BULUL

Bulul, otherwise called bul-ul or tinagtaggu, is a cut wooden figure used to monitor the rice crop by the Ifugao people groups of northern Luzon. The models are profoundly adapted portrayals of progenitors and are remembered to acquire influence and abundance from the presence of the familial soul. Sometime in the distant past, bulul were cut to such an extent that, to the prepared eye, it was feasible to tell, elaborately, which part of the Cordilleras these were from. Today, bulul are efficiently manufactured for the traveler market. Removed from their unique setting, they have lost their custom importance and have been decreased to cheap traveler keepsakes or an essential piece of inside beautification.

One of the difficulties confronting Bu'lul culture today is the unexpected ascent in the attractiveness of these sculptures - particularly to the sightseers visiting the Cordillera area. Many have a discernment that these wooden figures are only gifts. At times our kindred Filipinos will just perceive Bu'lul as simple designs. It is a miserable truth that a couple will attempt to follow its significance to the locals of Ifugao and how it supported their way of life as well as their untainted otherworldliness. However it is very intriguing that Bu'lul are seen as an extraordinary model, one shouldn't neglect its genuine worth is as an object of adoration and holiness.

Customarily cut in narra, a bulul executed in stone achieves an alternate nature, an alternate person. It is as yet conspicuous as a bulul from the Philippines, from the start, a bulul in dark stone looks like the wooden kinds obscured by age and residue, and washed in new chicken or hog's blood and rice wine contributions poured over their heads over ages.