Ifugao people

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The Ifugao people are an indigenous ethnic group from the mountainous Cordillera region of the northern Philippines, renowned for their rice terrace engineering, rich oral traditions, and complex kinship and ritual systems.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ifugao people canonical 28
Ayangan Ifugao people 1
Ifugao communities 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
country Philippines
ethnolinguisticGroupOf Philippines
famousFor Ifugao Rice Terraces
complex kinship system
rice terrace engineering
rich oral traditions
ritual system
language Ifugao languages
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn Cordillera region
Luzon
northern Philippines
oralLiterature Alim chants
Hudhud chants
populationRegion Cordillera Administrative Region
primaryProvince Ifugao
regionOfOrigin Cordillera Central
relatedEthnicGroup Bontoc people
Ibaloi people
linked to: Ibaloy people

Kalinga people
Kankanaey people
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
indigenous Ifugao religion
ritualSpecialist mumbaki
socialOrganization kinship-based communities
village-level leadership
traditionalAgriculture terraced rice farming
wet-rice cultivation
traditionalArt basketry
weaving
woodcarving
traditionalCrop rice
sweet potato
traditionalHousing Ifugao bale house
wooden stilt houses
traditionalMusic chanting
gong ensembles
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor worship
animism
ritual sacrifice
UNESCOCategory Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
World Heritage Site
UNESCORecognition Hudhud chants of the Ifugao
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras

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

Cordillera Central indigenousPeople Ifugao people
Batad Ifugao language spokenBy Ifugao people
Banaue Rice Terraces constructedBy Ifugao people
Kalinga people relatedGroup Ifugao people
Ifugao languages spokenBy Ifugao people
Ifugao languages ethnicityAssociated Ifugao people
Bontoc people neighboringGroup Ifugao people
Kalanguya people relatedEthnicGroup Ifugao people
Philippine Cordilleras inhabitedBy Ifugao people
Tam-awan Village associatedWith Ifugao people
Cordillera Administrative Region ethnicGroup Ifugao people
subject linked to: CAR
Isinay people relatedGroup Ifugao people
Batad ethnicGroup Ifugao people
Batad Ifugao spokenBy Ifugao people
Banaue hasMajorEthnicGroup Ifugao people
Ibaloy people relatedEthnicGroup Ifugao people
Eastern Luzon hasEthnicGroup Ifugao communities
subject linked to: eastern Luzon
linked to: Ifugao people
Kalanguya relatedGroup Ifugao people
Balangao people neighboringGroup Ifugao people
Isneg (Apayao) relatedGroup Ifugao people
Ayangan Ifugao language spokenBy Ayangan Ifugao people
linked to: Ifugao people
Amganad Ifugao language spokenBy Ifugao people
Hungduan Ifugao language spokenBy Ifugao people
Hungduan Ifugao language ethnicGroup Ifugao people
Municipality of Banaue hasEthnicGroup Ifugao people
Mayoyao Rice Terraces inhabitedBy Ifugao people
Nagacadan Rice Terraces constructedBy Ifugao people