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Mar 18, 2018 · The Art of Making Burnay: Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. As Vigan is known for its historic ancestral houses that illustrate a fusion of architecture from Spanish colonial time with Asian influences, the people of Vigan also exert great effort to preserve the tradition of making “burnay”.
Burnay are earthen jars with small openings while those with bigger mouths are called wangging. In the early years, the burnay, locally known as tapayan or banga, was used for storage of water, rice grains, basi (sugarcane wine) and condiments like salt and bagoong (fish paste).
Oct 16, 2012 · Burnay is an Ilocano term for clay pot. It is a distinct mark of the Bigueos where the burnayan or pottery place is a one stop shop for pottery and any souvenirs from Vigan located at the corner of Liberation Boulevard and Gomez Street.
Jars made from Vigan are much sought-after by foreign and local visitors. This earthenware is called burnay. The industry that has grown from the making of burnay dates back to pre-colonial times when immigrants from China came to settle in Vigan.
Sep 18, 2007 · The burnay are used as fermentation vats for the famous bagoong or fish pastes from the region and they can also be used to ferment wines and liquors. It amazes me that the pots seem waterproof even though they are unglazed.
Jun 25, 2011 · The burnay is an earthenware jar crafted by a potter’s hands with the aid of a potter’s wheel. It uses fine sand (anay) as a tempering material and fired at a high temperature in a huge brick-and-clay ground kiln that makes it is harder and more durable than other terra cotta.
Sep 14, 2014 · Its name, Pagburnayan, comes from the root word burnay. It refers to the hand-crafted earthenware pots made from Vigan. Bantog clays, these are called. They’re dug from the western barangays of the city.
What are burnay jars? Locally, burnay jars are where people store water or grains as well as the native Basi wine and bagoong, which both need fermentation. Compared with terracotta pots, which are also clay-based but are used for gardening, pagburnayan jars are considered more durable.
Jun 3, 2022 · The burnay made by the Ilokanos are traditionally used as water and food containers. These types of round and wide-bodied stoneware jars with narrow mouths and flat bottoms thrived in the 19th century as they were suitable for processing sugarcane wine, vinegar, and other fermented condiments.
May 5, 2011 · The burnay-making in Vigan was introduced by early Chinese immigrants. The west side of Vigan is abundant in grade A clay used in jar and pottery- making in nearby barangays/villages.
