The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Bilingan (Gold Panning Vessel) Gold mining and gold panning (“mamiling” in local language) played an important role in the lives of the early and present Butuanons and Manobos. This is an example of a gold panning vessel made of hardwood commonly known as “bilingan” by Butuanons. “Bilingan” is used for gold panning or extracting gold … Read more
Tangal Tree Tangal (Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Rob.) is a native plant found in Bohol. Tangal comes from the Rhizophoraceae family called the Yellow Mangrove and this mangrove species is found in Malaysia, Micronesia, and the Philippines. Its local names are Tungog, Tangal-lalaki, Pakat, and Tagasa. The tangal is a small tree growing up to … Read more
Talisay Tree (Tropical Almond Tree) or (Umbrella Tree) Known in the Philippines as “talisay”, the Tropical Almond Tree (Terminalia catappa) is a large, deciduous, and spreading tree, reaching around 20 to 25 meters height. Belonging to Combretaceae (leadwood tree) family, it grows mainly in the tropics, especially along sandy seashores for shade, ornamental purposes, and … Read more
Who is Tomas Pinpin? Tomas Pinpin was a foremost Filipino printer. He was trained by the Chinese through the Chinese art of woodblock printing. Pinpin, assisted by Domingo Loag, printed the “Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala,” the first Tagalog dictionary written by father Pedro de San Buenaventura, a Franciscan friar, in the town of Pila, … Read more
Nito (Lygodium circinnatum (Burm.) Swartz.) Nito is an endemic plant of Bohol that grows in the tropical forests. Nito belongs to the fern family which is also called Red Finger Fern in English and Agsam, Nitong Puti, and Nitoan in the Philippines. This plant is abundant among tropical forests in Sri Lanka and India, … Read more