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Community-Driven Initiatives and Social Enterprises of the Karen Youth
The experience of Pgakenyaw Association for Sustainable Development (PASD) in working with the Karen youth on revitalizing Indigenous Food Systems (IFS) highlights the deep relationship between the Karen people and the forest environment in which they live. The Karen identify themselves as people who live in harmony with the forest. This worldview shapes their cultural practices, knowledge systems, and livelihoods. They understand that the forest is a living system with which humans coexist,...
Indigenous Healing Wisdom of the Cordillera, Philippines
In many Indigenous communities in the Cordillera, healing is more than curing illness. It is a way of restoring balance between the body, mind, spirit, community, and nature. This living tradition is now being documented and shared through the newly launched book “KASIYANA: A Glimpse of Healing in the Cordillera,” a research-based publication by the Partners for Indigenous Knowledge Philippines (PIKP). The Kankanaey word kasiyana , which is an Indigenous social value that counsels for optimism...
Hidden Harvests of the Highlands: Preserving the Mushroom Foraging Tradition of the Cordillera
When the first rains fall over the Cordillera mountains, forests, pine woodlands, rice terraces, and grasslands begin to reveal one of nature's most treasured seasonal gifts - wild mushrooms. For generations, Indigenous communities across Benguet, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao, and neighboring areas have ventured into the forests and fields to gather edible fungi, continuing a tradition that is as much about cultural identity as it is about food. Far more than a seasonal activity,...
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