Sagada, Mountain Province—I lost count of the number of times I have been travelling to Sagada since 1991, usually during the yuletide season. Know more:
Sagada, Mountain Province—I lost count of the number of times I have been travelling to Sagada since 1991, usually during the yuletide season.
In the early 1990s, I remember taking the buses from Baguio that we call as “chicken express” because chickens were literally placed along the aisle of the bus. Spelunking is one of the reasons that tourists come to Sagada as there are more or less 60 caves here. Sumaguing Cave has the biggest chamber, earning its nickname “The Big Cave” with its countless rock formations slowly shaped by nature over thousands of years.
Sagada is the place that allowed Scott the solitude he needed to write about pre-colonial Philippine society, ethnology, linguistics, and the history of the Cordilleras as well as theological discourses. He was initially assigned as a lay missionary of the Episcopal Church in 1954. He served as a teacher of English and history at St. Mary’s School and later as the school principal for many years. He also taught at various educational institutions like the University of the Philippines.
Scotty added: “The Spaniards did not consider this resistance a fight for independence. They considered the Igorots to be bandits and savages and lawbreakers because they did not submit to Spanish rule like the lowlanders. And they explained the Igorot defense of their liberty as the instincts of uncivilized tribes who had always been at war with their more peace-loving neighbors.”
As a political prisoner, Scott was accused of being a communist sympathizer involved in “seditious activities” and an “undesirable alien” subject to deportation “because his presence has been and will always be inimical to the peace, security and tranquility of the community”.
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