The Banaue Rice Terraces are carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by the ancestors of the indigenous people.

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Terraces were built with minimal equipment. It is said that if the steps were put end to end, it would encircle half of the globe.

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Location: Banaue, Philippines
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