Smoked meat etag can last for two years

By Kim Atienza

AFTER featuring the hanging coffins at Echo Valley, “Matanglawin TV” featured Ganduyan Museum which holds artifacts that are part of Sagada’s culture.

There are the so-called Death blanket, Tinag-tago, Bul-ul, and other crafts all done in black. This is because of the fire burning inside traditional Ifugao houses.

Furthermore, such houses have little ventilation and small windows.

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Ganduyan caretaker Lester Aben told us that the museum was built by their family in order to preserve the culture of Sagada. He said that the youth should understand and preserve their culture because it is part of their identity as a people.

Furthermore, they talked about food. Etag is a meat that is salted and smoked from one to three weeks. Etag won’t rot even after two years even without putting it in the refrigerator.

Someone tried eating etag but it was too hard to eat, almost like leather.

Salt and Pepper Restaurant serves etag pizza.

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TRIVIA PA MORE (Various Sources): Carabaos use their horns to keep cool – these are made of pure protein and regulate the carabao’s temperature by cooling off the moment the sun touches the tip of its horns.

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Greyhounds were originally bred for speed, ideal for racing.

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Generally speaking, catfishes are timid, slow and unmindful fishes that simply laze around. Very rare would you find a catfish that swims around the tank endlessly.

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Crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, Australia and America.

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Crocodiles generally feed on mammals, fish, and birds.

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Saltwater crocodiles generally feed on mammals, fish, and birds.

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Crocodiles are an ancient lineage and are believed to have changed little since the time of dinosaurs.

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