Chinarem was a traditional open-deck boat of the
Ivatan people
The Ivatan people are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the northernmost Philippines. They are genetically closely-related to other ethnic groups in Northern Luzon, but also share close linguist ...
from the island of
Sabtang in the
Philippines
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. It was around long with three or four pair of rowers and a single mast. It was similar to the
falua
Falua, also spelled faluwa, is a traditional open-deck boat of the Ivatan people from the islands of Sabtang and Batan in the Philippines
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in shape, but differs in that the
stern
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was pointed (hence its name). It can carry ten passengers and was generally used to ferry goods and people between the islands of Sabtang and
Batan. Chinarem is extinct, it disappeared in Sabtang Island around the 1970s.
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Avang Avang, also known as abang or pontin, is a traditional trading ship of the Ivatan people of the Philippines. It is the largest boat type among the Ivatan people and characteristically has a closed deck. It is about in length and about in height. I ...
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Panineman
Panineman is a traditional open-deck fishing boat of the Ivatan people from the island of Itbayat in the Philippines. It is slightly larger than the largest types of tataya, and can accommodate three pairs of rowers and a single sail.
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Tataya
Tataya are traditional small fishing boats, with or without outrigger ship, outriggers of the Ivatan people in the Philippines. They are generally round-hulled and powered by rowers or sails made from woven pandanus leaves. They have several varian ...
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Balangay
A Balangay, or barangay is a type of lashed-lug boat built by joining planks edge-to-edge using pins, dowels, and fiber lashings. They are found throughout the Philippines and were used largely as trading ships up until the colonial era. The ...
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Bangka
References
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Indigenous ships of the Philippines