A wine jar, used as a vessel for rice beer, bayah.
A wine jar with rice beer is an important aid in performing traditional religious ceremonies, bā'i, when spirits are invited to drink with the ritualists. Glazed jars are status symbols, gāmong, of the rich. Two jar types, are Philippine made; one, angang, is unglazed earthenware, imported from lowland areas; the other, tibung an luta, an earthen jar, is made and glazed in Batad. Jars listed in the table below are glazed, made and traded mostly by Chinese during the Ming dynasty or earlier, through to the Ching dynasty. The parts of a wine jar are as follows: lip, tīmid; neck, la'gang; shoulder, pū'ol; bottom, tīpa.
Wine Jar Types
1. buhi2 `brown stoneware'
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aligwang, bonnāog, dinalman, lāuh |
2. patongtong `black-brown stoneware'
| Varieties: |
butinni, dumay'ah, liblīban, limlimu, malayu, tuggid
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3. galgalit `porcelain, color design on white background'
| Varieties: |
hinangngādel, olongngan, tultūlan, pu'āwan |
4. Other types:
| abūbut, bulelehheng, buttīgan, kantul kawākaw, dilah, gāyang, guleng, hangyab, hinalītan, humādag, magālaw, tumadyab.
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