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PART IV. PLAN IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM
The implementation mechanism shall be consistent with the development
framework of the region, with due regard to the existing indigenous knowledge
systems and practices, customs and traditions of the locality. It shall be
delineated to consist of (a) direct line and (b) indirect line or coordinative
mechanisms.
1. Direct Line
The Council of Elders which composed of the community leaders/tribal
elders shall be the initiator and prime mover of the local participation, through the
sectoral core groups, in the implementation of the programs, projects and
activities/services of the ADSPP within the ancestral domain with the tribal
communities as the primary service centers and focus of development. The
hierarchy of administrative management, control and supervision of plan
implementation shall be the existing self-governance and customary way of the
tribes.
2. Indirect Line or Coordinative Mechanism
The inter-governmental or inter-sectoral linkage of promoting people-
government partnership to mobilize meaningful and popular support and
participation between and among National Government Agencies (NGAs), Non-
Government Organizations (NGOs), Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs)
and other private organizations (POs) performing service delivery functions shall
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likewise be adopted, installed and institutionalized. In this case, the organized
tribal councils, barangay councils which constitute the council of elders hand in
hand with the sectoral core groups shall be mobilized to implement the plan.
3. Formal Structure of the Plan
3.1 Barangay Level
All programs, projects and activities seeking funding or technical
assistance from the LGU and national government agencies and other external
sources, shall be indorsed jointly by the Barangay Tribal Council (BTC) and the
Barangay Council (BC) through the Barangay Development Council (BDC) to
the Municipal Development Council (MDC) and Municipal Federation of Tribal
Council (MFTC) which in turn indorses to the Provincial Development Council
(PDC).
Endorsement of the BTC/BDC shall also include those programs, projects
and activities emanating from the NGOs and other private entities in the locality
seeking financial and technical assistance from various funding agencies and
institutions.
3.2 Municipal Level
The MDC shall ensure the consistency of programs and projects
contained in the ADSDPP with the development plan of locality prior to their
endorsement to the PDC.
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3.3 Provincial Level
The provincial government through its PDC shall review all programs,
projects and activities emanating from the municipality prior submission to the
RDC.
3.4 Regional Development Council
The programs, projects and activities of the ADSDPP shall be consistent
with the national policies, directions and program thrusts of the national
government with due regard to the customs, traditions and indigenous knowledge
systems and practices (IKSP) of the ICCs/IPS of the Kankanaey/Bago tribes of
the ancestral domain. It shall be implemented consistent with the MPTPDP-IP,
MDG and the ten-point agenda of the President of the Republic of the Philippines
to effectively carry out the operationalization of the ADSPP.
Programs, projects and activities contained in this plan which require
funding or technical assistance form the national government or from any
external sources (foreign aids) shall be submitted by the council of elders within
the ancestral domain through the local government (LGU). The LGU have the
option to submit the programs, projects and activities to PDC for endorsement.
3.5 Provincial Office and Community Service Center of the National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).
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The NCIP provincial offices and community service centers shall provide
technical assistance to the council of elders and sectoral core groups in
spearheading fund sourcing and coordinating and monitoring the implementation
of all the programs, projects and activities contained in the ADSPP.
3.6 Barangay Council of Elders
The Barangay Council of Elders in collaboration with the sectoral core
groups shall implement all the programs, projects and activities, whose funding
support are released thru the NCIP.
The NCIP will provide technical assistance in collaboration with the LGU
and other NGAs and NGOs serving then general welfare of the IPs within the
ancestral domains.
The principle of “bayanihan” or self-help, roll-back and food for work
schemes of implementing all development programs, projects and activities
within the ancestral domain shall be adhered to and strengthened among the
project beneficiaries in accordance with the ICCs/IPs customary way.
Livelihood programs extended to either individually or in group shall adopt
the roll-back scheme which must be covered by a Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA).
The underlying motivating factor of the plan therefore is to develop the
tribal groups into self-reliant communities with emphasis on positive values on
empowerment. However, free labor shall only be encouraged on selective basis.
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In this particular case, the NCIP, through its provincial office and service
center, shall maintain close coordination with the council of elders and the
ADSDPP Community Working Group (CWG) and the LGU in all aspects of
project planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the plan.
3.7 Cooperative
The existing Alilem Multi-Purpose Cooperative in the ancestral domain
shall serve as a conduit to credit financing institutions for livelihood programs and
other economic activities which generate income and employment opportunities
for the tribal people.
