In Kalinga the only bridge to cross over for water rafting.
The Chico River is considered the umbilical cord or River of Life for
the Kalingas. Its headwaters emanate from Mt. Data and span the whole
of Central Kalinga.From the First Put-In In Tinglayan to the Tabuk
Take-out is approximately 72 kilometers. With its waters, run the rich
political and cultural history of the Kalingas. It is one river that
united the whole of the Cordilleras in opposition to development
aggression. It will be recalled that in the early seventies the Chico
River was supposedly the site of one of the biggest hydroelectric dams
in Southeast Asia but the Kalingas successfully opposed the project.
The opposition to the hydroelectric dam dramatized the struggle of the
indigenous peoples to be free from development aggression and for self
determination. To the Kalingas it is popularly called "KAYAKAYAM" which
means crawl but it was given the name Chico Rio by the Spaniard to
differentiate it from the "Rio Grande of the Cagayan".
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