‘Bahag-ketball’: NBA releases short film about Indigenous Filipino group’s love for basketball

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has released a short film about the prominence of basketball in the Philippines, from the vibrant city of Manila to the mountainous region of northern Luzon. The Igorots: The seven-minute film, “The Mountain Ballers of the Philippines,” highlights the Igorots of the Cordillera Mountain Range, an indigenous group residing in Tadian. According to the film, Tadian is home to some of the oldest rice terraces in the nation, dating back to well before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines in the 1500s.