An old Ivatan woman wearing a Vakul

Ivatan woman wearing a "vakul", an ivatan headdress used to protect them from rain and sunlight when going to their farm. 

I can say that Ivatan women are very industrious, sometimes i can see them going to their farm walking, sometimes riding on a side car while carrying a basket in their head which is called "Alat nu Baka" where they put all their farm tools and sometimes their harvest.

Old Ivatan women are very different to others, different in the sense that even they are very old, still they can manage to visit their farm from early in the morning until dusk, sometimes they bring their food with them and ate it in lunch time.

Dito ko lang sa Batanes nakita na kahit matanda na ang isang tao, naipapakita padin nila na kaya nilang mag trabaho, at mabuhay sa sariling sikap at tyaga.

Kaya sa'ting mga kabataan, kung kaya nilang magtrabahao sa edad nila, sana kayanin din nating mag magsikap upang mag karoon tayo ng pakinabang sa sarili nating bayan.!