Pamaypay

{{Italic title}} {{Short description|Traditional Philippine hand fan}} [[File:Pamaypay.JPG|thumb|''Pamaypay'' for sale in Iriga City, Philippines]] [[File:Pamaypay1.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|A worn, mass-produced ''abaniko'' of bamboo and patterned fabric]] '''''Pamaypay''''' ({{IPA|tl|pɐmaɪˈpaɪ}}, {{respell|puh|my|PY}}), also known as '''''paypay''''', '''''payupas''''', '''buri fan''', or '''anahaw fan''',<ref name="cal"/><ref name="Ella">{{cite book |last1=Ella |first1=Arsenio B. |last2=Merida |first2=Anie C. |title=2007 D5 IUFRO All Division 5 Conference |chapter=Marketing of Anahaw (''Livistona rotundifolia'') fans to selected sites in Quezon Province, Philippines|date=2007 |publisher=Chinese Forest Products Association |page=408}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="Payupas" |url=https://dictionary.pilipinaz.com/word/payupas/ |website=Pilipinaz Dictionary |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> is a type of traditional hand-held fan from the Philippines. It is typically made of woven buri palm or anahaw palm leaves. It is usually heart-shaped, and woven in a technique known as ''sawali'' (twilled). The edges are braided and merges into a looped handle.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippine Hand Fan: "Pamaypay" |url=http://www.connectingcultures.us/resources/artifacts/art_item.php?accno1=COST&accno2=PHL&accno3=505 |website=Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> It is also typically made into wall decorations and other handicrafts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farmers from Canaman carve out business niche through abaniko with a twist |url=https://www.jica.go.jp/philippine/english/office/topics/news/170119.html |access-date=17 July 2021 |work=Japan International Cooperation Agency |date=19 January 2017}}</ref>

The term is also sometimes used for the ''abaniko'', a folding hand fan used by the upper classes in the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.<ref name="scalice">{{cite thesis |type=MSc |last=Scalice |first=Joseph |date=2009 |title=Pasyon, Awit, Legend: Reynaldo Ileto's Pasyon and Revolution Revisited, a critique |publisher=University of California, Berkeley}}</ref><ref name="cal">{{cite book |last1=Calderón |first1=Sofronio G. |title=Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog Con partes de la oracion y pronunciacion figurada |date=1915 |publisher=S. Martinez |location=Manila}}</ref>

==See also== *Abaniko *Apir *Hand fan *Buntal hat *Baro't saya ==External links== * {{commonscat-inline}} ==References== {{reflist|40em}}

Category:Philippine clothing Category:Hand fans Category:Philippine handicrafts