Rice cultivation in the Philippines. Farmers harvest rice in a field. Crude implements being used to harvest rice. A Filipino man and woman wearing conical Salakot hats harvest the grain. The Filipino couple use sickles to harvest rice. Filipino women depress rice plants to facilitate harvest. A man cuts rice while a pair of women gather grains.
Rice cultivation by farmers in the Philippines. Farmers hold stacks of rice on a crude thresher. A man operates a wooden thresher to separate grain from chaff. A group of women watch the men thresh rice from a hut. Grain being collected in a container. A man grinds rice in a huge mortar with a pestle. A woman carries a plate full of rice and pours it into the mortar. Two women grind the grain with a pestle. Filipino women engaged in winnowing the grain as they shake rice in a native bilao basket to raise chaff.
Coconut cultivation in the Philippines. A Filipino man climbs up a coconut tree to pick coconuts. A carabao buffalo drawn cart pulls up near a pond. Coconuts afloat on the water surface. A man walks through coconuts as he floats them away to a mill. A Filipino man works with a hammer to split open the coconuts to be dried.
View of Argao Church (San Miguel Arcangel Parish Church, Poblacion, Argao, Cebu 6021 Philippines) in Argao, Cebu, Philippines. Exteriors and stone tower of Argao Church, erroneously identified as the location of the first church service in Cebu.
Important buildings in Zamboanga City, Philippines. A water aqueduct built by the Spaniards in Zamboanga City, Mindanao. Palm trees along the aqueduct. Buildings along a road. A government building.
Filipino women study embroidery the School of Household Industries (Cabildo Street, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Metro Manila) in Manila. 130 female students enrolled in the newly-opened School of Household Industries learn how to make lace. Instructors, almost all Filipino except for one American, go around to check students’ work. One male instructor also inspects students work. Filipino students display a large pattern they embroidered to the instructor. A Filipino woman wearing a Maria Clara gown demonstrate embroidery from her native village. A Filipino woman makes lacework.