Muslim Tribes Flashcards
It was brought to the Philippines by means of two cultural routes.
Islam
What are the two cultural routes?
Southeast Asia and The Iberian Peninsula.
Eventually settled and systematically introduced a new culture for our ancestors in _________________
Southern Philippines
In selecting a site for a new house in the lowlands, what do they do?
They lodge a wooden cross at the center of the site and then leaves it for several days.
If the cross remains undisturbed for a time, resident spirit approve of the construction.
Architectural Forms, Designs, Layouts are influenced by a cultural number of factors like ___________________________
religious beliefs and the supernatural world.
Foundation of the post should be bathed with the blood of a pig or pure white chicken to appease the spirit of the site
Padugo
____________ are placed between the stone footings and wood posts to bring good fortune to the owner
Coins
_________ can be used as full canes or split longitudinally into halved or quartered stips or segments.
Bamboo
Bamboo performs as a structural element in the forms of _______ or __________, and as cladding material in the form of __________ and __________
Structural Elements- Canes or Stiffening Frames
Cladding Material- Planks
or Lattice Panels
Used in making thatched roof, and is first made to dry.
Cogon
The butts are cut into squares with a thatching needle of ______ to _________ centimeters long
forty to forty-five centimeters long
Is true that the smoke coming from the firewood stove in the kitchen adds the durability of cogon thatch?
Yes, it is true
This thatching material is generally regarded as superior to coconut or cogon thatch because it performs better in repelling rainwater and offers higher resistance to rotting
Nipa
The archipelago features of the Philippines have encouraged both __________ and _________ architecture
Terrestrial and Naval
Types of houses in Mindanao & Sulu Architecture
Land-based stilted dwellings, Oceanic Dwellings, Houseboats
Traditionally uses boats as their houses, although those who have settled on land uses their boats only for fishing.
Badjaos
They are found around the islands of Tawi-Tawi
Badjaos
A common feature in Badjao Settlements
An area protected from the open sea by reefs in close proximity to the sandy beach.
Two types of House Boats
Dapang/Vinta and Palaw
Used for short fishing trips
Dapang or Vinta
Permanent dwellings or temporarily fishing trip lodging
Palaw
Swift and smooth-sailing boat with bamboo outriggers and a sail attached to a bamboo mast arranged in a tripod
VInta
This house boat have outriggers
Djenging
This house boat doesn’t have outriggers
Lepa
This house boat is lighter and speedier
Lepa
Its roof is one meter at its peak to allow Badjaos to squat inside the house.
Djenging
anatomy of a djenging
katig, paja, papan, batangan
boat’s outrigger
Katig
Lashed Bamboo Flooring
Paja
Floor Boards
Papan
Bow-like wooden Frame
Batangan
The dwellings are built over tidal mud flats or reefs
Samal House