Soar Over the Lush Rice Terraces of the Philippines | National Geographic
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- In the remote Cordillera mountain range of the Philippines, rice terraces preserve a cultural landscape passed down for 2,000 years.
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A living cultural landscape is nestled into the remote slopes of the Cordillera mountain range in the Philippines. It serves as an example of sustainable agriculture with traditional techniques. For 2,000 years the mountains of Ifugao province have been cultivated with terraced fields that climb thousands of feet.
These fields, and the knowledge to farm them, have been passed down from generation to generation for centuries. They have long been central to the survival of the Ifugao peoples but they also occupy a central importance within their culture. Entire communities cooperate on seasonal systems of planting, pest control, and harvest. The coordinated efforts are tied to lunar cycles and sometimes accompanied with religious rituals.
The UNESCO site encompasses five different clusters of rice terraces in the area. The Banaue Rice Terraces are the most famous of the lot. Banaue is approximately 230 miles north of Manila, and buses depart daily from the capital. It can take up to ten hours to make it up the mountainous terrain to the rice fields.
Take a guided hiking tour and make sure to pack a picnic for an outstanding view of this remarkable landscape.
Read more in "Explore the Emerald Rice Terraces of the Philippines"
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These terraces serve as an example of sustainable agriculture with traditional techniques. What intrigues you the most about these parts of the Philippines?
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What intrigues me the most is that, despite the rich agriculture portrayed in this vid, the Philippines is now experiencing serious shortage and sky-high prices of rice and other agricultural goods.
Despite being an agricultural country, we import rice - already insect infested from improper storage. And despite being an archipelago, we import fish - worse, we import fish harvested from our own waters by China, present with formalin.
It's sad that rich resources like this are not really managed well in here.
That is the simplicity of life we had, but we are sustained all year round.
Tribute to our ancestors...
I love my Ifugao culture too.
Thanos. He retired there. 😀✌
what intrigues me is that, these mountains before the terraces has abundant forest. probably thousands of trees have been cut, where do they put those trees after they made the terraces. and what would be on their mind to create such that is tremendously difficult rather than looking for a flat land. definitely not a rice terraces before. our ancestors did not made this just for planting rice alone but for something more significant.
Remarkable indeed! What a breathtaking view. Green landscape, left untouched by technological advancement is simply soothing to eyes. Thanks for sharing National Geographic.
Azliana Lyana you could actually go there if you want to am a Filipino also it’s really fun to go there
@Godd Howard It's not the lack of technology that caused the rice shortage. We have the IRRI or International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños Laguna since decades ago where our neighboring Asian countries studied and got technology in growing high yield, pest and weather resistant rice. They adopted those and now they export. We didn't. It's out mindset and regulations, our government, the people that's not working for us.
Abdul-Hadi Muhammad Shu'Aib Makmod IRRI has been doing research from decades ago even before GMO tech became a fad. What I mean is, they do all types of research, and GMO is only a part it.
what do you guys think of the shining shanty houses around such untouched landscape. lol from an airplane above, it looks like a lava river of melted metal over moist ground
@@xXxSkyViperxXx if you've been to the Philippines, you will know that corrugated steel is a common building material for roofs. Lasts longer than thatched roofing, the once traditional material for roofs. Steel may seem unsightly in such context but practicality outweighs aesthetics on this typhoon hit region.
What a beautiful scenery indeed ! So breath taking and absolutely gorgeous . I would love to take a trip there. Thank you for sharing 😊😍
Check mayon volcano..enchanted kingdom..chocolate hills in the philippines
thank you for complimenting my countrt of where i live would you like to check the others?
place in the sky,mount mayon,chocolate hills.
thanks to Chinese people who thaught us to build this
@@unicohijo1121 troll spotted spreading fake news
I love phillipines.....I will visit at least once
Northeast Explorer Rupesh Reang i was there. So beautiful too
Actually we northeast Indians look like Filipino people..and the most interesting thing is this kind of farming exists in Northeast india..and by seeing this video I feel there is some relation between us....May be years ago..the culture is also somewhat similar...
You should
Northeast Explorer Rupesh Reang hi
Don't forget ya viagra lol
Wow, what a place in the Philippines! Hoping to visit there soon after this pandemic. Filipinos are so hospitable, friendly and kind people.
Did anyone see Thanos?
Looking for this comment
Exactly what i thought lol for a quick second
Where?
@@porfirioErodriguez it in the avengers movie infinity war
i know that but im wondering where in this video did they see Thanos.
This is where Thanos was at the end of the Infinity Wars.
nani?
Yes bro. Mabuhay PH.
@@dannism1717 was that even something to be proud of? Lmao
@@cloroxbleachjr3047 You can be proud of anything 😂 no pun intended
@@leakyfaucet1000 haha-ha-ha-ha-ha! 😂😒😏
This is believed to be the oldest rice terraces landmark in the world, along with the Giza pyramids, Great Wall of China, etc.
