{{Short description|Traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao}} {{for-multi|the Romanian village of Vinţa|Lupşa|the Sama-Bajau boat also known as "lepa-lepa"|Lepa (ship)}} {{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} [[File:Regatta2017.jpg|thumb|Vintas in Zamboanga City]] thumb|A Sama-Bajau fishing vinta in Zamboanga with the characteristic colorful sails (c.1923) thumb|A small Sama-Bajau tondaan with sails deployed (c.1904) [[File:Two large Moro vintas, Mindanao, Philippines (Hornell, 1920).jpg|thumb|Two large Moro vinta from Mindanao in the houseboat (''palau'') configuration (c.1920)<ref name="Hornell 1920">{{Cite journal |last=Hornell |first=J. |date=1920 |title=The Outrigger Canoes of Indonesia |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18925#page/50/mode/1up |journal=Madras Fishing Bulletin |volume=12 |pages=43–114}}</ref>]] The '''vinta''' is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau, Tausug and Yakan peoples living in the Sulu Archipelago,<ref name="Doran 1972">{{Cite journal |last=Doran |first=Edwin Jr. |date=1972 |title=Wa, Vinta, and Trimaran |url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_81_1972/Volume_81%2C_No._2/Wa%2C_vinta%2C_and_trimaran%2C_by_Edwin_Doran_Jnr.%2C_p_144-159/p1?page=0&action=searchresult&target= |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=81 |issue=2 |pages=144–159 |access-date=January 7, 2015 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411031227/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_81_1972/Volume_81%2C_No._2/Wa%2C_vinta%2C_and_trimaran%2C_by_Edwin_Doran_Jnr.%2C_p_144-159/p1?page=0&action=searchresult&target= |url-status=dead }}</ref> Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao. It is also made by the Sama-Bajau that lived in east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Vinta are characterized by their colorful rectangular lug sails (''bukay'') and bifurcated prows and sterns, which resemble the gaping mouth of a crocodile. Vinta are used as fishing vessels, cargo ships, and houseboats. Smaller undecorated versions of the vinta used for fishing and transportation are known as '''tondaan''' and '''bogo-lamak'''.<ref name="Nimmo 1990" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ismail Ali |title=Sejarah pembudayaan perahu tradisi di Sabah |date=2016 |publisher=Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Sabah |others=Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Sabah |isbn=978-967-0521-65-7 |location=Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia}}</ref>
The name "vinta" is predominantly used in Zamboanga, Basilan, and other parts of mainland Mindanao. It is also known as '''pilang''' or '''pelang''' among the Sama-Bajau of the Tawi-Tawi islands; '''dapang''' or '''depang''' among the Tausug in Sulu; '''balanda''' or '''binta''' among the Yakan in Basilan; and '''bogo-lamak''' among the Sama-Bajau in the east coast of Sabah. It can also be generically referred to as ''lepa-lepa'', ''sakayan'', or ''bangka'', which are native names for small outrigger vessels.<ref name="Nimmo 1990" /><ref name="SIL Philippines">{{Cite web |title=balanda' |url=https://sil-philippines-languages.org/online/yka/dict/lexicon/lx00385.html |website=Yakan Dictionary |publisher=SIL Philippines}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
==Description== The vinta has a deep and narrow hull formed from a U-shaped dugout keel (''baran'') built up with five planks on each side. It is usually around {{convert|4.5|to|10|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length. The most distinctive feature of the vinta hull is the prow, which is carved in the likeness of the gaping mouth of a crocodile (''buaya''). It is composed of two parts, the lower part is known as ''saplun'', while the flaring upper part is known as ''palansar'', both are usually elaborately carved with okil motifs. The stern has two upper extensions (the ''sangpad-sangpad'') which either emerge from the back in a V-shape, or are separated by a space in the middle. The stern may or may not feature okil carvings like the prow. Vinta hulls are traditionally made from red lawaan wood; while the dowels, ribs, and sometimes parts of the outrigger are made from ''bakawan'' (mangrove) wood.<ref name="Doran 1972" /><ref name="Nimmo 1990">{{Cite journal |last=Nimmo |first=H. Arlo |date=1990 |title=The Boats of the Tawi-Tawi Bajau, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8c0f/9681a8f4c1cc02e96a5de94177cd775176f2.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Asian Perspectives |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=51–88 |s2cid=31792662 |access-date=November 14, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115113010/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8c0f/9681a8f4c1cc02e96a5de94177cd775176f2.pdf }}</ref> [[File:Carved stern of a Moro vinta (Hornell, 1920).jpg|thumb|upright|left|140px|Detail of ''okil'' carvings on a vinta stern (c.1920)<ref name="Hornell 1920" />]] thumb|Plan, midships section, and lines of a vinta (Doran, 1972) [[File:A Moro vinta outrigger canoe.jpg|thumb|A small Moro vinta (tondaan) from the Philippines (c. 1905) showing the bifurcated stern]] The hull is covered by a removable deck made of planks or split bamboo. It has a central house-like structure known as the ''palau''. This is used as a living space especially for vinta which are used as houseboats by the Sama-Bajau. The ''palau'' can be taken down to convert the houseboat into a sailing boat. However, this is usually only done when absolutely necessary for vinta which function as houseboats. When traveling, vinta are usually paddled or poled in shallow and calm coastal waters, with frequent stops along the way for supplies. They only sail when crossing seas between islands in a hurry.<ref name="Nimmo 1990" />
