RPH

• Vigan, Ilocos Sur, and Ilocos Norte

  • Main Products:
  • Spices: bawang (garlic), sibuyas (onions)
  • Farming: Tomatoes and rice
  • Tobacco
  • Barter System: Swiss, Japanese, Portuguese involvement
  • Cultural Foods:
  • Bagnet: Crispy fried pork (Vigan)
  • Sinanglaw: Goat innards soup
  • Dinengdeng: Bamboo shoot with fish paste (bagoong)
  • Pandesal: Salted bread
  • Tinapa: Smoked or dried fish
  • Sukang Ilonggo: Vinegar from duhat (java plum)
  • Other Notes:
  • Vigan Origin: From the word vigaa (gabi plant)
  • Bangar: Storage of meat (imbakan ng karne)
  • Tapayan: Storage jar for water
• Sagada

  • Historical Fact:
  • Presence of an American Mining Company
• Baguio

  • Cultural Note:
  • Center for Igorot people (Democratic), contrasting with Ifugao (Banaue)
• • Ifugao:
  • Known for Banaue Rice Terraces
  • Igorot:
  • Associated with Baguio and democratic practices
• Bontoc

  • Known for tribal tattoos
• Kalinga

  • Agriculture:
  • Known for farming brown and black rice
• Bulacan

  • Historical Fact:
  • Donated land to Caloocan City to house soldiers
  • Fishing Industry:
  • Surrounded by water, making fishing a major livelihood
  • Culture:
  • Patadyong: Traditional women’s garment
  • Barong: Clean and formal attire
  • Center of culinary arts, alongside Pampanga
  • Products:
  • Kakanin: Traditional rice cakes
  • Main source of talangka (small crabs)
• Pampanga

  • Main Agricultural Product: Rice (Rice granary of the Philippines)
  • Culinary Contributions:
  • Bihon helps enrich the soil

• Tarlac

  • Main Product: Sugar
  • Influenced by Negreros (migrants or locals involved in sugar farming)

  
  

  Beverages

  • Lambanog: Coconut wine made from coconut sap
  • Tuba: Fermented from sugar cane
  • Kaong: Comes from palm trees (used in sweet delicacies)
• Pagudpud

  • Known for its windmills, which are a symbol of renewable energy in the area