3.8 Roles of the National and Local Government Agencies and Non-
Government Organizations (NGOs)
The resources and expertise of the national and local government
agencies and non-government organizations serving the general welfare of the
indigenous peoples within the ancestral domain particularly in the provision of
technical and financial assistance for the implementation and monitoring of the
plan shall be mobilized.
They shall also be encouraged to actively participate and involved
themselves in empowering the beneficiaries of the programs and projects. This is
to achieve a triumvirate partnership by the tribal communities, the private
organizations and the government working hand in hand in ensuring an effective
and efficient implementation of the plan using their respective resources.
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THE COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES (PAPs) OF
THE ADSDPP RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND
UTILIZATION OF THE NATURAL/MINERAL RESOURCES OF OUR ANCESTRAL
DOMAIN
A. Collective Local Participation and Involvement of the ICCs/IPs in Project
Management Activities in the Implementation of the Plans, Programs, Projects and
Activities of the ADSDPP
Being the direct beneficiaries of the socio-economic and cultural
development of the ancestral domain, we shall be the main actors and
implementers of the project management activities of our ADSDPP. Such being
the case, it is our mandate to directly and actively participate in all community
development undertakings making use of our existing best practices, customs
and traditions, indigenous, knowledge systems and practices (IKSP). In the
exercise of our self-governance, being one of our ancient customary way of
managing our community affairs, we need to be empowered more actively to
assume full responsibility and accountability of our leadership roles in managing
and administering the proper implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all the
programs, activities and projects (PAPs) of our ADSDPP in collaboration with the
concerned agencies of government, NGOs, IPOs and other sectors of civil
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society working for the general welfare of the ICCs/IPs to ensure the proper
protection and preservation of our ancestral domain.
1. Organization of the Project Management Team and its Sectoral Core Groups
In order to facilitate and achieve a more effective and efficient scheme of
implementing the PAPs component of the ADSDPP, a project management team
shall be organized in each of the (9) barangays of the domain. Each
management team shall be composed of not less than five (5) members of the
Council of Elders or recognized community leaders belonging to our tribe. The
management team shall be assisted by the sectoral groups which shall be
constituted within the barangay representing the different development sectors.
a) Agriculture & Industry Sectoral Core Group
b) Infrastructure & Utilities Sectoral Core Group
c) Education Sectoral Core Group
d) Health and Nutrition Sectoral Core Group
e) Waterworks System Sectoral Core Group
f) Environment and Forestry Sectoral Core Group
g) Tourism and Industry Sectoral Core Group
h) Culture and Arts Sectoral Core Group
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The sectoral groups shall be the community core groups who will assist
the project management teams in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of the PAPs of the ADSDPP.
2. The ”Bayanihan” or “Gamal” or Self-help, Food for Work and Roll-back
scheme of Implementing PAPs of the ADSDPP.
a) The Bayanihan or Gamal or Self-Help Scheme
Following this scheme, we shall implement our community
development programs and projects/activities without any compensation.
This scheme needs no payment of labor compensation. This self-help
scheme will sustain our ethnic and customary way of implementing
community projects within our ancestral domain. By this scheme, our
spirit of cooperation, collaboration, teamwork and unity are further
strengthened through the leadership of our council of elders and IP
community leaders who constitute the project management teams and
sectoral groups of the domain. Being the beneficiaries of this form of
project implementation scheme of community development programs,
projects and activities of our domain, it is our mandate to provide the labor
and manpower components of the project as our counterpart.
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b) The Roll-Back Scheme
Under this scheme of project implementation, projects funded by
the LGU of Alilem, Ilocos Sur, non-government or international foreign
funding agencies, either in the form of a seed capital or credit loan
assistance, shall be released to the existing tribal council organization of
the domain. The organization, in turn, shall distribute the same to
qualified individuals or to a group of project beneficiaries. The project
beneficiaries are made to repay the principal amount of assistance to the
organization with a minimal interest rate based on a consensus
agreement. The same scheme of project implementation shall be adopted
or replicated in the other ancestral domain areas to allow fair access of
equal opportunities of the same or other type of benefits to the next set of
beneficiaries.
a. The Food for Work Scheme
This scheme is similar to that of the “bayanaihan” or self-help
scheme implementing community development projects. The only
difference is that in the “bayanihan” or self-help scheme, the laborers are
paid in kind such as canned goods, rice, milk, coffee, sugar, dried fish,
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beans, and other assorted food items based on the prevailing daily wage
in the community.
This shall be done in the construction, rehabilitation and repair of
small infrastructure projects such as public school building, tribal halls,
farm to market roads, suspension or hanging foot bridges, irrigation
systems, spring development projects, mini-irrigation dams and
reforestation projects.