Vinta have two bamboo outrigger floats (''katig'') which are supported by booms (''batangan''). Large boats can have as many as four ''batangan'' for each outrigger. The floats are slightly diagonal, with the front tips wider apart than the rear tips. The front tips of the floats also extend past the prow and curve upwards, while the rear tips do not extend beyond the stern. Additional booms (''sa'am'') also extend out from the hull and the main booms. These provide support for a covering of planks (''lantay'') which serve as extensions of the deck.<ref name="Doran 1972" /><ref name="Nimmo 1990" /><ref name="Vinta" />
Vinta are usually rigged with a rectangular lug sail locally known as ''bukay'', on a biped mast slotted near the front section. These are traditionally decorated with colorful vertical strips of the traditional Sama-Bajau colors of red, blue, green, yellow, and white.<ref name="Nimmo 1990" /> The patterns and colors used are usually specific to a particular family or clan.<ref name="Vinta">{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2017 |title=Vinta |url=https://samaloutrigger.wordpress.com/vinta/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021132124/https://samaloutrigger.wordpress.com/vinta/32124/https://samaloutrigger.wordpress.com/vinta/ |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2019 |website=Samal Outrigger}}</ref> Traditional vinta sails, like other sails of traditional Filipino vessels use woven mats (''banig'') of pandanus leaves.<ref name="pw">{{cite web |title=Explore Basey Weaving Center, Samar Philippines |url=https://pinaywise.com/philippines-travel/samar-island/samar-tourist-spot/explore-basey-weaving-center-samar-philippines/?srsltid=AfmBOookL5dVhiBT-_avXouTcpSoQLGvUdR6mB-6q36GO74wUru8WoD2 |website=Pinay Wise |access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref>
Smaller sailing versions of the vinta used for fishing and transportation are known as "tondaan" or "bogo-lamak". They are usually undecorated and lack the upper prow and stern attachments. The tondaan are rigged with a mast and a sail at all times, though a temporary ''palau'' can be erected amidships if necessary. Bogo-lamak on the other hand can't be installed with temporary ''palau'' but they are built with detachable mast and sail. Modern vinta are usually tondaan or bogo-lamak instead of the larger houseboats. Like other traditional boats in the Philippines since the 1970s, they are almost always motorized and have largely lost their sails. The modern bogo-lamak from Sabah, Malaysia are also converted into pumpboat which still use sail to save its engine fuel. The sail will be used when there's a strong wind current and with this condition, it can even beat the engine power of the pumpboat itself.<ref name="Nimmo 1990" /><ref name="Pareño">{{Cite news |last=Pareño |first=Roel |date=October 9, 2016 |title=Colorful Vinta Regatta Draws Thousands to Zamboanga City |work=Philstar Global |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2016/10/09/1631866/colorful-vinta-regatta-draws-thousands-zamboanga-city |access-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115032314/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2016/10/09/1631866/colorful-vinta-regatta-draws-thousands-zamboanga-city |archive-date=November 15, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Along with the balangay, lightly armed vinta were also used in the civilian squadrons of the Marina Sutil ("Light Navy") of Zamboanga City and Spanish-controlled settlements in Mindanao and the Visayas in the late 18th to early 19th centuries, as defense fleets against Moro Raiders.<ref name="Warren 2002">{{Cite book |last=Warren |first=James Francis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1_3-ff6u-gC |title=Iranun and Balangingi: Globalization, Maritime Raiding and the Birth of Ethnicity |date=2002 |publisher=Singapore University Press |isbn=9971-69-242-2 |location=Singapore |page=109}}</ref><ref name="Mallari">{{Cite journal |last=Mallari |first=Francisco |date=1986 |title=Muslim Raids in Bicol, 1580–1792 |url=https://philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/1238/3892 |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=257–286 |jstor=42632949}}</ref><ref name="Dery">{{Cite journal |last=Dery |first=Luis C. |date=1989 |title=The Era of the Kris: Moro Raids in Sorsogon and Kabikolan and Their Impact on Philippine History, 1571–1896 |url=http://www.nast.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf%20files/Publications/NAST%20Transactions/NAST%201989%20Transactions%20Volume%2011/SS%201%20The%20Era%20of%20the%20Kris,%20Moro%20Raids%20in%20Sorsogon%20and%20Kabikolan%20and%20Their%20Impact%20on%20Philippine%20History,%201571%201986,%20Luis%20C.%20Dery.pdf |journal=Transactions National Academy of Science |volume=11 |pages=145–166}}</ref>
