Bangka (boat)

A small bangka used for transporting passengers of larger boats in Boracay
Balatik, a reconstruction of a large sewn-plank paraw in Palawan

Bangka are various native watercraft of the Philippines. It originally referred to small double-outrigger dugout canoes used in rivers and shallow coastal waters, but since the 18th century, it has expanded to include larger lashed-lug ships, with or without outriggers. Though the term used is the same throughout the Philippines, "bangka" can refer to a very diverse range of boats specific to different regions.[1] Bangka was also spelled as banca, panca, or panga (m. banco, panco, pango) in Spanish.[2][3] It is also known archaically as sakayan (also spelled sacayan).

  1. ^ Abrera, Maria Bernadette L. (2005). "Bangka, Kaluluwa at Katutubong Paniniwala (The Soul Boat and the Boat-Soul: An Inquiry into the Indigenous "Soul")" (PDF). Philippine Social Sciences Review. 57 (1–4): 1–15.
  2. ^ de Navarrete, Martín Fernández (1831). Diccionario Marítimo Español. Imprenta Real. p. 401.
  3. ^ Sobarzo, Horacio (1966). Vocabulario Sonorense. Editorial Porrúa. p. 232.