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  2. Rattan - Wikipedia

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    Rattan harvesting from the wild in most rattan-producing countries requires permits. These include the Philippines , Sri Lanka , India , Malaysia , Laos , Ghana , and Cameroon . In addition, the Philippines also imposes an annual allowable cut in an effort to conserve rattan resources.

  3. Indigenous materials in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous materials are materials that are naturally and locally found in a specific place such as timbers, canes, grass , palms, and rattan. [1] [2] Other indigenous raw materials in the country that are commonly known and used creatively in crafts and decoration are capiz, pearls, corals, and seashells, being an archipelago naturally abundant in beaches and marine resources.

  4. National Museum of the Philippines - Davao - Wikipedia

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    The agung-shaped pieces are made by over 50 Manobo weavers from Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental and are made of endemic materials such as rattan, nito, and abaca. The second floor exhibits the region's biodiversity and geographic landscape such as rock specimens, insects and marine fossils.

  5. Bahay na bato - Wikipedia

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    The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is an example of bahay na bato.. Báhay na bató (Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan languages as baláy na bató or balay nga bato, and in Spanish language as Casa de Filipina is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.

  6. Kalasag - Wikipedia

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    The shield usually measured about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length and 0.5 m (1.6 ft) in width. Its base is composed of rattan wood which is strengthened by the application of resin coating that turned rock-hard upon drying. [3] It was widely used throughout the Philippines for warfare.

  7. Sepak takraw - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, the sport is related to a native game called "sipà" (or "sipà salama" among Muslim Filipinos), and along with traditional martial arts, survived Spanish colonization. [23] It is a popular sport played by children in Philippines, and was the Philippine national sport until it was replaced by Arnis in 2009. Sepak Takraw is ...

  8. Tabaco - Wikipedia

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    Poverty incidence of Tabaco 10 20 30 40 2006 33.30 2009 35.13 2012 23.78 2015 22.38 2018 19.83 2021 20.21 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Agriculture Its economy is still heavily dependent on agriculture. Major crops include rice, corn, cacao, pili, root crops, vegetables, coconuts and abacá. Poultry and livestock raising as well as aquaculture and fishing are very much alive ...

  9. Baston (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    A pair of rattan bastons. In Arnis and Filipino martial arts, aside from being a primary weapon, bastons are also used as implements to train in bladed weapons such as bolos, machetes and other Philippine knives and swords as many motions using the canes are applicable when translated to blades and vice versa. Using wooden training weapons like ...