Buntal hat
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The buntal hat is a traditional lightweight straw hat from the Philippines made from very finely-woven fibers extracted from the petioles of buri palm leaves. It is traditionally worn by farmers worki
A buntal hat from Baliwag
A wide-brimmed woman's baliwag hat from Baliwag
Payabyab, the precursor to buntal hats. A type of wide-brimmed farmer's hat made from unsoftened buri palm fibers.
Dancers performing Jota Cagayana in Daly City, California. The man is wearing a white barong tagalog with a buntal hat, while the woman is in a traje de mestiza
Sun hat
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A sun hat is any hat or headgear specifically designed to shade the head, face, neck and shoulders from direct sunlight, usually with a circumferentially-protruding semi-rigid brim that can range from
Buntal hat
…being durable, yet light, and with a silkier texture than Panama hats. It can also be woven into other forms, including as women's braided wide-brimmed sun hats known as the baliwag hat (also named after the town of Baliwag). Buntal hats are also sometimes known as the parabuntal hat (cf. parasisal), balihat…
Young woman wearing a sun hat
Breton (hat), 1950
Woman in sun-hat, Bondi Beach
Four different types of sun hats, Ecuador