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• Singkaban


  A type of Filipino art of shaving a bamboo for home decors and bamboo arches for weddings, mass gathering, fiesta, and as welcome signage of a town, city, or village in the country
• Puni


  A traditional art of leaf folding, an ancient art of weaving that uses elongated leaves
• Pabalat


  The intricately-designed wrapper made from papel de hapon or Japanese paper used to wrap pastillas de leche
• Taka


  Paper mache, first recorded in the 1920s when Maria Bangue made a paper toy
• Pagpapalayok or Pottery-making


  1. Pass the clay through the mill

  2. Shape it in a mold made from "Plaster of Paris"

  3. Put the clay on the potter's wheel

  4. Buff and smoothen the pot

  5. Dry the pot

  6. Bake the pot in the kiln

  7. Paint or coat the pot with glaze
• Sanikulas Cookies or Panecillos de San Nicolas

  Cookies made from arrowroot, believed to possess healing properties
• Taka products


  • Christmas characters like Santa Claus, Rudolph the red nose Reindeer, and Frosty the Snowman
  • Carabao figurine, Maria Clara dolls, and horses
  • Cherubs, toy soldiers, giraffes, rabbits, and a variety of fruits
• Pampanga is considered the culinary destination of the Philippines
• Atching Lillian Borromeo is one of the famous food historians and experts in Pampanga
• Making Panecillos de San Nicolas


  1. Plant and process arrowroot

  2. Combine ingredients like cornstarch, baking powder, salt, sugar, egg yolks, coconut milk, softened butter, lemon zest, and oil

  3. Knead the dough

  4. Freeze the dough

  5. Thaw and roll out the dough

  6. Mold the dough in San Nicolas mold

  7. Bake the cookies
• Thawing dough


  1. Take dough out of freezer

  2. Thaw on counter for 8-10 minutes

  3. Keep dough very cold
• Preparing mold


  1. Grease San Nicolas mold with baking spray or shortening

  2. Grease inner crevices and corners
• Placing dough in mold


  1. Place 4 tbsp dough over mold

  2. Flatten dough with hand to spread evenly

  3. Place parchment/wax paper over dough

  4. Roll and flatten dough with rolling pin
• Cutting dough


  1. Place cookie cutter over mold

  2. Cut dough to appropriate shape

  3. Trim edges if needed
• Baking cookies


  1. Transfer molded dough to baking sheet

  2. Bake at 325F for 10-12 minutes

  3. Cool cookies on rack
• Packaging cookies

  1. Wrap cooled cookies in cellophane

  2. Store in airtight container
• San Nicolas cookies


  • Quite bland in taste
  • Good for people with diabetes
  • Excellent when paired with hot chocolate
• Embroidery is an art of decorative stitching, especially by hand
• High quality of embroidery in the Philippines


  • Due to history
  • Due to native talent
• Women in Taal and Lumban, Laguna taught embroidery

  Arrival of Franciscan Missionaries
• During Japanese era, embroidery culture was forgotten
• Embroidery culture revived during American era
• Traditional fabrics used by bordadoras


  • Piña
  • Jusi
• Piña


  Decent, soft, refined, durable, not hot
• Jusi


  Lightweight, flimsy, ecru colored fabric
• Embroidery process


  1. Magdidibuho stamps design on cloth

  2. Burdadera embroiders cloth

  3. Magbabakbak pulls threads to form design

  4. Pagkakalado locks threads to avoid fraying