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ProjectIn Tourism

Submitted to: Ms. Cherry Fernandez

Submitted By: Napoleon L. Abaya jr.

Micheal Delos Santos

Yvest Antonio

Alberto Calaustro

Wilfredo A. BAldonado Jr.

History of Baguio City in thePhilippines


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The area now known as Baguio City was first called Kafagwayand occupied by theKankaney and Ibaloi tribes of the Cordilleras.

Spanish Occupation

During their occupation of the Philippines, the Spanish colonizers conducted aseries of expeditions, led by Juan Salcedo in 1572 and Don Q.M. Quirante in 1694to the cool mountains of Benguet.

A series of failed attempts to conquer the natives were made until foothold wasfinally gained by Commandantede Galvey in 1846, when he was able to establish a commandanciaor military

garrison in a beautiful stretch of fertile flat land.

This he named after his wife, and is now known as La Trinidad. Galvey went on toestablish the province of Benguet with 31 'rancherias' (camps or ruralsettlements). The area known as Kafagway was then a small rancheria composed ofabout 20 houses. La Trinidad remains the capital of Benguet province to this date.

The 'presidentia' (civil government) was first established in the Guisad Valley area.It was later moved to the present site of the Baguio City Hall.

One of the notable contributions of the Spanish era was the introduction ofcoffee, of the arabica variety, which is still grown in this area and known asBenguet coffee.

American Occupation

When the Americans came to Baguio, after Spain ceded the Philippines to theUnited States of America for $20,000.00, they found the pine-covered hills and

the cool heights ideal for retreats from the sweltering heat of the lowlands. In asupreme feat of engineering feat they carved Kennon Road, from the mountainssurrounding the Bued River Canyon, connecting Kafagway to the Pangasinan andIlocos lowlands.

Early in 1900 the Americans established their government with H. PhelpsWhitmarsh as the first civil governor appointed for the first provincial government
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established in the Philippine Islands, Benguet. At that time, the Philippines was stillunder the U.S. Military Government.

Baguio was then the capital of Benguet, and the American's best administrators

and teachers were fervent boosters and promoters: Worcester, Wright, Forbes,Pack, Barrows, Eckman and others who together with Filipinos committed to makethe place a virtual heaven on earth.

Baguio was set up as both a mining town and a recreational facility. The mountainssurrounding Kennon were mined with camps erected from the base to the plateauthat Baguio sits on. In 1903, Camp John Hay was developed for the rest andrecreation of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Baguio City was designed by premier American architect and urban planner DanielH. Burnham, who also master-planned Chicago's One Magnificent Mile and Manila'sRoxas Boulevard. American missionaries came and "Christianized" the natives andEnglish became the lingua franca.

On September 9, 1909, Baguio was declared a chartered city and the "SummerCapital of the Philippines" with The Mansion as the residence of the Americangovernor-general during the summer to escape Manila's heat. The PhilippineCommission held it's session in Baguio City, in the area on top of what is now knownas Session Road.

Japanese Occupation

After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the war in the Pacific broke out,andthe Philippines, being the only colony of the United States became a prime target.The Japanese bombed Baguio on December 8, 1941 and occupied After theJapanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the war in the Pacific broke out, it on December27 of the same year, setting up their headquarters at Camp John Hay.

However, the war eventually changed course and on September 3, 1945, GeneralYamashita formally surrendered to the Americans at the US Ambassador'sresidence in Camp John Hay, after which, Baguio immediately set to the task ofrehabilitation.

Philippines Independence


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When the Philippines was granted independence in 1946, Baguio City continued tobe the Summer Capital of the Philippines, with Camp John Hay being retained bythe Americans under the RP-US Bases Agreement.

During summers, the whole of the Philippine Government conducted its business inBaguio City, a tradition that is continued today only by the Philippine SupremeCourt. This partly accounts for the ownership of a lot of beautiful vacation homesby the country's oldest families in areas like Leonard Wood Road, Park Drive andSouth Drive.Most of the prime property in Baguio City is owned by the national government:Cabinet Hill, Engineer's Hill, Supreme Court Compound, Court of Appeals Compund,Comelec Compound.

Baguio was the Philippines' top tourist destination from 1946 until July 16, 1990,when an earthquake destroyed many of the city's buildings. The city was quicklyrebuilt and all traces of the tragedy removed. Camp John Hay was turned over tothe Philippine Government on July 1, 1991 simultaneously with the turnover of allU.S. Bases in the Philippines, and was, in turn, awarded to a private developer in1997 on a long-term lease contract.

