Nipa hut

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Nipa hut

***** Location: Philippines
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

The nipa hut also known as bahay kubo,
is an indigenous house used in the Philippines. The native house has traditionally been constructed with bamboo tied together and covered with a thatched roof using nipa/anahaw leaves.

Nipa huts were the native houses of the indigenous people of the Philippines before the Spaniards arrived. They are still used today, especially in rural areas. Different architectural designs are present among the different ethnolinguistic groups in the country, although all of them conform to being stilt houses, similar to those found in neighboring countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and other countries of Southeast Asia.



A nipa hut is an icon of Philippine culture as it represents the Filipino value of bayanihan, which refers to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective.
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summer heat
the running water
of a fishpond

from a nipa hut
peeking through the pond
for some fish

- Shared by Bos Tsip -
Joys of Japan, 2012



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