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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. Natural fibers from rattan, bamboo, nipa leaves, abaca and pina are commonly used for weaving.
Panabas is a curved-blade weapon. The panabas is a large, forward-curved sword, used by certain ethnic groups in the southern Philippines. Its length varied from two to four feet, and was either wielded with one hand or with both. It was used as a combat weapon, as an execution tool, and as a display of power.
Terminology. Chapter II, Section 3h of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 defines "indigenous peoples" (IPs) and "indigenous cultural communities" (ICCs) as: . A group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ...
The chocolate industry in the Philippines developed after the introduction of the cocoa tree to Philippine agriculture. The growing of cacao or cocoa boasts a long history stretching from the colonial times. Originating from Mesoamerican forests, cacao was first introduced by the Spanish colonizers four centuries ago. [1]
Inabel. Inabel, [1] sometimes referred to as Abel Iloco or simply Abel, [2] is a weaving tradition native to the Ilocano people of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. [3] [4] The textile it produces is sought after in the fashion and interior design industries due to its softness, durability, suitability in tropical climates, and for its austere ...
Sugar industry of the Philippines. Sugarcane fields at the base of Mount Kanlaon in Negros Island. As of 2023, the Philippines produced 1,850,000 metric tons of sugar, ranking 17th in the world according to sugar production. [1] In 2005, the Philippines was the ninth largest sugar producer in the world and second largest sugar producer among ...
History. According to the United Nations, coconut production in the Philippines grew at the rate of 5.3 per cent per year from 1911 to 1929, and increased by 3.5 per cent from 1966 to 1970. [7] In 2012, the Philippines exported more than 1.5-million tonnes of copra, coconut oil, copra meal, desiccated coconut, coco shell charcoal, activated ...
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 making ...