Filipino Indigenous Artifacts Quiz

Maranao Wood Carving and Metal Casting

• Rarub-A-Klong: a metallic armor made of brass plates, carabao horn, and interlocking ringlets.
• Kampilan: a single-edged steel sword with a handle made of hand-carved ivory.
• Batige: a large, manually carved wooden top inlaid with mother-of-pearl, used by adult males to test their skills and strength.
• An heirloom teapot or kettle used for hot water, coffee, or tea.
• Gador: a large brass jar used as ceremonial containers for rice and tobacco.

Boats

• Balangay or Butuan Boat: a large wooden boat used by pre-colonial Filipinos for trade or migration.
• Vinta: a small boat used for livelihood activities such as fishing and diving for pearls and transportation around the archipelago.

Traditional Houses

• Torogan: a vernacular house ornament of the Maranaos with carvings of serpent, floral, and star-and-bud motif.
• Panolong: a wing-like ornament of a Torogan, flaring out from the beams.
• Badjao Houses: boat houses or houses on stilts around the Sulu archipelago, used by the Bajau people.

Mosques and Forts

• Grand Mosque of Cotabato: the largest mosque in the Philippines, founded by the Philippine Government.
• Historical Fort Pilar: a fort founded in 1635, engineered by Fr. Melchor de Vera, a Jesuit priest, to protect the people from pirates of the Sulu Sea.

Churches and Monasteries

• Monastery of the Transfiguration of Bukidnon: a pyramid-like structure designed by National Artist for Architecture, Leandro Locsin.
• Santo Rosario Church of Camiguin: a church originally built in 1882 using coral stones.

Traditional Clothing

• Maranao Clothing: Malong is a traditional Filipino tube skirt made of hand-woven or machine-made multicolored cotton cloth.
• Yakan Clothing:
  • Badjulapi: a tight blouse with long sleeves ornamented with gold, silver, or bronze buttons.
  • Pinalantupan: a type of skirt layered over trousers.
  • Sawal: traditional tight-fitting trousers made of Yakan fabric, characterized by its vertical stripes.
  • Seputangan: a square cloth used by Yakan women as a head cover or as a belt.

Miscellaneous

• T'nalak: a painstaking process of weaving that requires patience, creativity, and skills learned from a young age.
• Sarimanok: a legendary bird of the Maranao, symbolizing good fortune.
• Ukit: an old Malayan word meaning "carve" or referring to traditional and unique carving.