Pottery in Bila

Long time ago, Lumawig roamed the villages of Kaigorotan, live with them and
taught them how to farm and make handicrafts to better their lives. It was said that
Lumawig stayed at other places and taught its people to make clay pots but none can
satisfy his standard for pots. Pots they made are either cracked, ugly, uneven, too large
or too thick.

Lumawig went to Bila, asked the women to make pots while he slept. Upon
waking up, he was amazed to see the beautifully made pots.

Lumawig said to the women, “since you made the pots exactly what I was looking
for, you will be bestowed with the excellent knowledge and skills of pot making. This will
sustain you through good and hard times. Kebasan will produce the finest clay called
boga, while its required mixture of kammagang and anus for decorating your pots shall
be sourced out from alipudupod. Your pots will be known far and wide”.

From then on Bila pots were bartered with muscovado, dried river fish or
shrimps, and dried cattles from Tanap, with the woven products of Guinzadan and with
the piglets sold by the iBangnen.