Ifugao Rice Terraces Quiz: Hudhud Chants and Farming
Five terrace clusters in the Cordillera mountains of Luzon form a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and this Ifugao rice terraces quiz explains the culture that built and keeps them. Play 10 interactive questions on Batad, Hungduan, the hudhud chants, muyong forests, bulul carvings, heirloom tinawon rice and the years on the danger list.
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Island
On which Philippine island are the Ifugao rice terraces?
UNESCO
When were the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras listed by UNESCO?
Clusters
Which village is famous for its amphitheater-shaped terraces in the UNESCO site?
Banaue
Are the main viewpoint terraces at Banaue town part of the UNESCO listing?
Hudhud
What are hudhud chants?
Danger
Why were the terraces on UNESCO's danger list from 2001 to 2012?
Forest
What is a muyong in Ifugao tradition?
Bulul
What is a bulul?
Rice
What is tinawon rice?
Water
How are the terraces irrigated?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: On which Philippine island are the Ifugao rice terraces?
Answer: Luzon
They lie in the Cordillera mountains of northern Luzon.
- Q2: When were the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras listed by UNESCO?
Answer: 1995
They were among the first sites listed as a living cultural landscape.
- Q3: Which village is famous for its amphitheater-shaped terraces in the UNESCO site?
Answer: Batad
Batad's curved terraces are one of five listed clusters, along with Bangaan, Hungduan, Mayoyao and Nagacadan.
- Q4: Are the main viewpoint terraces at Banaue town part of the UNESCO listing?
Answer: No, they were not included
Banaue's terraces were left out because modern changes had altered them, though they remain a national landmark.
- Q5: What are hudhud chants?
Answer: Long sung narratives of the Ifugao
Women chant them during harvest and funerals, and UNESCO recognized them as intangible heritage in 2001.
- Q6: Why were the terraces on UNESCO's danger list from 2001 to 2012?
Answer: Neglect and abandonment threatened them
Young people leaving farming and poor upkeep caused erosion until restoration efforts improved conditions.
- Q7: What is a muyong in Ifugao tradition?
Answer: A family-owned forest that protects water
These forests above the terraces catch rain and feed the irrigation channels.
- Q8: What is a bulul?
Answer: A carved wooden rice guardian figure
Bulul figures are placed in granaries to protect the harvest.
- Q9: What is tinawon rice?
Answer: An heirloom rice harvested once a year
Tinawon grows slowly in the cool mountains and is prized for its flavor.
- Q10: How are the terraces irrigated?
Answer: By channels fed from mountain forests and streams
Gravity-fed channels move water from the forests down through each terrace.
Ifugao Rice Terraces Quiz – Living Terraces of the Cordillera
The Ifugao rice terraces climb the steep Cordillera mountains of northern Luzon in the Philippines. Built by hand with stone and mud walls, they are irrigated by channels fed from forests higher up the slopes.
In 1995 UNESCO listed five clusters, Batad, Bangaan, Hungduan, Mayoyao and Nagacadan, as the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras. The well-known terraces at Banaue town were not included. The site was on the danger list from 2001 to 2012 because of neglect.
Ifugao culture keeps the terraces alive. Family forests called muyong protect water, bulul figures guard rice granaries and women sing the hudhud chants, recognized by UNESCO. Heirloom tinawon rice is planted and harvested once a year.
What This Quiz Teaches
Travelers and culture lovers will enjoy these questions.
- Where the terraces are
- Which clusters UNESCO listed
- What the hudhud chants are
- How the terraces are watered
- Which traditions protect them
Did You Know?
- Many terrace walls are built from stone, others from mud.
- Traditional priests are called mumbaki.
- Visitors often hike to Batad from a road above.
- Earthworms and erosion damage terrace walls.
- The terraces appear on Philippine banknotes.
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