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Bahag (garment)

A Mangyan man in a bahag (1904)
Part of the Visayan Principalia during the early Spanish colonial period, wearing richly-embroidered pre-Hispanic Visayan clothing typical of the upper classes in the 16-17th centuries. Note that the datu only wears a bahag under a long cotton tunic (baro), with clearly seen tattooed legs and face. He is accompanied by a binukot or local princess with golden bangles. Depicted in Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisayas (1668) by Francisco Ignacio Alcina.

Bahag is a loincloth that was commonly used by men throughout the pre-colonial Philippines. It is worn shirtless with no other extra garments. They were either made from barkcloth or from hand-woven textiles. Before the colonial period, bahag were a common garment for commoners and the serf class (the alipin caste).[1] Bahag survives in some indigenous tribes of the Philippines today - most notably the Cordillerans in Northern Luzon.[2]

  1. ^ Lopez, Mellie Leandicho (2006). A Handbook of Philippine Folklore. UP Press. p. 385. ISBN 9789715425148.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dalton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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