Today, Baguio City is the seat of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR),composed of the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao and MountainProvince, and remains the Summer Capital of the Philippines.
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Major Industries

The three dominant industries in the city are tourism,education and integrated circuits.

Tourism remains to be a dominant industry, especially with the

improved access roads. Lowlanders come to the city duringthe hot summer months.

Baguio has about 50,000 college and vocational students.

Texas Instrument initiated the Export Processing Zone.Today, they export six hundred million dollars worth ofproducts.


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SoMe pRodUcT Of Baguio City

Peanut Brittle

Peanut Brittle

Strawberry

Lengua


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Places InBaguio City


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Wedding

Canao is still performed in Baguio City. Most of the local residents still

perform Canao especially those who are more affluent.

They do Canao on weddings. And even on funerals. Canao is an event where

the host or hostess slaughters cows and pigs to offer to their Gods. There

is also dancing involved and drinking of wine.

The horns of the cows are taken out later and they save them and put them

on top of the hostess' ceilings to show many cows being slaughtered. The

more horns in the ceilings mean that they have more Canaos done. It also

shows the economic status of the owner of the house.

The beef and the pork are actually boiled and cut into small pieces and

distributed to the attendees. They eat this by dipping it in soy sauce with

lots of red chillies. They eat this with boiled rice.

Most of the Canao are still done in the outskirts of Baguio especially in Tuba

and in Sablan.


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Language

Most Igorots and residents originally from Baguio City rarely speak inTagalog. Older Igorots speak and understand English better than the

national language because of the influence of the Americans.

The Bontoc

Alternative/associated names: Bontok, and Bontoc.

Location: Central Mountain ProvinceLanguage: Bontoc

The Bontocs live on the banks of the Chico River. They were once well-knownbecause of their headhunting practices in the olden days but not today. In theprevious time, the most distinctive body decoration of the Igorot was the tattoo.The Bontoc describe three types of tattoos: The chak-lag, the tattooed chest ofthe head taker; pong-o, the tattooed arms of men and women; and fa-tk, for allother tattoos of both sexes. Present-day Bontocs are a peaceful agriculturalpeople who have, by choice, retained most of their traditional culture despitefrequent contacts with other groups.

The pre-Christian Bontoc belief system centers on a hierarchy of spirits, thehighest being a supreme deity called Lumawig. Lumawig personifies the forces of
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nature and is the legendary creator, friend, and teacher of the Bontoc. Ahereditary class of priests hold various monthly ceremonies for this deity for theircrops, the weather, and for healing. The Bontoc also believe in the "anito"spiritsof the dead who must be consulted before anything important is done. Ancestral

anitos are invited to family feasts when a death occurs to ensure the well-being ofthe deceased's soul.This is by offering some small amount of food to show thatthey are invited and not forgotten.

The Bontoc social structure used to be centered around village wards ("ato")containing about 14 to 50 homes. Traditionally, young men and women lived indormitories and ate meals with their families. This gradually changed with theadvent of Christianity. In general, however, it can be said that all Bontocs are veryaware of their own way of life and are not overly eager to change.

The Ibaloi

Alternative/associated Names: Ibaloi, Ibaloy, and Nabaloi.Location: Southern BenguetLanguage: Nabaloi or IbaloyPopulation: The 2000 National census shows some 93,000+ persons in Benguetclassified themselves as Ibaloy, compared to the Kankanaey who numbered114,000+. This does not include the Ibaloys in Kayapa and all over the world. Aninteresting information is provided by Otto Scheerer who wrote in 1908 that there

were from 12,000 to 15,000 Ibaloys and that they dominated Benguet. Based onthe census figures, the Ibaloy have become a minority in their own province.

People and Culture:

The Ibaloi are one of the indigenous peoples of the Philippines who live mostly inthe southern part of Benguet, located in the Cordilleras of northern Luzon. TheIbaloi people were traditionally an agrarian society. Many of the Ibaloi peoplecontinue with their agriculture and rice cultivation.

The Ibaloi language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesianlanguages family. The Ibaloi language is closely related to the Pangasinan language,primarily spoken in the province of Pangasinan, located southwest of Benguet.

Baguio City, the major city of the Cordilleras, dubbed the "Summer Capital of thePhilippines," is located in southern Benguet.
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The Ibalois' major feast is the Pesshet, a public feast mainly sponsored by peopleof prestige and wealth. The Pesshetfeast can last for weeks and involves thebutchering and sacrifice of dozens of animals. One of the more popular dances ofthe Ibaloi is the BendiyanDance, participated in by hundreds of male and female

dancers.

