These are the hugely ornate home made bicycles carved by tribesmen in the Phillippines so they can participate in their very own road races. Members of the Igorot tribe make these bikes themselves and ...

Ethnic Igorot mountain folk take cover in the shade during the celebration of the Lang Ay Festival in Bontoc on April 6, 2013 in Mountain province, Philippines. The annual Lang Ay festival ...

High up in the remote mountains of the Philippines, in the village of Sagada, hangs an unusual sight - coffins suspended on cliffs and tucked away in caves. For over 2,000 years, the Igorot people ...

Members of indigenous communities in the northern Philippines say encounters with Pope John Paul II during his visits to the country inspired them to become better Christians. "When I met (the pope) ...

In the Philippines, the Igorot people practice an ancient burial ritual where the elderly carve their own coffins and the dead are hung off the side of a cliff. The remote village of Sagada is nestled ...

The Philippines Exhibit was the largest at the fair. About 1,100 Filipinos were brought to live at the fair. This shows Igorots tilling the land. Photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society ...

A Filipino indigenous Igorot tribe member holds a placard as she joins a protest in Manila in early February against large scale mining. (CNS photo/Francis R. Malasig, EPA) Residents of a central ...

We're all familiar with the term six feet under - but were you aware of 'six feet up'? For centuries, one tribe in the Philippines has been not so much burying its dead, but hoisting them up onto a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Philippines Exhibit was the largest at the fair. About 1,100 Filipinos were brought to live at the fair. This shows Igorots ...