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BENGUET!
GEOGRAPHY
Located at the southern end of the
Cordillera Region is the province of
Benguet. Bounded on the south by
Pangasinan and on the west by La
Union and Ilocos Sur, Benguet serves
as the gateway to the highland
provinces of the Cordillera Region.
 PEOPLE AND TRAITS

“IGOROT” – mainstream collective name in CAR

1. KANKANA-EY/KANKANAI
2 Groups of Kankana-ey
• Physical characteristics
Northern Kankanaey aka Lepanto
• Occupation
Igorot
• Traits
Southern Kankanaey
Did you know that?
Panagbenga is a term from the
Kankanaey.
3rd Largest cultural community
in Northern Luzon.
 PEOPLE AND TRAITS
2. IBALOI
• Physical characteristics
• Occupation
• Traits

“The people from baloy”

MYTHOLOGY…
 PEOPLE AND TRAITS
The Ibaloi Mummification

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 PEOPLE AND TRAITS

3. BONTOC The Bontoc burial of the dead

 PRODUCTS
Potato Baguio Beans Peas Cabbage

Strawberry
Cauliflower
PRODUCTS
Broccoli Lettuce Sayote

Carrot Walis
Trivia: The famous
Baguio City broom
is made from the
flower of the tiger
grass.
 INFRASTRUCTURES AND
LANDMARKS
Three large mining companies, Benguet Corporation, Philex Mining and Lepanto Mining Corporation
 INFRASTRUCTURES AND
LANDMARKS
La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post
INFRASTRUCTURES AND
LANDMARKS
Benguet State University University of the Philippines Baguio

St. Louis University

 CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
• CANAO
- Cañao or kanyao is simply a “festival” or ceremony or
liturgy, or service or rite/ritual, of offering.
may be performed for thanksgiving for the health of the
community, there could be a kanyao
(petitionary/intercessory) for a bountiful harvest
• The Benguet people believe in the existence of unseen
beings (spirits) that emanate from the sky world and
the underworld.
 CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
Benevolent - ''Maeya/Mapteng''
Malevolent - ''Makedse/Makedsel'
ADIKA-ILA/ MENGOS-OSCHONG (skyworld)
KABUNYAN/ KAVUNIAN (skyworld)
AP-APO/ KAAPUAN (spirits of the ancestors)
KAKADING/ KEDARING
ANITO/KALUTAAN
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EXAMPLES OF UNDERGROUND SPIRITS
1.''tomongao''-''pinad-ing''--- mountain spirits
2.''ampasit''--- water source
3.''pinten/pinchen''--- spirits of people dead by accident,
drowning and having committed suicide.
4.''tonoton/debek''---swampy areas
5.''kamil-ling/kamid-ding''--- cause sudden skin disease when
offended.
6.''nante-es bilig/manla-os''--- Mt. Pulag and other high
mountains.
7.''pamakan/legado''(legion)--- died in battle and in accident
do not go to the skyworld but remain on this earth.
 CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
• MANBUNONG/MAMBUNONG
- the native priests are the chosen spiritual leaders in the
community well versed in the belief system

• MANSIP-OK /MANSI'BOK
• MANBUNONG
• MANKOTOM/MANCHIBA
 CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
RITUALS AND SOCIO-
The first to hold the gongs are
LUNAR SIGNS CULTURAL the elders of the community
Celebration of rituals PATTERNS IN  family  older kin of the
follow or is RITUAL ETHICS family
blankets for dancing has to
dependent on lunar In any ritual be given to elders as a
signs interpreted to administered by gesture of respect
conform with the the native priest, During ritual feasts, pigs are
offered as sacrifices.
ritual purposes in the elders insist
order to be effective. that the taboo be
strictly observed
during celebration
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Traditional Clothes
The designs are combinations
of bangkoro and kambayashu,
combination of black, red and
white stripes.
Ibaloi men - Pinangsas, padasan
and donas.
Ibaloi women- devit or etten and sa-
dey, kambal and sambra.

Bayaong/kolebaw and Bandala-

Blankets worn by the poor with
simple designs.
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Festivals and Events in Benguet
1. Bendian Festival (Kabayan)- It is an annual event celebrated to showcase the Ibaloi Culture of the
municipality. The festival is celebrated every April to May in Kabayan, Benguet.
2. La Trinidad Strawberry Festival- La Trinidad is dubbed as “The Strawberry Capital of the
Philippines.”
3. Adivay Festival (Province wide)- It is a month-long provincial celebration held November of every
year. The “Grand Canao” and cultural presentations from the 13 municipalities are some of its highlights.
4. Mount Pulag Climb (Kabayan)
5. Mount Ugo Summer Climb (Itogon)
6. Strawberry Picking in La Trinidad
7. Christmas ed Kapangan- A Christmas celebration that promotes the Santa Claus Mountain which is the
tourism trademark of the Municipality.
8. Climbing the Rocky Wall of Beauties
9. Bakun Trio Climb