Benguet is a Melting Pot of Different Cultures

Benguet is now a melting pot of different cultures, both highland and lowland cultures. This is especially true for centers of trade like La Trinidad and Buguias and cultural crossroads like Tuba, Itogon, and Sablan. 

Modern Benguet culture is not exclusive to the cultures of the Ibaloys, Kankana-eys, Kalanguyas, Iwaks, and other indigenous groups in the province. It now includes the introduced cultures from its highland and lowland neighbors. 

Culture is not static. It's malleable. It's influenced and shaped by factors like migration, shifts in populations, technology, environmental changes, political movements, etc. 

But the biggest changes in a region's culture are often attributed to interactions with other cultures.

Benguet culture evolved with the arrival of the Spaniards, the arrival of the Americans, and the arrival of Japanese/Chinese workers to help build the region's roads. This cultural evolution continues to this day as i-Benguets interact everyday with other people from other cultures.

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