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    This document summarizes indigenous science and technologies in the Philippines. It describes traditional medical practices including the use of herbs, oils, and folk healing techniques. It also outlines traditional methods for food preservation like salting, drying, and fermentation. Indigenous farming practices such as swidden farming are discussed. The document also provides brief overviews of traditional energy production through charcoal burning, as well as art forms like weaving, jewelry-making, pottery, woodcarving, and tattooing. Burial practices involving mummification are also summarized. The second part of the document outlines the primary goals and pillars of the Philippine Development Plan to build a future with a high quality of life for Filipinos.

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    This document summarizes indigenous science and technologies in the Philippines. It describes traditional medical practices including the use of herbs, oils, and folk healing techniques. It also outlines traditional methods for food preservation like salting, drying, and fermentation. Indigenous farming practices such as swidden farming are discussed. The document also provides brief overviews of traditional energy production through charcoal burning, as well as art forms like weaving, jewelry-making, pottery, woodcarving, and tattooing. Burial practices involving mummification are also summarized. The second part of the document outlines the primary goals and pillars of the Philippine Development Plan to build a future with a high quality of life for Filipinos.

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    GSTS | Saint Louis University (PH)

    Study guide, definitions & notes

    Development of Science & Technology in the


    Philippines
    Sunday, 3 October 2021 1:28 pm

    ➢ Indigenous science & technologies in the PH

    A. Medical Care & Health Practices


    1. Traditional Self-Medication
    - Chinese oils/ointments
    - Folk healing techniques
    • Ventosa
    2. Local Healers
    - Variety of treatment like use of herbs & roots
    ➢ Various types of healers
    • Midwives
    • Masseurs
    • Specialists
    • Faith healers
    • Folk healers - indigenous allies
    - In CAR, kankana-ey women are healers (mambunongs)
    - For people of Badeo: unseen beings & spirits = diseases

    B. Food preservation
    1. Salted coupled with drying as preservative
    - Salted, smoke and/or dried fish and meat products are staples if filo
    diets & cuisine
    2. Salt coupled with fermentation as preservative
    - Bagoong & patis
    3. Fat as a preservative
    - Certain way of cooking a dish with fat to preserve it for more than a
    week.

    C. Farming Practices
    1. Swidden farming
    - Described as the oldest form of agroforestry practice in Ifugao.
    • Apuyan (burning) - done to avoid unwanted burning damages to
    adjacent areas
    • Latong (fencing) - fences are established
    • Mungabut (weeding) - removal of unwanted grasses
    2. Seed preservation and storage and crop protection

    D. Energy Production
    • Charcoal burning
    - Charcoal is a domestic fuel for cooking & heating.
    - Ham-ak approach generates more and better-quality charcoal but
    requires close monitoring.
    - Charcoal is the most popular barbecue fuel in the world.

    E. Art & Crafts


    1. Weaving
    Art of weaving in Cordillera (north)

    GSTS Page 21
    - Art of weaving in Cordillera (north)
    - Piña cloth; produced Antique, popularly used in barong tagalog
    - Abaca fiber; came from abaca plant, popular in making a rope,
    handbag.
    2. Jewelry making
    - 2 major product category of fine jewelry:
    • Precious metal jewelry (gold & silver)
    • Pearls, precious stones & semi-precious stones; precious
    gemstones
    3. Pottery
    - Usually w/ geometric design
    - Palayok, kalan
    4. Woodcarving
    - Carvings of the anitos, saints, statues of Christ & Blessed mother
    5. Tattoo
    • "batok" - general term for tattoos
    - Widespread in CAR w/ different terms
    - Inscription of culture in the body, memories, tradition & ethnic
    identity
    - Tattoos were found on mummies
    - Female mambabatoks were rare
    - Used to be a painful rite of passage

    F. Burial
    - Mummifying of Ibalois using salt and herbs & fire
    - Might take up to 2 years
    - Wooden tomb

    GSTS Page 22
    PH Development Plan
    Sunday, 3 October 2021 1:31 pm

    PDP - Philippine Development Plan


    ➢ Primary Goal
    To build a future where every Filipino enjoys a matatag, maginhawa, at panatag
    na buhay

    ➢ AmBisyon Natin 2040


    Executive order signed by the President

    Target Pillar Strategic


    outcome
    High Trust & Resilient Society • Trust
    Pillar 1: “Malasakit” • Justice
    Enhancing the social fabric • Respect

    Inclusive grown Pillar II: “Pagbabago” • Economic


    Inequality-reducing equality
    Transformation • Human
    valuation
    • Protection
    • Security
    Globally competitive knowledge Pillar III: “Patuloy na • Social growth
    Economy Pagunlad” • Economic
    Increasing growth potential Growth

    GSTS Page 23

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