Barangay Kinakin is one of the 18 barangays in the Municipality of Banaue, Ifugao. It has 4 puroks namely: Kinakin, Gilot, Bayninan, and Talop. According to the 2007 census[1], the barangay accounts 837 in terms of population. The people primarily depends on subsistence form of living where they cultivate rice, raise livestock and poultry, gather produce and plant vegetables for their own consumption.
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Geography
Brgy. Kinakin is located at the southeastern part of the Municipality of Banaue in Ifugao. It is bounded by the Agricultural Districts of Pula in the north, Umbulu in the northeast, Dal'ean and Bangaan on the east, Oguag in the south, and Poitan on the west.
The topography of the barangay is mountainous, and ruggedly steep. The total land area of the barangay is not yet reconciled since there are issues needed to be settled. The primary issues involved are the cultural boundaries which is not congruent with the political boundaries being set by the national agencies concerned in setting boundaries. However, the oldest account being set forth by the locals was through the work of Harold Conklin's Ethnographic Atlas of Ifugao (1980) where it states that the total land area of the barangay is 1,450 hectares.
Climate
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the municipality of Banaue belongs to the Type III climate of Modified Coronas Classification[2].
The rainy season usually commences in early part of May and ends in November, while the dry season occurs in December and gradually welcoming the rainy season in May. Unfortunately, there is no local PAGASA agrometeorological or sypnotic station present in the barangay, thus, several agencies have gathered independent data gathering methods to further complete the quantitative study in the climate of the said municipality.
People and Culture
The people in the barangay are still devoted with their cultural heritage, myth, and other cultural indoctrinations. There are two dominant tribes and several other tribes known in the barangay. Ayangan and Tuwali being the two dominant tribes. Myth has it that the Ayangans have settled in the area thousands of years ago thereby producing the numerous rice terraces in the region. They are fond of festivities and rituals signifying their willful submission to their supreme deity, Mahnongan. The mumbaki is the priest tasked to deliver, bless, and mediate spirits on different occasions.