WATER MANAGEMENT

GROUP MEMBERS:
CHUMAYYO, ANGEL
DULNUAN, AICA MAE
HIMMIWAT, HUEYYI
GAYANA , LANCE CARLITO
PADDUYAO, YNHAVIANIE
 WHAT IS WATER MANAGEMENT
• WATER MANAGEMENT IS ONE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE IFUGAO AND
WATER MANAGEMENT IS THE CONTROL AND MOVEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO LIFE AND PROPERTY AND TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENT
BENEFICIAL USE.
• WATER IS LIFE, BECAUSE IT IS CRUCIAL IN ORDER FOR THINGS, HUMANS,
ANIMALS AND EVEN THE ENVIRONMENT, TO SURVIVE.
• BECAUSE THERE IS DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN FOREST AND WATER
PRODUCTION, THE IFUGAO SEES TO IT THAT THE “MUYUNG” IS SUSTAINED.
 BENEFITS OF WATER MANAGEMENT

• FARMING SUCCESS
• ECONOMIC STABILITY
• HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
• COMMUNITY UNITY
• ENERGY GENERATION
• DRINKING WATER
 EXAMPLES OF WATER MANAGEMENT

• IRRIGATION
• DAMS
• RAINWATER HARVESTING
• GROUNDWATER HARVESTING
• WASTEWATER PROCESSING
SOMEWAYS INDIGENOUS WAYS WHERE THE
PRODUCT OF THESE WATER RESOURCES IS
MANAGED
THE “HALOP” METHOD

• THE IFUGAOS HAVE USED HERBAL PESTICIDES LIKE UMLI(VINES), TUBA(SHRUB),

TREES(CHINA), ANUMOY, TUWOL AND PALLUTUT TO CATCH FISHES.
• USING INDIGENOUS FISHING STRATEGY HALOP, THEY REDIRECT THE PATH OF
THE WATER TO LESSEN THE VOLUME OF THE WATER IN ITS NATURAL PATH THEN
APPLY ANY OF THESE HERBAL PESTICIDE TO CAUSE DIZZINESS AMONG THE
FISHES FOR EASY CATCHING. AFTER CATCHING THE BIG FISHES AND REALISING
THE UNDERLINGS AND SMALL FISHES, THEY RELEASE THE WATER TO ITS
ORIGINAL PATH. THE WATER IS THEN DILUTED AND THE FISHES THAT WERE NOT
CAUGHT SURVIVES.
THE USE OF “PITUK”(IRON ROD)

• THE INDIGENOUS PITUK WHICH WAS MADE OUT OF BAMBOO OR WOOD, RUBBER
AND STEEL(TUWIK) HAS BEEN USED BY THE IFUGAOS TO CATCH FISHES AT THE
RIVERS AND CREEKS. THIS INSTRUMENT IS USED SIMULTANEOUSELY WITH
GOGGLES(ANTOKOT/DIGGAL) TO CATCH FISH. THIS STRATEGY ALLOWED THE
IFUGAOS TO CATCH ONLY THE BIGGER FISHES WITHOUT KILLING THE SMALLER
ONES ANF THE FINGERLINGS.
THE USE OF “PINAAD”(TORCH)

• ONE WAY TO CATCH FISHES, FROGS, SHRIMPS AND CRABS IN RIVERS AND CREEKS
IS THE USE OF THE TORCH MADE OF DRY “RUNOS” BOUND TOGETHER BOUND
TOGETHER CALLED “PINAAD/PAKAD”. THE FISHES AND CRABS COME OUT
DURING THE NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE ATTRACTED BY THE LIGHT OF THE
TORCH. THEY BECOME SO TAME THAT YOU CAN JUST PICK THEM PNE AFTER THE
OTHER.
THE USE OF “BUNWIT/PFONGGUET”

• THIS METHOD IS INDIGENOUS BUT IS STILL VERY MUCH IN USE UNTIL TODAY.
WITH THE USE OF THE STRING, HOOK AND SINKER, EARTHWORMS ARE TAKEN
AND USED AS BAIT. IT IS VERY ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY BECAUSE ONLY THE
BIG FISHES ARE TAKEN HOME. THE SMALLER ONES ARE RELEASED FOR THE
NEXT ROUNF OF “BUNWIT”
“GUBU TRAP”(FISH TRAP)
• A PEAR-SHAPED, WORK AS A TWO WAY BRAID, IN WHICH
VERTICAL, PASSIVE BAMBOO STRIPS ARE BRAIDED WITH
RATTAN STRIPS PARALLEL TO THE BASE IN A PLAIN
WEAVE.
• ACCORDING TO LAMBRECHT(1957) THE
MAYAWYAW(SUBGROUP OF THE IFUGAO) USE THE GUBU
TRAP TO CATCH CRAYFISH IN STAGNANT WATERS:THE
BAIT IS ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE OF THE LID. WITH THE
CLOSE LID FACING DOWN, THE FISH TRAP IS PLACED
VERTICALLY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE WATER.
OTHER USE METHODS;

GUBU
• MADE OUT OF BAMBOO
• SHAPED LIKE A FLOWER VASE OR BOTTLE SHAPE
• USE FOR CATCHING “YUYU”
• THEY USUALLY PUT THE “GUBU” DURING NIGHT
AND LET IT STAY UNTIL MORNING BEFORE
CHECKING IF THEY SUCCESSFULLY CAUGHT SOME.
HAKDAL/HAGCHA/HAYDU

• A FLAT WOVEN RATTAN BASKET USED TO CATCH FISH OR RATHER SNAILS IN THE
RICE FIELDS.