Rembrandt Van Gogh 2,000 years old
8.wonders of the world
Rice was first cultivated by the chinese circa 10,000 BC.. these rice Terraces is also s o much like the rice terraces in YUNNAN PROVINCE. bec Luzon had a close trading relations with the Sa HUynh culture of southern Vietnam and they grow rice. it occured t o me this is when the Ifugaos learnt it from
@@ericxutxxex not sure if the Ifugaos actually learned to build the terraces from the Chinese, but one thing's for sure is that the Chinese has rice terraces too that's been existing for thousands of years as ive seen on a documentary just yesterday, haven't finished it yet, but China certainly has it too. Try watching "Chinas Mega Projects: Food" here on UA-cam.
@@ericxutxxex did you even read the first words i said? I said "not sure if the Ifugaos actually learned to build the terraces from China". Do you even know how to English?
YUNG PINOY KA PERU D KA PA NAKAKA PUNTA JAN 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣
Nakakalungkot hahaha
karamay mo ako😂😂😂😂
Haha i've been there 3 times, the view is really amazing.
*kaya nga eh! Saklaf.*
i feel you pre
It is said that if the steps were put end to end, it would encircle half of the globe.! The Philippines’ Banaue rice terraces are occasionally called the "Eighth Wonder of the World". It is commonly thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment, largely by hand.
People at time of the building of those terraces were bigger and stronger than people today.
I am from Ifugao and heard from old folks of many stories about the people.
ᜀᜅ͓ ᜄᜈ͓ᜇ!! The colors are amazing. I love the Cordilleras and have the same bahag that they are wearing! 👍
Where did you get your baybayin font?
Plump Plum it’s from an iPhone app.
How you type magandang
Maddy The Pug ᜋᜄᜈ͓ᜇᜅ͓
ᜅ᜔ ng po pala to? Salamat po
how beautiful! Definitely will go one day.
I could absolutely spend a day or two just admiring this scenery. It’s strikingly beautiful
MABUHAY!
P.S. Thanos is hiding in there somewhere...XD
Lol😂
Jahjahajajaahhahahahah
😂
True very true
I love Philippines 😍😍😍grateful and thankful for everything we have...thanks for sharing
That place was a living postcard! Truly magnificent!
So cool! I love Philippines and my family owns 8 acres of farmland :) I love being filipino
Buti pa si Thanos nakarating na ng Ifugao. Dinaig pa ako 😂
Naku pare, 😆😆😆 punta ka lang anytime, 🤣🤣🤣
🤣
what a beautiful scenery to visit..this place is the answer for all the stress and tensions😇😇😇
Breathtaking! Thank you.
Thanos is planting rice here for recuperation. 😁
Actually, in the comics version, Thanos became a farmer. It is how he found peace.
@@lacov ah that makes sense that the movie featured this place.
A beautiful landscape! 👍
I hope I could visit the Banaue Rice Terraces soon.
Amazing...
Thank you for Sharing
National Geographic👍👍👍
This is Paradise!! ❤️❤️❤️
Effing beautiful!
Wow! It's beautiful.
compared to the rice terraces in China, seriously intimidating
You can throw paper planes from above and it will fly longer
Thanks Nat Geo!
I thought the video was about terrace cultivation in our state-Nagaland (India). Such a stupendous landscape! Would love to visit this place. Also gained a lot of insights about the similarities between South East Asian countries like the Philippines and North East India. Those baskets, traditional shawls and ornaments, rice pounding, rituals, terrace cultivation etc,. are also a major constituent of most tribes in a typical traditional Naga society too.
And we have a province named Naga too.
This is one of the most visited tourist sites in the Philippines. The views are really breath-taking. Unfortunately most young people from these tribes are abandoning their ancestral way of living and are flocking to the cities in search of education and modern convenient life. The result is devastating as the older generation cant cope up with the laborious task of maintaining these ancient rice terraces.
That's sad to know. I really hope that the government, some organizations or any agency shoulder the responsibility to protect and maintain these invaluable heritage sites. ⛰
India, good friend and neighbor to the Philippines.
Its because of the Indian kingdoms that spread throughout South East Asia centuries before the Spanish came to the Philippines. Its in history
Been here! One of the most beautiful places in PH. Want to be back soon! 🥰
Wonderful view of natural beauty
Why does the thumbnail look like a Minecraft video?
Because the banaue rice terraces are mountains with flat handcrafted soil
Like a noob trying to mine instead placing the blocks back cuz he don't have a pickaxe
My spine dislocated itself reading that
@@rajavlitra you should eb
xPigs MC lol
wow so beautiful pls sem nepal❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ang ganda
Mabuhay welcome to the Philippines
Wow!
Cool!
It's Minecraft IRL
Oh cool minecraft texture
Yeah. Among all the other terraces, this one happens to resemble Minecraft the most.
Wow! Amazing scene.
So beautiful!
Some say that if you put these Philippine terraces from end to end, they can encircle half the globe.
you just made that up.
@@bizbobizbo82 wow, you must be fun at parties
Yes sir thats true! If you measure it end to end it the length of it will encircle half the globe.
