Buntal Hat Weaving (1929)
Buntal may refer to: *Buntal, the Tagalog name for buri palm (''Corypha'' spp.) fibers *Buntal hat, a traditional straw hat made from buntal fibers in the Philippines *Buntal Hat Festival, a festival in Baliuag, Bulacan Baliwag, officially the City of Baliwag (; , Kapampangan: ''Lakanbalen ning Baliwag/Siudad ning Baliwag,'' also spelled as ''Baliuag''), is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popul ...

Corypha
''Corypha'' or the gebang palm, buri palm or talipot palm is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea and northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, Queensland). They are fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae), and the leaves have a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. All are large palms with leaves ranging from 2–5 metres in length. They reach heights of 20–40 m and with a trunk diameter of up to 1-2.5 m. All the species are monocarpic and die after flowering. The genus is relatively slow growing and can take many years to form a trunk. Species include: Gallery File:Buntaljfa.JPG, A traditional Filipino buntal hat made from buri palm Corypha (gebang palm, buri palm or talipot palm, genus of palms (fanily Arecaceae) Fruiting_buri_plant.jpg, Buri palm with fruits Uses In the Philippines, buri trees, like the sago palm, are used as sources of starch made into starch balls called ...
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Buntal Hat
The buntal hat is a traditional lightweight straw hat from the Philippines made from very finely-woven fibers extracted from the Petiole (botany), petioles of Corypha, buri palm leaves. It is traditionally worn by farmers working in the fields and was a major export of the Philippines in the first half of the 20th century. It can also be paired with semi-formal attire, semi-formal barong tagalog as well as informal attire. Its main centers of production are Baliwag, Bulacan, and (historically) Sariaya and Tayabas in Quezon Province. Buntal hats produced in Baliwag are also sometimes known as balibuntal hats (a portmanteau of "Baliwag" and "buntal"), and are regarded as superior in quality to other types of buntal hats. Buntal hats were traditionally woven into wide-brimmed farmer's hats for the domestic market. Later versions of the hat using softened fibers and a finer weave are woven into a form resembling the fedora, and it is often mistaken for and sold as the very similar Pa ...
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