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In the Philippines, Phragmites is known by the local name tambo. Reed stands flower in December, and the blooms are harvested and bundled into whisk brooms called "walis". Hence the common name of household brooms is walis tambo. [16] Reeds have been used to make arrows [17] and weapons such as spears for hunting game. [18]
Tambo was named for the tiger grass used to make brooms (Filipino: walis tambo) that grew there in abundance during the Spanish colonial period. [3] It may have also been named for the lodging houses (Spanish: tambo o casa de hospedaje de viajeros) that stood in this former colonial beach strip which was one of the earliest barrios established in the Augustinian missionary town of Parañaque.
Scotch-Brite is a line of abrasive products produced by 3M. The product line includes scouring pads and tools for home uses such as dish washing and scrubbing, as well as various types of surfaces for industrial applications, such as discs, belts, and rotating brushes, with varying compositions and levels of hardness.
Poverty incidence of Bautista 10 20 30 40 2006 30.10 2009 23.40 2012 10.01 2015 14.07 2018 14.79 2021 17.61 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Government Arch of welcome and Municipal hall Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Bautista, belonging to the fifth congressional district of the province of Pangasinan, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and ...
Clan map of Scotland. The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information.
Oliver Tambo Heritage House, is a national monument in Lusaka, Zambia located in the Avondale area along the Great East Road. It is the former home of exiled South African Freedom Fighter and African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo .
Dancers in Wallis during the Assumption religious fest (August 15). Wallis and Futuna, an overseas territory of France in Oceania, has a rich Polynesian culture that is very similar to the cultures of its neighbouring nations Samoa and Tonga. The Wallisian and Futunan cultures share very similar components in language, dance, cuisine and modes ...
Tambo Viejo is an archaeological site that extends over approximately 44 hectares (110 acres) in the north of the Arequipa region of southern Peru. [1] The site presents evidence of human occupation from the Early Intermediate period, including examples of Early Nasca pottery, to structures of the Inca period and remains from the Spanish colonial period.