Faced with Great Tribulation

Mersyl Viray II | December 16, 2021

The Igorots of the Cordilleras are one of the Philippines' indigenous peoples who are suffering from national oppression that is strongly established in Filipino society. The Igorots, who refused to have their lands and cultural identities taken away by foreign invaders and colonizers, were demonized and called as brutes and savages so that their fellow countrymen, who had already been subjugated by the invaders, would regard them as enemies of civilization and treat them as inferiors.

A tribe located in the Cordillera Region of the North Luzon in the Northern Philippines. Faced with tyrants, they pass on torches as time progresses to the next proceeding generation that follows, "to fight their oppressors and secure the land for future generations."

Igorots are being discriminated and often manifested deprivation of their rights to their historical lands and domains. Unconsidered and unrecognized with the current socio-political systems. They are often minoritized and are subjected to nationalized oppression with their fellow countrymen.