“Ahi Ani’d Bayninan Tour 2009”

Dear Friends,

We invite you to join the villagers of Bayninan in Kiangan, Ifugao, to experience a rare performance of the Ifugao harvest ritual, a vanishing ceremony displaying the deep spirituality of the Ifugao people.

“AHI ANI”, the season for harvesting the golden grains of the traditional Ifugao rice, a time for the mumbaki to narrate the myth of the origin of the rice and offer animal sacrifices to the deities of agriculture.

Tribal drums will play in the background as ancient culture heroes of the Ifugaos are invoked in the chanting of the hudhud, the local epic internationally acclaimed both for its length and antiquity.

Feel the earth and get your feet muddied, join the harvest and indulge in the simplicity of rustic living. Take moderate sips of the Ifugao rice wine and fill your senses with the diverse scents of mud, sweet hay and the mountain air.

Join this tour and help save a world heritage, the Ifugao Rice Terraces…

Visits to the famous Banaue and Hapao rice terraces are also included in the itinerary.  The Ifugao rice terraces will be at its golden visage this time of the year.

Proceeds of the tour will directly go to the villagers of Bayninan for their community projects.

Thank you very much.

TEDDY B. BAGUILAT, JR.

Governor, Ifugao Province

Honorary Chairman, Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo)

ADVISORIES:

For reservation and inquiries, contact us:

Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement

Dinapugan, Tuplac 3604 Kiangan, Ifugao

Mobile:  +639182829839, +639067727193

Email: sitmo311@gmail.com

Deadline of Reservation and Payment: on or before July 1, 2009. Guaranteed departure, minimum of 15 total participants.