September 2001: joint ICOMOS/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission; June 2005: UNESCO expert mission; April 2006: joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission; March 2011: joint ...

Explore the significance of rice in Asia, from its historical roots and diverse culinary uses to the breathtaking rice ...

The Philippines achieved full independence from ... where their ancestors carved monumental rice terraces and built thatched limestone houses. Majestic, Spanish-influenced churches and ancestral ...

The Philippines’ myriad ethnic groups create vivid crafts and vibrant fabrics. Amid the rice terraces of Kalinga, in northern Luzon, a century-old tattoo artist hand-taps tribal designs.

Slater previously described the design as inspired by the Banaue Rice Terraces, the so-called "Eighth Wonder of the World" and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Philippines, working around the ...

the Ifugao Rice Terraces. Now another economic sector is facing a similar dilemma. Data gathered by the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that there has been a decline in the number of youths ...