The project management teams and the sectoral groups shall see
to it that the role of women in terms of work and leadership opportunities
be treated with utmost respect and they shall be treated just and fairly
along with the men.
3. Preparation of Project Proposals, Programs of Work, Plans and Designs for
each Development Project.
The technical staff of the NCIP Community Service Center of
Tagudin, Ilocos Sur and the local government unit of Alilem, Ilocos Sur
shall assist the sectoral groups in preparing project proposals, programs
of work, plans and designs of those identified priority projects included in
the ADSDPP for funding either by the national and local GOs, NGOs,
IPOs and international/foreign funding agencies.
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The project implementation mechanism shall be designed with due
regard to our existing customs, traditions and indigenous practices.
Allocation of funding resources shall also be made equitably in
accordance with the priority of the concerned barangay.
4. Availment of the Technical Skills of Local Residents and Utilization of the
available Indigenous Local Materials for Socio-Economic and Cultural
Development Projects.
The available technical skills of the local residents shall be availed
of specially those that are industry and infrastructure related projects with
bigger allocations of project funds. This is a strategy to generate off-
farming employment among our skilled laborers of the community.
We shall also make use of the available indigenous local material of
the domain for the implementation of all community development projects
more specifically those needing lumber or wood products, bamboos,
“talahib,” vines, rattan and other forest products including boulders/
stones, and aggregates for infrastructure projects. This is to reduce the
expenses of purchasing and hauling commercial products from the
lowland commercial centers to the remotest project sites.
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5. Fund Sourcing and Allocation of Resources
The project management teams and the sectoral groups, in
collaboration with the tribal councils and the LGU of Alilem, Ilocos Sur,
shall formulate fund sourcing strategies to generate project funds for the
implementation of the various priority PAPs of the ADSDPP. Allocation of
funding resources shall be equitably distributed based on the community’s
priority needs.
6. Monitoring and Evaluation
We shall conduct a periodic project supervision, monitoring and
evaluation of the implementation of the PAPs of our ADSDPP to assess
and evaluate the success and failures and identified problems and issues
that were encountered in the process of planning and implementation. To
identify lessons learned and best practices that were encountered and
adopted that may have enhanced, facilitated or hindered in the process of
project planning and implementation schemes. And to evaluate/assess
whether or not the goals and objectives sought to be attained been
achieved during the plan period.
A report based on the results of the evaluation using a simplified
form or mode of assessing the status or outcomes, both physical and
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financial aspects of the PAPs, shall be made as bases for the project
management, the CWG and sectoral groups as well as the community, in
the re-planning and identification and prioritization of the development
needs of the community.
B. The Protection, Preservation and Utilization Activities of our Ancestral Domain’s
Natural Resources.
1. Prevention of Forest Fires
We shall endeavor to collaborate with the LGU, DENR/NCIP, other
concerned agencies, entities, NGOs, IPOs to ensure at all times the strict
adherence to our ancient customary ways of preventing the occurrence of
indiscriminate forest fires specially during summer seasons when the
vegetative areas of the domain are vulnerable to fire incidents due to
“kaingin” or slash and burn practices.
This can be done through the conduct of periodic information
education and consultations, symposia, focused group discussions,
meetings, dialogues and community assembly by the project management
teams and members of the sectoral groups of the ADSDPP with the
technical assistance of the NCIP/DENR and LGU of Alilem, Ilocos Sur.
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2. Regulating the Utilization of the AD and Forest Resources
We shall also regulate the utilization of our AD’s forest resources by
prohibiting our farming practice of “kaingin”, cutting of trees, bamboos,
gathering of vines, light bamboos or “bohos” for commercial purposes.
We shall strengthen our strict adherence to our customs and traditions of
prohibiting the gathering of all kinds of forest products without the consent
of the community elders and institute stiffer penalties according to our
customary way of imposing punishments to those found guilty by the
council of elders.
3. Reforestation through Sustainable Watershed Development Program
We shall endeavor to conduct massive and community-wide
reforestation trough sustainable development program within the
mountains, rolling hills and slopes along the river basin of the Amburayan
River specially those portions of the domain that are barren due to
indiscriminate deforestation activities of our people.
This can be done by institutionalizing tree planting as our way of life
which shall start from our families, in the schools and communities where
the grade school pupils, the youth, farmers and women sectors are
motivated to get involved and actively participate. The significance of
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these activities shall be highlighted during the month of June every year
which is the onset of rainy season. Each barangay shall establish its own
forest nursery and adopt an area within the barangay as its communal
forest and protected area or parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
The trees which are of native species that have since time
immemorial been thriving in our ancestral domain must be massively
propagated and planted along the river basin.
