Overview
Kalinga is a landlocked province in the Philippines situated within the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.
Description
Its capital is Tabuk and borders Mountain Province to the south, Abra to the west, Isabela to the east, Cagayan to the northeast, and Apayao to the north. The Spanish may have toppled the mighty Inca, Aztec and Mayan empires, and conquered the lowlands of the Philippines, but they never took Kalinga. While the practice of headhunting ceased decades ago, the proud inhabitants of these mountain villages have a justified reputation as fierce warriors and even now people occasionally get killed in tribal disputes. The loincloths and full-length arm tattoos boasted by older women are on the way out, but the machetes worn on the hips of most men are not just for show, and tattoos inked across a man's biceps are testimony to his having taken part in a skirmish.
Kalinga Kalinga-Apayao
Philippines
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