DURING this season in the Cordillera Region, an age-old tradition of cultivating heirloom rice springs to life. Indigenous farmers who are the custodians of this timeless practice, carefully cradle and prepare these vibrant grains for planting. They begin to manually cultivate these rice crops and continue the cycle and legacy of preserving heirloom rice that spans through generations.

For centuries, the Cordillera's Indigenous peoples have nurtured this heirloom rice, passing it from one generation to the next. These grains are renowned not only for their striking array of colors but also for being the culinary heart of the Cordillerans, embodying the soul of their ancestry and history.