Participation in this type of community project shall be on voluntary
basis.
4. Preservation of Sanctuary and Burial Sites
We shall endeavor to adhere strictly to our customs, practices and
traditions of protecting and preserving the sanctity of our designated burial
grounds which serves as our ancient sanctuaries within our ancestral
domain by prohibiting the cutting of trees, diggings, treasure hunting, bio-
prospecting, mining and other forms of development aggression and
extraction, utilization of mineral resources that are found therein. We shall
also endeavor to preserve, protect and prohibit the conversion of these
areas into residential, commercial, institutional and agricultural areas.
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5. Regulating the Entry of Migrants and Prohibiting the Conveyance by of
whatever form of our AD to Non-IP.
We shall strictly adhere to our customary practice of regulating the
entry of migrants or non-IP to occupy or possess any portion of our
ancestral domain without our consent. We prohibit the conveyance of any
portion of our AD through sale or transfer to any migrant especially to non-
IPs.
C. Strict Observance and Adherence to the following Operating Principles of the
Process of Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) in the Exploitation, Extraction,
Utilization and Development of the Natural Resources of our Ancestral Domain.
The free and prior informed consent is our collective and popular
consensus which is determined based on our own customary laws and practices
within the community that is free from any external manipulation, interference and
coercion and obtained after the intent and scope of the plan, program, project and
activity have been fully disclosed by the proponent in a language and process which
is understood by us. Our written consent is given only by us upon the signing of the
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) which contains the terms and conditions,
requirements, benefits as well as penalties with the contracting party.
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1. The Primacy of our Cultural Integrity
The holistic and integrated adherence to our respective customs, beliefs,
traditions, indigenous knowledge systems and practices (IKSP) and the assertion
of our character and identity as peoples shall assume an important consideration
in the decision-making processes required for the issuance of the Certification
Precondition (CP) by the government through the National Commission on
Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) as pre-requisite to the introduction, implementation
or operation of plans, programs, projects or activities in the ancestral domain.
This is to ensure that our culture and traditions are recognized and respected in
the process and the promotion of our general well-being.
We shall strictly adhere to the exercise of the primacy of our customary
practice through the process of consultation and consensus building before any
decision or non-consent is given to individuals, groups or mining companies who
will secure new or renewal of permits, licenses and concessions from the
government or to enter into contract or agreement to any agencies or entities for
the purpose of exploiting, extracting, utilizing or developing in whole or in part of
our AD. In this regard, we shall strictly observe and exercise our rights to self-
governance and empowerment as well as our prior rights to exploit, utilize,
extract and introduce development over our ancestral domain. However, the
exploitation, extraction, utilization and development of our mineral resources can
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only be made possible after our written consent shall have been properly
obtained by the concerned parties through the process of a free and prior
informed consent as enshrined in Section 56 of RA 8371.
2. The Right to Manage our Own Land and other Resources of our Ancestral
Domain
The right to manage and develop our own land and other resources within
our ancestral domain shall be respected. This is to guarantee the compliance of
the state policy through the NCIP to ensure our priority right as ICCs/IPs to
manage and pursue development plans, programs, projects or activities (PAPs)
within our ancestral domain. Accordingly, in the utilization, harvesting,
development, extraction and/or exploitation of natural resources and any
alienation or transfer of these rights from us to entities, being the right holders of
our ancestral domain, the mandatory requirements of obtaining our written
consent through the process of a free and prior informed consent or FPIC, shall
be conducted through consensus building and decision-making mechanisms with
strict adherence to the primacy of our customary laws.
The conduct of FPIC process shall be transparent among stakeholders.
The applicant for the issuance of a certification precondition (CP) by the NCIP
shall make full and accurate disclosure of information concerning the proposed
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program, project activity in a manner that is both accessible and understandable
to us ICCs/IPs as AD right holders in the community.
3. Sustainable and Responsible Development and Protection of the Ancestral
Domain
Whenever consent is given after the conduct of FPIC, the requisites of
sustainable and responsible development and protection of our ancestral domain
shall be ensured so as to benefit the present and future generations.
4. The Exercise of Ownership Over Titled Properties within Ancestral Domain
The exercise of rights of titled property holders within our ancestral
domain shall carry with it their responsibility of respecting our rights as AD right
holders and/or owners. In the event the exercise of the rights of owners of such
titled properties accorded to them by law is such that it affects adversely our
rights, consultations among us shall be undertaken through our community
elders/leaders. But the subject of the consultation shall be limited only to the
determination and proper compensation with corresponding agreement with
respect to loss, damage or injury that may be suffered, and to our satisfaction
that measures shall be undertaken to mitigate if not to totally avoid loss, damage
or injury on our part.
