Daramba is a

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term referring to paddling and fighting platforms mounted directly on the

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s (''katig'') of traditional large

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warships (''

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'') of the

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. They accommodated one or more rows on each side of commoner warriors ('' horo-han'') with large leaf-shaped paddles (''bugsay'') during travel, naval warfare, and seasonal coastal raids (''

mangayaw The ''Timawa'' were the feudal warrior class of the ancient Visayan societies of the Philippines. They were regarded as higher than the ''uripon'' (commoners, serfs, and slaves) but below the ''Tumao'' (royal nobility) in the Visayan social hie ...

''). The paddlers were kept in rhythm by various chants and songs. The platforms for the ''horo-han'' are distinguished from the side-mounted fighting platforms ('' pagguray'') of the warrior-nobility (the ''

timawa The ''Timawa'' were the feudal warrior class of the ancient Visayan societies of the Philippines. They were regarded as higher than the '' uripon'' (commoners, serfs, and slaves) but below the ''Tumao'' (royal nobility) in the Visayan social ...

'' and ''

tumao The Tagalog ''maginoo'', the Kapampangan ''ginu'', and the Visayan ''tumao'' were the nobility social class among various cultures of the pre-colonial Philippines. Among the Visayans, the ''tumao'' were further distinguished from the immediate ...

''), which were also built on the outriggers, in that the ''daramba'' is mounted on or near the water surface, while the ''pagguray'' is mounted above, closer to the hull. File:Caracoa (Karakoa).jpg, 18th-century engraving of a from ''The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands'' (1711) by Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola, showing two pairs of ''daramba'' on each side File:Ulipon - Philippines (c.1668).jpg, An illustration from ''Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisayas'' depicting a

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'' horo-han'' (commoner warrior) with a leaf-shaped paddle ().

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