Huminal, Huminal-nal-nal-nal
Atugo,Atugo-goh-goh-goh
Palo, Palo-loh-loh-loh
Ginawwadad Mompolia
Malmalumong habalda
(Huminal, Atugo, Palo
They surrounded Mompolia
Where the mountain farms are fertile)
I recall this from a cheer in our elementary scouting event. It came to mind when some friends and I thought of bike riding in my hometown Mompolia. The route I am considering would trek through the mountains or at least would have each in sight.
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| Mt. Huminal as seen from the central part of Mompolia |
Mt. Huminal sits in between Barangay Poblacion and Barangay Cababuyan, both in Hingyon Ifugao but is very much visible from Barangay Mompolia and along the way to Ubuag, another barangay of Hingyon. The mountain was once known for water springing from above its base believed to be miraculous water. There were people who claimed to have been healed of illnesses after drinking or bathing from water fetched from said spring. Such claims did not hold water, so to speak, for long that at present nobody would have fresh claims of healing. The mountain though remained green and surely contributes to the water supply of the town.
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| Mt. Palo |
Mt. Palo borders Mompolia, Ubuag and parts of the municipality of Banaue. It was once known as a hunting ground for wild pigs and deers although not much is heard of at present. It is still thick with trees. And a water system that supplies sitios in Mompolia comes from Palo.
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| Mt. Atugo as viewed from central Mompolia. A rock known as Ulon Bugan (The Head of Bugan) is at its crest. Bugan is the legendary Eve of Ifugao. |
Mt. Atugo is being promoted by the municipality of Hingyon as an eco-tourism site. It provides a view of parts of the towns of Hingyon, Lagawe and Kiangan, and up to as far as the province of Nueva Vizcaya. It was once known too as a hunting ground. Though there is not much of residences there, a road has been paved to its summit purposely for the transport of products from swidden farms and tourism.
Huminal, Atugo, and Palo though are not the only mountains seen in and from Mompolia. There is also Mt. Al-aliganga. The mountain sits in between Huminal and Palo. The road connecting Mompolia and Ubuag passes through the mountain. It is a known burial ground and punhabalan (place for sidden farming) of ancestries from Ubuag and Mompolia.
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| Mt. Aliganga as viewed from Mompolia. It's crown, because of its shape is said to be Huhun Bugan (Breast of Bugan). |
The group hopes to ride the mountains anytime soon.
