POTTERY IN PHILIPPINES

Filipinos have been engaged in Pottery making during

ancient times.

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BURNAY JAR IN VIGAN CITY, ILOCOS 

There are lot of pottery making places in Philippines but

Vigan is the  most famous City for a Pottery making.

These pottery jars that are usually made in Vigan City

became known because

Vigan Jars are much sought-after by foreign and local

visitors.

This earthenware is called burnay.

The industry that has grown from the making of

burnay dates back to pre-colonial times when

immigrants from China came to

settle in Vigan.

They practiced the craft of making earthenware using

the grade A clay that

was found in plenty in the Western area of Vigan.

Burnay jars have small openings, and its earlier use

were for tea drinking, storage for water, rice grains and as container for salt, brown sugar, local wine (basi) and bagoong (fermented fish).