Around the world · Drawing 27 of 32
Rice Fields Like Steps
Philippines · Asia
In the Philippines, rice fields form steps on the mountainside. Farmers make level surfaces that hold water.
Did you know?
Ifugao communities care for these terraces and their water channels.
Look together
Why do the fields look like stairs?
An idea to try
Draw a hill, then add three terraced fields.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
The rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are living agricultural landscapes. Ifugao communities pass on the knowledge needed to maintain walls and manage water. This scene suggests the Banaue area without reproducing a specific field. The farmer is imagined.
Look together: Why do the fields look like stairs? Draw a hill, then add three terraced fields.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be composed; details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place. The map dot gives only an approximate location.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- UNESCO: Rice Terraces of the Philippine CordillerasPlace, landscape or monument and the factual explanation on this page.
Source review: 2026-10-02. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
