaue. Also known as
the Ifugaw, Ipugao, Yfugao, they
are former headhunters who are
famous for their spectacular
mountain-hugging rice terraces.
Beliefs
• The Ifugao have traditionally believed their lives were ruled by spirits
called anitos.
• These were not gods, but the souls of departed ancestors, and each
family worshipped its own, in order to obtain their favorable
influence.
Culture
• IFUGAOS HAS THREE DAY FESTIVAL CALLED  “Kulpi ad
Lagawe”. IT CONSISTS OF CULTURAL PARADE, NATIVE
DANCE AND ETHNIC GAMES.
• During a festival to mark the planting of the crop in March or
February the Ifugao hold a ceremony known as ulpi in which they
leave the terraces for a few days and socialize, smoke and drink a palm
liquor called bayah. During the harvest in July they thank the spirits
by sacrificing chickens and then study the blood for omens. If
everything is satisfactory the blood is smeared on wooden idols that
watch over the grain supply. 
ARCHITECTURE
• The Ifugao live in small settlements set up in the valleys and along the
mountainsides. Hamlets typically have 8 to 12 dwellings, housing 30
or more people The houses are built on stilts close to the rice fields.
There are also temporary buildings, such as houses for unmarried
people, on the ground.
ARCHITECTURE
• The Ifugao house has a square floor plan. Although the size of the
house is determined by the socio-economic status of the people, an
average Ifugao house is approximately 12-14 feet wide and 12-14 feet
long.
• Ifugao house building is one of the most admired ethnic architectural
designs for having employed an indigenous system of construction
that is more complex than its seeming simplicity.
 Ifugao Clothes, Food and Crafts
• Ifugao and Ilocano women have traditionally worn short, tight-fitting,
hand-woven skirts with colorful horizontal stripes, with a white short-
sleeve blouse and a loose striped jackets.
• They have traditionally gone barefoot and sometimes tied a colored
band around their head. Some men still wear loincloths and go
everywhere barefoot. They are quite sure-footed on mountain trails.
Their toes and feet grip on to rocks like the hand of a pitcher grasping a
baseball.
 Ifugao Clothes, Food and Crafts
• Since the end of World War II the production and sale of
woodcarvings has become an important source of income for the
Ifugao. They also have skills in making bowls, baskets, weapons and
clothing.
• The mountain tribes of Luzon traditionally distinguished themselves
by their cultural expressions, clothing and adornment. The Ifugao
still practice the same skills as in the past: Woodcarving and weaving
clothes. They discovered the tourists are a welcome client for their
products as most young Ifugao prefer Western clothes.
[Source:philippines.hvu.nl]
CULTURAL CENTER
• Showcases culture and arts.
• Way of communication of people with different cultures.
• Preserves tradition and develops a cultural sense within people.
• Aims to explore culture further and express it in a way people could
enjoy and learn from the experience.
IFUGAO CULTURAL CENTER
The purpose of this Cultural Center is to promote the Ifugao
culture through showcasing their practices, traditions, and crafts
inside perspectively. The proposed cultural center will have three
main categories, the amphitheatre to showcase the traditional and
ceremonial Ifugao performances and dances, the museum where their
artifacts such as their weapons or musical instruments (gangsa,
bikkung, ayyuding, babbong, ginutto belt bolo dagger, ginutto belt
machete) are displayed, and finally workshops for people to learn the
culture itself first hand by creating Ifugao crafts that could bring
people together in their experience.
REFERENCES
• Hays, J. (n.d.). IFUGAO. Retrieved from
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Philippines/sub5_6d/entry-3
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• Ifugao's Punnuk. (2016, April 24). Retrieved from
https://www.jacobimages.com/2014/09/ifugaos-punnuk#slider-pro-5/7.
• Bale Ifugao House. (2014, September 21). Retrieved from
https://www.scribd.com/doc/240428339/Bale-Ifugao-House.
• Lihgawon, M. (2013, April 23). Town to hold three-day “Kulpi ad
Lagawe” fiesta on April 24. Retrieved from
• http://www.ugnayan.com/ph/Ifugao/Lagawe/article/36NC