@@bizbobizbo82 Nope, your brain is.
@@somerandomspider1332 dude he doesn't have one 😂
As a Filipino, I hope I am living in this area. It's majestically beautiful
If you lived in this era, you'd have to go in battles for unwanted visitors.
Thank you for featuring our verdant rice fields. They are really refreshing to look at. 😍😍😀
wow! so amazing!
Thanos loves this!👍👍😁
I know right
Which part
It is already 2000+ years old
Very beautiful love the video
Beautiful
❤️🇵🇭😍
TOUR and PICNIC is a must! and dont forget to build stamina. I almost passed out from this experience. hahaha.
All is fucken worth it guys.
Need to exercise like walking if live in the city like Baguio ,but I don't know about Manila very hot and humid.
Beautiful and Greenery
Beautiful place 😍
Texture pack name?
Minecraft IRL
Minecraft 4k
Plus thanos mod
tenbu horin mineasia with shaders
That's a really beautiful scenery, even someone who would've seen this would definitely call these the makings of aliens
Thank you for featuring one of the many places in our country, NatGeo ❤
this is pure gem. 💎
this new minecraft shader is blowing my mind.
It looked like Minecraft for a bit
Thank you national geaographic for featuring our province 😇❤ love love ❤
Wow is really good...
Their cultural and traditional lifestyle is very much similar with our Naga people and even their traditional dress . (Nagaland North-East India)
search up naga city
Mabuhay ang mga Pinoy
Wow what a great video and spectacular scenereys ... I have visited Banaue, Batad and Hapao (also great) recently and it's been so nice!
Lovely...
Honestly thought the thumbnail was Minecraft...
It was until Thanos showed up
The Filipinos had Minecraft before Minecraft.
I live in here, It is very beautiful and interesting place IN THE WORLD🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄
Yes ,😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Do you tasted their Food ?
It's very DELICIOUS 🍡🍡🍡🍡🍡🍡🍡🍡🍡🍡🍢🍢🍢🍢🍢🍢🍡🍢🍡🍢🍌🍌🍌
Oh wow..my hometown..thanks for the video
So beautiful.
Thanos sat here
Fun fact: They all did this with their hands
It made me tear up, it’s so serene here
That is just AMAZING :)
I am an Ifugao. Our ricefield was badly affected by large earthworms and a certain kind of ell. Both these were introduced by the Department of Agriculture. The coming of new education system destroyed our culture. Education became a tool for the destruction of not only the rice terraces but including our tradition.
I like how they got a Valley Girl to narrate this
Exactly
I've been there. Truly incredible when you see it in the flesh.
Soon i will visit philippines i love your country.
The PHILIPPINES contributed the Rice Terraces architecture in the world. This technique is the original among all of the rice terraces in the world. The one that is in South America, China, Indochina regions. We don`t have towering palaces and colossal wonders like Pagoda palaces in East Asia, Gothic architecture of Europe, Majestic temples of Greece, Pyramids of Egypt but the Philippine ancestry gave the world the Terraces of the Cordillera which is indeed a true and very Pre Hispanic Art of the island. its a good thing the highlanders of the islands were never colonize by the Conquistadores. Pre Hispanic life in the Cordillera would still be very much clear today if you are familiar with the vast number of tribes in there that practices Indigenous culture, arts and crafts like the Head hunting culture of the Kalingas at Bontoc and the infamous FANG OD, tatoo artist
Am I the only one who thinks that the voice sounds like Anne Curtis?
Oh yh .. she does ...wth😂
Kind of.
i think so too..probably her..but at the end, the narrator list Bethany Jones..
Omg hahaha yes
*Gaga ka!*
Wow
Just like Nepal
Search volcan mayon..and chocolate hills in bohol philippines if you have also that stunning place
0:30 minecraft
Superb Photography . Bravo .
The most striking view, the fresh green of plant. Perhaps keep a farm at a good condition is no easy task for them(UNESCO needs especial attention). Feel so peace & quiet🌾
I live in the Philippines and I want to see if any house are for sale next to Thanos. I want to be a farmer with Thanos.
Minecraft 0:22 😂😂😂
Cool!!
That's cool!
Avengers could use this video to hunt Thanos resting here.
🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Who else thought thumbnail was minecraft ?
Mostly anyone who isn't Filipino
Me :'>
Jimmy Twanz nope
the non-Filipinos who are addicted to that game..
I'm 100% Filipino and I'm addicted in game Minecraft hehehehe😅
Proud pinoy
Ugh comments like this
So fresh 🌾❤️🌅
ang ganda talaga ng pilipinas!!😄
*M I N E C R A F T*
first thing that came to mind after seeing the thumbnail: minecrafr
Very beautiful senery
We live on such a beautiful planet.
The Government should not let them built houses on the the ricefield, it destroys the natural view of the terraces.
It would be okay if the houses were those native ones.
Oh look, a new NatGeo video! Oh god, what is that voice? No, make it stop!
😂
Thanks