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5. The Exercise of our Traditional Resource-Use Rights.
Gathering, hunting and such other traditional use by us who are AD right
holders of natural resources found within our AD including gathering of rattan and
other forest products for family/personal consumption and subsistence livelihood,
do not require our free and prior informed consent. However, it only requires
validation by the NCIP of such utilization only upon complaint of any member of
the council of elders/leaders.
D. Plans, Programs, Projects or Activities which Require Our Free and Prior
Informed Consent.
The following plans, projects or activities which require our free and prior
informed consent (FPIC) are as follows:
1. Large and small scale development, exploitation and utilization of land,
water, air, and other natural resources within our ancestral domain.
2. Exploration of mineral and energy resources within our ancestral
domain;
3. Programs, projects and activities that may lead to our displacement
and/or relocation;
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4. Resettlement programs or projects by the government or any of its
instrumentalities that may introduce migrants into our ancestral domain
whether temporary or permanent;
5. Management of protected and environmentally critical areas and other
related undertakings within our ancestral domain;
6. Bio-prospecting activities;
7. Large-scale tourism projects;
8. Industrial land use including the establishment of economic zones;
9. Large-scale agricultural and forestry management projects;
10. And other activities similar or analogous to the foregoing.
11. Commercial research undertaken by government, private persons or
corporations of foreign entities for the purpose intended directly or
indirectly for commercial use, such as publication, documentation, paid
lectures, among other;
12. Unsolicited government projects for the delivery of socio-economic
services and development including projects of charitable institutions,
and civic or NGOs, the direct and primary beneficiary of which are
ICCs/IPs like us who own the AD except when the same are formally
coordinated with the NCIP or as implementer in connection with the
latter’s programs, projects or activities, in which case our consent is
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not necessary. Provided that the said programs or projects are
validated by the NCIP to be acceptable to us either because the same
conform to our ADSDPP or shall become part thereof in the future.
13. Activities that would affect our spiritual and religious traditions,
customs and ceremonies, including ceremonial objects or access to
religious and cultural sites, archeological explorations, diggings, and
excavation unless our council of elders/leaders require the issuance of
our consent.
14. Programs, projects and activities not requiring permits from
government agencies;
15. Occupation of military or organizing para-military forces, establishment
of temporary or permanent military facilities, or military exercises
within the domain except when requested by concerned elders/leaders
of the domain.
D. Promotion, Protection and Preservation of our Indigenous Knowledge Systems and
Practices (IKSP), Customary Laws, Peace Building and Consensus-Decision-
Making Processes, Ethnic Costumes, Artifacts, Songs, Dances, Rituals, Chants,
Farming Technologies, Traditional Medicines and Healing Practices
Our ethnic cultures, customs and traditions, IKSPs, customary laws, peace-
building, consensus and decision-making processes, ethnic costumes, artifacts,
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songs, dances, chants, traditional medicines and healings practices, farming
technologies, rituals and many other ancient ways of life of our Bago and Kankanaey
tribes within our ancestral domain shall be promoted, protected and preserved by us
in so many ways in order to perpetuate and sustain their ethnicity, genuineness,
authenticity, and their originality since time immemorial historical significance. This
can be done through active participation and involvement of all members of our
tribes in various cultural presentations in community gatherings, special occasions
and celebrations both public and private gatherings. Our promotion and
preservation activities shall not be limited only to the involvement and participation of
our tribal leaders and community elders but it shall be the responsibility and
commitment of all of us more specifically to the practitioners of our ethnic cultures
and traditions. Our responsibility shall be to motivate and encourage the active
participation and involvement of our younger generation such as our school children,
college students, out of school youth, our young adults and the elderly in cultural
presentations. The household and farming sectors shall be encouraged to adhere to
their roles in the practice of their farming and off-farming industries which are
culture sensitive activities like loom weaving, basket weaving. Our tribal farmers
shall be encouraged to continue propagating and planting our traditional and native
farm crops, plants and animals such as the glutinous rice, native root crops,
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vegetables, beans that are high yielding varieties including the native pigs, goats
chickens and native cows and carabaos.
Our ethnic rituals with respect to birth, wedding, death, burial, and healing
practices shall always form part of the cultural presentations during special
occasions and gatherings which shall be performed especially by our school children
and youth.
The practice of “canao”, “bagat”, or “begnas” celebrations as manifestation of
thanksgivings for gaining good luck, bountiful harvest and celebration of victory and
success from all kinds of endeavors.