#phatterns

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A wood-pattern window in Miagao.

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Capiz is used for sliding windows like this in old homes all over the country. Named after the town where its manufacture is said to have originated, Capiz are actually thin shells of a mollusk, Plaecuna placenta.

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Tiles on the 2nd floor dining area of the Camiña Balay nga Bato ancestral house in Iloilo, where they serve visitors sikwate (or tsokolate in Tagalog).