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Here we first saw the rice-terraces for which these mountain people are justly famous, that is, terraces climbing the mountain-side. But of weapons we saw none. Change in aspect of country. Mount Amuyao and the native legend of the flood. Rice-terraces. Banawe. Mr. Worcester's first visit to this region. Sports. Absence of weapons. Native arts and crafts.
From time to time we could see the proud crest of Amuyao ahead of us. Over 8,000 feet high, this mountain, whose name means "father of all peaks," or "father of mountains," is the Ararat of the Ifugaos. Their legend has it that, a flood overcoming the land, a father and five sons took refuge on this topmost peak, coming down with the waters as they fell.
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