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Ilocos

Ilocos collectively refers to two provinces

Provinces of the Philippines

The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces, further subdivided into Cities of the Philippines and Philippine municipality....
in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
: Ilocos Norte

Ilocos Norte

Ilocos Norte is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Its capital is Laoag City and is located at the northwest corner of Luzon island, bordering Cagayan Province and Apayao Province to the east, and Abra Province and Ilocos Sur to the south....
and Ilocos Sur

Ilocos Sur

Ilocos Sur is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Its capital is Vigan City and borders Ilocos Norte and Abra province to the north, Mountain Province to the east, and La Union and Benguet to the south....
. Inhabitants are called Ilocanos and they speak the language Iloko, also called Ilocano.

The term Ilocos Region is derived from this term. However, the designation of Ilocos as the basis of the name of the region promotes the wrong notion that all the residents of Region 1 are Ilocanos. Because 28% of the inhabitants are Pangasinan people

Pangasinan people

The Pangasinan are the eight largest Ethnic groups in the Philippines. They are the residents or indigenous peoples of the Pangasinan, one of the provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines, located on the west central area in the island of Luzon along Lingayen Gulf....
, who belong to a different ethno-linguistic group from the Ilocanos.

In the 330 pages “The Ilocos Heritage” (the 27th book written by Visitacion de la Torre), the Ilocano legacy

Legacy

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and the life of the Ilocano – are described as - "the browbeaten, industrious, cheerful, simple soul who has shown a remarkable strain of bravery and a bit of wanderlust." The Ilocano history reveals his struggles and victories – in battles for colonial independence from Spain and America, to Philippine leadership.

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Ilocos collectively refers to two provinces

Provinces of the Philippines

Philippines

Ilocos Norte

Ilocos Sur

Pangasinan people

Legacy

Palawan

Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is Puerto Princesa City, and it is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction....
, Mindanao

Mindanao

Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also one of the three island groups in the country, along with Luzon and Visayas....
, Hawaii

Hawaii

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, the United States

United States

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and Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. The Ilocano material culture and spirituality can be seen in the past - images of Spanish santo (saints), antique but intricate wooden furniture and quality local fiber. The native Ilocano is a weaver

Weaver

The Ploceidae, or Weavers, are small passerine birds related to the finches.These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical Asia and also in Australia....
, wood carver and pottery

Pottery

Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries....
expert. The Ilocano cuisine

Cuisine

Cuisine is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade....
– ranges from the exotic "abu-os" (ant

Ant

Ants are Eusociality insects of the family Formicidae, and along with the related wasps and bees, they belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolution from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and Evolutionary radiation after the rise of flowering plants....
eggs

Egg (food)

An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of many animals, consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo and its nutrient reserves....
) to vegetable broth "dinengdeng," the sticky "tinubong" to the "puki-puki" (eggplant salad). Ilocandia is filled with colonial churches, the legacy of Spanish Catholicism

Catholicism

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