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''Pamaypay'' (, ), also known as ''paypay'', ''payupas'', buri fan, or anahaw fan, is a type of traditional hand-held fan from the
''Pamaypay'' (, ), also known as ''paypay'', ''payupas'', buri fan, or anahaw fan, is a type of traditional hand-held fan from the Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. It is typically made of woven buri palm
''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 pa ...
or anahaw palm leaves. It is usually heart-shaped, and woven in a technique known as ''sawali
Amakan, also known as sawali in the northern Philippines, is a type of traditional woven split-bamboo mats used as walls, paneling, or wall cladding in the Philippines. They are woven into various intricate traditional patterns, often resultin ...
'' (twill
Twill is a type of textile
Textile is an Hyponymy and hypernymy, umbrella term that includes various Fiber, fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, Staple (textiles)#Filament fiber, filaments, Thread (yarn), threads, and d ...
ed). The edges are braided and merges into a looped handle. It is also typically made into wall decorations and other handicrafts.
The term is also sometimes used for the ''abaniko
An abaniko (from the Spanish word '' abanico'', "fan") is a type of hand fan from the Philippines.
Description
The abaniko is common accessory for the baro't saya, the traditional ladies’ attire. Various ways of using and holding the ab ...
'', a folding hand fan used by the upper classes in the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines
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.
See also
*Abaniko
An abaniko (from the Spanish word '' abanico'', "fan") is a type of hand fan from the Philippines.
Description
The abaniko is common accessory for the baro't saya, the traditional ladies’ attire. Various ways of using and holding the ab ...
*Apir
Apir, also spelled aper, are traditional folding women's hand-held fans of the Maranao people of the Philippines. They are a part of the traditional dress of Maranao women. Royal ''bai'' (ladies) carry an apir in their right hand during ceremonie ...
*Hand fan
A handheld fan, or simply hand fan, is a broad, flat surface that is waved back and forth to create an airflow. Generally, purpose-made handheld fans are folding fans, which are shaped like a Circular sector, sector of a circle and made of a thi ...
*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 a ...
*Baro't saya
The ''baro't saya'' or ''baro at saya'' (literally "blouse and skirt") is a traditional dress ensemble worn by women in the Philippines. It is a national dress of the Philippines and combines elements from both the precolonial native Filipino ...
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