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The native Filipino products, like in wooden or rattan furniture and handicrafts, woven abaca or pinacloth, and other handmade or carved toy or trinket one usually finds in rural areas was made from indigenous raw materials. [4] Natural fibers from rattan, bamboo, nipa leaves, abaca and pina are commonly used for weaving. [5]
Piña (Tagalog pronunciation: pi-NYAH) is a traditional Philippine fiber made from the leaves of the pineapple plant. Pineapples are indigenous to South America but have been widely cultivated in the Philippines since the 17th century, and used for weaving lustrous lace-like luxury textiles known as nipis fabric.
Amakan, also known as sawali in the northern Philippines, is a type of traditional woven split- bamboo mats used as walls, paneling, or wall cladding in the Philippines. [ 1] They are woven into various intricate traditional patterns, often resulting in repeating diagonal, zigzag, or diamond-like shapes. The term "sawali" is more properly ...
Pasiking. Pasikings are made in various sizes and finished with either a natural or dark color. The pasiking (English term: knapbasket[ 1]) is the indigenous basket-backpack found among the various ethno-linguistic groups of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. Pasiking designs have sacred allusions, although most are purely aesthetic.
The barong tagalog, more commonly known simply as barong (and occasionally baro ), is an embroidered long-sleeved formal shirt for men and a national dress of the Philippines. Barong tagalog combines elements from both the precolonial native Filipino and colonial Spanish clothing styles.
Overview. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the cultural agency of the Philippine government, has categorized Filipino arts as traditional and non-traditional. Each category has sub-categories. Traditional arts: [ 1] Ethnomedicine – including the arts of hilot and the arts of the albularyo and babaylans [ 3] Folk architecture ...
Bayong. A bayong is a kind of bag originating in the Philippines and made by weaving dried leaves. The leaves used for making the bayong vary but the traditional bayong is made from buri leaves in the Visayas and pandan leaves in Luzon. [ 1][ 2] Abaca, bacbac, karagumoy, sabutan, romblon and tikog are among other organic materials used in ...
Manunggul Jar. The Manunggul Jar is a secondary burial jar excavated from a Neolithic burial site in the Manunggul cave of the Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point in Palawan, Philippines. It dates from 890–710 B.C. [ 2] and the two prominent figures at the top handle of its cover represent the journey of the soul to the afterlife .