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Paracelis, Mountain Province, Philippines—Following a series of research and documentation conducted last year on Licoy historical accounts, indigenous knowledge systems and practices and demographic trends, the Ganak da i-Licoy is pushing forward plans for formal ethnic recognition and ancestral land delineation this 2023, possibly through the guidance of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and in collaboration with the local government unit (LGU) of Paracelis and other concern government agencies. This is to fulfill their long-before aspiration of getting recognized as a distinct ethnic community with its own ancestral territory.