These are the hugely ornate home made bicycles carved by tribesmen in the Phillippines so they can participate in their very own road races. Members of the Igorot tribe make these bikes ...

Steve Paton In a ritual believed to date back 2,000 years, the Igorot people bury their dead in hand-carved coffins that are tied or nailed to the side of a cliff and suspended high above the ...

the rockface is used by the Igorot people for an ancient practice which is as intriguing as it is hauntingly moving. The 2,000-year-old ritual involves the elderly carving their own coffins ...

According to Igorot tradition, death is embraced and actively ... infusion of this burial custom to arise. The Bo people also carved their coffins out of a solid piece of wood or sometimes bronze ...

You can forget your luxuries such as gears, chains, peddles and, er, metal, because these mean machines are hand-carved from wood. But these bikes aren’t just functional. Oh no, they’re so ...

The entire valley is covered with green steps, carved into the mountain by hand by the ancestors of the Igorot people at least two millennia ago. Farmer Julia Amehna has worked in the rice fields ...

Mia Abeya, a Maryland resident whose Igorot grandfather was among those on display, says Igorots ate dog only occasionally, for ceremonial purposes. During the fair, they were fed the animals on a ...

BAGUIO CITY—A book about the Igorot people was sold out even before it was out in the market. Those who attended the book launch in Baguio City last week had to jostle their way to buy the few ...