Chinedkeran is 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
Itbayat
Itbayat, officially the Municipality of Itbayat, ( ivv, Kavahayan nu Itbayat; tl, Bayan ng Itbayat), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Batanes, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 3,128 people.
Itbayat ...
in the
Philippines
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. It is similar in size 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. It is about long and has one mast. It can also be propelled by six to ten pairs of rowers. It can carry th ...
, with five to thirteen pairs of rowers and a single sail. It is characteristically wide with high
strake
On a vessel's hull, a strake is a longitudinal course of planking or plating which runs from the boat's stempost (at the bows) to the sternpost or transom (at the rear). The garboard strakes are the two immediately adjacent to the keel on ...
s due to the rough seas surrounding Itbayat.
See also
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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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Chinarem Chinarem was a traditional open-deck boat of the Ivatan people from the island of Sabtang in the Philippines. It was around long with three or four pair of rowers and a single mast. It was similar to the falua in shape, but differs in that the ste ...
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Tataya
Tataya are traditional small fishing boats, with or without 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 variants based on siz ...
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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
{{Austronesian ships
Indigenous ships of the Philippines