The Ifugao

An Ifugao native playing an instrument.

Alternative/associated names: Ifugao, Amganad, Ayangan, Kiangan, Gilipanes,Quiangan, Tuwali Ifugao, and Mayoyao (Mayoyao, Mayaoyaw).

Location: Ifugao ProvinceLanguages: Ifugao languages

The country of the Ifugao in the southern part of the Cordillera region is bestknown for its famous rice terraces, which in modern times have become one of thebig tourist attractions of the Philippines. They made these terraces with the useof only their hands and simple tools. The Ifugaos typically build their houses at theedge of their fields. A distinctive aspect of these houses is the post just belowthe floor beams to keep rats from climbing into the house.

Aside from their rice terraces, the Ifugaos are known for their literary traditionsof the 'hudhud' and the 'alim.' The term "Ifugao" is derived from "ipugo" whichmeans earth people or mortals or humans, as distinguished from spirits and deities.It also means "from the hill," as "pugo" means hill. The Ifugaos' highest prestigefeasts are the "hagabi," for the most wealthy; and the "uyauy," a feast for thoseimmediately below the wealthiest.Ifugao is a developed place. Ifugao people were
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conservative.The place is also well-civilized. Ifugaos valued education well. Most ofthe Ifugaos were already Christianize but some were still practicing traditionalpractices. Some of these practices are "bogwa","baki","pattung" and many others.Ifugao also has an university. The IFUGAO STATE UNIVERSITY. Its main campus

is located at Nayun, Lamut and it has branches in Lagawe ,Tinoc and Potia. Theschool has thousands of enrolees from the different place in Ifugao and nearprovinces. Ifugao people used usual clothings-pants and shirts. They are not usingg-string or "bahag" daily. They only used it on occasions and contests. Ifugaos wereproud to say that they can speak English well.Language that are spoken in Ifugaowere English,Tagalog,Ilokano and native langueages like"tuwali","ayangan","kankanae" and some others. Ifugao people were known off theirhospitality. Former Senator Mar Roxas was an adapted son of Ifugao since 2008when he became the Guest Of Honor during the "GOTAD AD IFUGAO" or "FEAST

OF IFUGAO." There were many adapted sons of Ifugaos.

The kankana-ey

Alternative/associated names: Northern Kankana-ey, Sagada/Besao Igorot,Western Bontoc, and Applai/Aplai.Location: Western Mountain Province, Southeastern Ilocos Sur Province, Northernand some parts of Benguet.

Language: Northern Kankana-ey There are many kinds of dialects that theKankana-eys use but it is still the same. The dialects only differ in intonation,words or application.

The Kankana-ey's domain includes Western Mountain Province, Northern Benguet,Southeastern Ilocos Sur and some parts of Benguet. Like most Igorot ethnicgroups, the Kankana-ey built sloping terraces to maximize farm space in the ruggedterrain of the Cordilleras. Kankan-ey's of Western Mountain Province from themunicipalities of Sagada and Besao identify themselves as part of a tribe called

Applai or Aplai. Two famous institutions of the Kankana-ey of Mountain Provinceare the dap-ay, the men's dormitory and civic center, and the ebgan, the girls'dormitory where courtship between young men and women took place.
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Mines View Park


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Session Road


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Burnham

Park


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La trinidad,Benguet


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Fiesta

The Panagbenga Festivalis held yearly during the month of February. Thecelebrations are held for over a month and peak periods are the weekends. ThePanagbenga Festival showcases the many floral floats and native dances. Thefragrant smells that could be presently teasing olfactory senses are probably lessfrom the now-dried flowers from Valentine's Day than air floating all the way fromBaguio City. At this time of year, the City of Pines is almost surely in flower furyover Panagbenga festival, the city's biggest festival.

Panagbenga festival will have spectators enjoying a multiple floral and floatparades over two days. The Baguio Flower Festival Association (BFFA) will have astreet dancing parade and band exhibition. The Baguio Flower Festival Foundation(BFFF), meanwhile, will hold a parade. So where should spectators be stationed tonot miss any of the float and floral parades? Session Road and Burnham Park. Asearch for the Mr. and Ms. Baguio Flower Festival, FM Panagbenga Pop Fiesta,Skateboard competition and Dolls of Japan exhibit were added to the BFFAcalendar. The festival is supported by constituents of La Trinidad, La Union,Pangasinan, Marinduque and Masbate.

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