page_title: Bangka (boat)
section_title: Types
hierarchical_section_title: Bangka (boat) / Types
caption_attribution_description: Español: De Forma de lancha con la popa plana; espaciosa cámara hacia popa y ésta como la proa está rodeada de un pasadizo de cañas exterior al casco apoyado sobre las grandes perchas que sostiene las dos batangas que usa. Lleva dos palos con velas quechemarinas o latina y cuadra de tela burda y un botalón en su foque.Embarcación usada en Filipinas, especialmente en la bahía de Manila, para conducir el pasaje entre la capital y Cavite. Trabajo indígena. Como es muy fina, escora mucho, a pesar de las batangas, cuando el viento arrecia. Exposición General Islas Filipinas: Madrid 30 junio 1887 Monleón, Rafael: Construcciones navales bajo su aspecto astístico. Catálogo descriptivo, Madrid 1891.Catálogo de la Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas, celebrada en Madrid, inaugurada por S. M. La Reina Regente, el 30 de junio de 1887. Madrid: Est. Tipográfico de Ricardo Fe, 1887.Catalogos Museo Naval: Año 1894 (sala IV colonis nº 62)
context_page_description: Bangka are various native watercraft of the Philippines. It originally referred to small double-outrigger dugout canoes used in rivers and shallow coastal waters, but since the 18th century, it has expanded to include larger lashed-lug ships, with or without outriggers. Though the term used is the same throughout the Philippines, "bangka" can refer to a very diverse range of boats specific to different regions. Bangka were also spelled as banca, panca, or panga in Spanish.
  In the various animist anitism beliefs of precolonial Philippines, the building of bangka often involved religious rituals, from the choosing of the trees for timber to rituals before voyages. Newly built bangka were imbued with a guardian spirit through various rituals, usually involving blood sacrifices. Ancient and early colonial-era bangka were also usually decorated with a carved or painted face. Bangka had a central role in pre-Hispanic Filipino culture, functioning as personal transports, fishing ships, trading ships, and raiding warships. Motorized or paddle-driven bangka still remain the main form of watercraft in the Philippines.
caption: Model of a guilalo displayed in the 1887 Exposición General de las Islas Filipinas in Madrid
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