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The Kalinga Pechen, also known as budong, is a traditional peace-pact system used to maintain peaceful relations between communities or formerly opposing groups.
The agreement establishes obligations between the parties and can regulate how disputes are handled.
Unlike a temporary handshake agreement, the pact creates a continuing social relationship between the groups involved.
The NCCA inventory notes that the Kalinga peace pact remained viable into modern times and became a model for maintaining peace between formerly warring factions.
It shows how diplomacy and conflict resolution existed as deeply rooted community institutions. In this tradition, maintaining peace is itself a cultural responsibility.
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