MINDANAO Flashcards
The only entrance is at the kitchen area. The ladder is made of the trunk of the tree with motches that serves as the stairs.
Manobo
An ancestral house for the datu and his family
Maranao Torogan
Found at the kitchen, made out of bamboo used for smoking fish and meat.
Tapaan
Found underneath the kitchen
Kodal or Carabao corral
Rooms not exposed to visitors
Gibon or Paga
A tower atop a brogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occassions.
Lamin
Datu’s ceremonial bed
Panggao
End beams that are ornately carved with piako(fern-like) or naga (dragon-like) motifs
Panolong
Consisting of one or more small rooms and the kitchen is partially built above the ground and water on wooden posts
Samal
Coastal water of Tapul
Tausug
The native name of traditional Tausug House
Bay-sinug
An open extended platform used as family area
Panran
Sleeping area
Bilik
Found at the rooftop of a Tausug House. It is a wood carving in the form of manuk manuk bird showing a stylized head and neck of a rooster or a dragon
Tajuk Pusung
House is built 6”-0 high stilts, built with various levels.
T’boli