Early Society House Flashcards
(16 cards)
The traditional type of house in Apayao with an Elevated Rectangular one-room structure and protected by a high-pitch thatch roof that resemble a pointed barrel vault.
Balai
The traditional type of house in Bontoc, Mountain Province comprised of perimeter wooden walls enclosed in an open living space, and central granaries.
Also used for married couples and children up to eight years old.
Afung
Boathouse, approximately 25 meters in length and carbon-dated to 320 AD, that was built entirely of wood and used for seafaring by the ancient Kingdom of Butuan
Balangay
The settlement area in Bontoc community
Babarey
A form of dwelling common to the Negritos, an ethnic group. The lean-to is a single-pitched structure of grass or thatch on wood branches farming with the lower end resting on the ground and the upper end supported by wood posts.
Pinanahang
A natural chamber on the side of a hill utilized as one of the earliest form of dwellings.
Lungib/kweba
The traditional ifugao house; an elevated square and windowless one-room structure dominated by a high, heavy, pyramid roof.
Bale/Fale
The settlement of Ifugao community, usually comprised of house and granary, built in an area that cannot be irrigated and not following a regular pattern.
Bable
An ivatan structure used as a working area and a place of storage for fishing implements
Rahaung
A type of house with a timber-framed structure which uses reeds and cogon grass materials for its walls and roof.
Jinjin
The traditional house of the Kalingas. It is comprised of an elevated, rectangular, one-room, house of timber materials, and thick roofing made of 8-10 layers of cut bamboo laid one above the other.
Foruy
An elevated, square structure, one room house of Kankanay and Ibaloi, with four thick posts supporting a timber upper floor and steep hip type roof of cogon and grass.
Baey/babayan
One of the earliest houses in Sagada, windowless, with a thick and steep roof intended to withstand the cold weather conditions.
Tinokbok
The traditional house of Tausug in the Southern Philippines. It is comprised of two or more houses on stilts that are connected by an elevated open spaces serving as house extensions.
Bay sinug
The traditional house of the Yakans in the mountainous interior of Basilan Island. It is an elevated, rectangular, one-room, structure with few small windows and protected by high-pitch thatch roof.
Lumah
An Ivatan type of house with its enclosing’s lower portion built of wood, while the upper portion is built of cogon grass.
Kamadid
