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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Who are the Igorots and the Cordillerans?


When we say Baguio City, Sagada, or Ifugao, what are the things that automatically pop out of your mind? Is it the cold weather, pine trees, rice terraces, or Igorots?

The people of the Philippines were generally called Indios during the Spanish colonial era. But there are many groups of people or tribes who dwell within the thick forests of Luzon, the northern island of Philippines. One native group that specifically refers to the people who inhabit these mountain ranges is the Igorots. 

The word Igorot evolved from the various records of an old Filipino dialect IgolotYgolot, and Igorrote. The prefix "i" means "from", and "golot" means "mountains".

With the creation of the Cordillera Administrative Region, the term Cordilleran now serves as a blanket that covers all people from C.A.R. and which majority of its people if not all are agreeable as a replacement of the term Igorot. It also refers to the people who are domiciled within the region, and some also proclaim themselves as Cordilleran for many reasons.   


Are you a Cordilleran or an Igorot? 

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