People of the Mountains - Igorots of the Cordilleras

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People of the Mountains - Igorots of the Cordilleras

 Jimie ・ 2026. 3. 1. 12:29 

People of the Mountains - Igorots of the Cordilleras

The majestic Cordillera mountains with clouds setting in, Abra Province.

People of the Mountains - Igorots of the Cordilleras

Although uncommon for this time of year, I came across a woman planting rice one morning in Kalinga Province. Stoned rice terraces are very common in the Cordilleras and represent an ancient and sustainable system for communal rice production.

The Cordilleras have an unique assortment of habitats that cover the mountains. While hiking you can find yourself in a dry pine forest one minute and then a kilometer down the path entering a wet mossy forest. Eventually you will run into a grassy mountain top or some rices terraces along the way as well. This is a pine forest just after a light rain came down in Abra province.

An abandon village in the mountains of Abra. We slept in this abandon village one night with La-aw, who used to live here in the 80’s. During that time the Philippine military came to this village and slaughtered most of the people living there, “like chickens,” said La-aw. La-aw was able to escape when this happened and the village has been abandon ever since. His brother was one of the innocent killed. The military still to this day has clashes with the communist rebels who stay in the mountains and during this incident they accused all the of civilians of being rebels. There is a lot of history in the area and this is only one of the many crazy stories I was told regarding the military and rebels.

Sanguirana igorota is a species of true frog, family Ranidae.

It is endemic to Cordillera Central of the island of Luzon, Philippines.

Its closest relative is Sanguirana luzonensis, and it has even been considered synonym of that species; a later study suggests still unresolved relationships between S. igorota, S. luzonensis, and S. tipanan.

Common name Taylor's Igorot frog has been coined for this species.

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Beautiful Igorota of INUBUAN Cultural Group from Kalinga

#talentedfilipinotv #kalinga #cultural

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G3PKs1pAIaQ

These young beautiful Igorota performers

are truly ambassadors of Cordillera's vibrant cultural & traditions

Gorgeous Miss Mavee Joy from Abra

#talentedfilipinotv #culturaldance #Abra #tingian

Nov 3 2025

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/12tIeMVTdRA

@manontondalan9941

2 months ago

they were part of the beaten kalinga kingdom from india who chose to leave india after the war. as a matter of fact they call people "kalinga". i am one of them desecended from hindi (india)jay hind, jay bolaki.

@manontondalan9941

2 months ago

그들은 전쟁 후 인도를 떠나기로 선택한, 패배한 인도의 칼링가 왕국의 일부였습니다. 실제로 그들은 사람들을 "칼링가"라고 부릅니다. 저는 힌디(인도) 출신의 그들 중 한 명입니다. 자이 힌드, 자이 볼라키.

Beautiful Igorota Cowgirls strikes again

Feb 19 2026

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nDliuFmFzQA

@ErwinAbliter-c8w

3 days ago

I Love this one of my Favorites IgOrot dance..

Beautiful Ladies of Binnadang Cultural Group

#igorota #culturaldance #talentedfilipinotv

Jan 17 2026

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ISSyM2xYciQ

Beautiful Kalinga #igorota #culturaldance #talentedfilipinotv

Jan 4 2026

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UqmzPh99voQ

Kalinga (IPA: [ka'liŋɡa]), officially the Province of Kalinga (Ilocano: Probinsia ti Kalinga; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Kalinga), is a landlocked province in the Philippines situated within the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.

The Kalinga people (IPA: [ka'liŋɡa]) are an indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines. They are mainly found in Kalinga province which has an area of 3,282.58 sq. km. Some of them, however, already migrated to Mountain Province, Apayao, Cagayan, and Abra. The Kalinga numbered 163,167 as of 2010. 211,749 (2020)

Kalinga is a historical region of India. It is generally defined as the eastern coastal region between the Ganges and the Godavari rivers, although its boundaries have fluctuated with the territory of its rulers. The core territory of Kalinga now encompasses all of Odisha and some part of northern Andhra Pradesh. At its widest extent, the Kalinga region also included parts of present-day Chhattisgarh, extending up to Amarkantak in the west. In the ancient period it extended until the bank of the Ganges river.

カリンガ [迦陵伽,Kalinga]​

고대 인도 동부에 존재했던 왕국 칼링가(Kalinga)​

지금의 인도 동부 오디샤(Odisha)주 해안부에 해당한다.​

칼링가는 마가다의 난다 왕조(BC 343경~321경)의 창건자 마하파드마에 의해 정복되었다.​

난다 왕조가 멸망한 뒤, 잠시 동안 마가다 제국으로부터 벗어났다.

그러나 BC 3세기(261년경)에 마우리야 왕조의 아소카(Ashoka) 왕이 자신을 불교로 개종하게 만들었다고 전해지는 처참한 전쟁을 치르고 칼링가를 다시 정복했다.​

동(東)강가 왕조는 1324년 남쪽에서 칼링가로 쳐들어온 델리의 술탄에게 멸망했다.