This tribal group is a product of intermarriage between the
Ilocanos of the lowlands and a different indigenous cultural
community of the Cordillera. They are settled between the
mountain ranges of Ilocos and the borders of the Ilocos
Provinces. La Union and Pangasinan. They are the medium build
physically, although some resembles the kankana-eys having fair
complexion and sturdy built. Being of Iloco-Cordillera descent,
they practice simple, ordinary methods of agriculture. Immersion
within Ilocos crash cropping is very households, tobacco-drying
barns are readily found together with harvests of garlic and
onion. Their farming methods and practices include a system to
initiate farm workers at harvest time through a working
relationship known as gamal, ammuy and bunggoy. Prominent
members of Bago indigenous group are former Governor Lupo Biteng
of Ilocos Sur and his son Jonathan Biteng who also rose to
become the Municipal Mayor of the same town. Today Bago Mayors
have founded a league of their own known as I