IP scholars seek protection of Cordillera rites in festivals

BAGUIO CITY—Performances with lavish costumes during tourism-related events like this city’s crowd-drawing Panagbenga (Baguio Flower Festival) should be properly labeled as “innovations” to distinguish them from authentic and ritual-based cultural traditions that must be protected from commercialization. That was one of the recommendations offered by Cordillera scholars during a public consultation on the proposed creation […]

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