==Carvings== Vinta are usually carved with okil designs, similar to the ''lepa'' and ''djenging'' boats of the Sama-Bajau people. The three most common motifs are ''dauan-dauan'' (leaf-like designs), ''kaloon'' (curved lines), and ''agta-agta'' (fish designs). All three are used in carving the ''buaya'' design of the prow. The hull of the vinta is decorated with one to three strips of curvilinear carvings known as ''bahan-bahan'' (meaning "bending" or "curving"), which are reminiscent of waves. In new boats, these designs can be painted with the same colors as the sails, but once the paint wears off, it is usually not repainted.<ref name="Nimmo 1990" />
==Reconstructions== In 1985 the vinta ''Sarimanok'' was sailed from Bali to Madagascar to replicate ancient seafaring techniques.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2005 |title=Across the Indian Ocean, Aboard Prehistoric Ships... |url=https://gasycool.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/across-the-indian-ocean-aboard-prehistoric-ships/ |website=Windows on the World of SipaKV |access-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102043/https://gasycool.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/across-the-indian-ocean-aboard-prehistoric-ships/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Navigation Instruments |url=http://www.sundialsaustralia.com.au/#!navigation-instruments/cqck |website=Sundials Australia |access-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223172714/http://www.sundialsaustralia.com.au/#!navigation-instruments/cqck}}</ref>
Zamboanga City celebrates vintas in the annual Regatta de Zamboanga during the city's Zamboanga Hermosa Festival each October. The participants are usually Sama-Bajau fishermen from the coastal areas of Zamboanga. Many of these modern "vinta" however, are not vinta, but are other types of ''bangka'' (like ''bigiw'') that merely use a vinta-patterned sail (often non-functional).<ref name="Pareño" /><ref name="Almonia">{{Cite news |last=Almonia |first=Chrisel |date=October 6, 2019 |title=200 Vintas Color Regatta de Zamboanga 2019 |work=ABS-CBN News |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/life/10/06/19/200-vintas-color-regatta-de-zamboanga-2019 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115032312/https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/06/19/200-vintas-color-regatta-de-zamboanga-2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 }}</ref>
In 2016, Jolo, Sulu, also started holding an annual Vinta Festival each February 14.<ref name="Abadicio">{{cite news |last1=Abadicio |first1=Camille |title=Vinta Festival in Sulu aims to bring peace, progress to the province |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/regional/2016/02/17/vinta-festival-sulu-province.html |access-date=29 May 2023 |work=CNN Philippines |date=17 February 2016 |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529071224/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/regional/2016/02/17/vinta-festival-sulu-province.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Other uses== "Vinta" is also the name of a Moro dance that commemorates the migration of Filipinos into the archipelago. In the dance, dancers imitating the movements of the vinta (vessel) by balancing perilously on top of poles. Parents for Education Foundation (PAREF) schools in the Philippines have adopted the vinta as their symbol.
== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" widths="170" heights="170"> File:Vinta Boat of the Bajau Laut people.jpg|A modern undecorated tondaan or bogo-lamak without the prow and stern extensions and with a plain sail from the Sama-Bajau of Sabah File:Samal boat, showing sails rolled up.jpg|A tondaan with the sails detached and rolled up in Tawi-Tawi (c.1904) File:A Bajao boat.jpg|Two tondaan from Tawi-Tawi (c.1904) File:Zamboanga del Sur gov. Flag.png|Flag of Zamboanga del Sur with a stylized depiction of a vinta in full sail File:The state boat of Sultan Harun - Sulu, Philippines (1909).jpg|The state boat of Sultan Harun Ar-Rashid of Sulu is a large vinta (c.1898) </gallery>
==See also== {{div col}} * Marina Sutil * Londe (bininta), a related boat from the Sangir Islands * Jukung, a similar outrigger boat from Indonesia * Djenging * Tempel (boat) * Lepa (ship) * Bigiw * Paraw * Outrigger canoe * Balangay * Sama-Bajau people * Austronesian people {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020329213852/http://www.pacific-tall-ships.com/Vinta.htm Vinta] at Pacific Tall Ships * [http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Cynthia/Mindanao/mindanao_culture.htm Culture of Mindanao] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201075631/http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/Cynthia/Mindanao/mindanao_culture.htm |date=December 1, 2006 }} * [http://www.bayanihannationaldanceco.ph/news/voyageforlove.htm ''The Voyage for Love and Peace''], from a dance company * 1930s images of ''vinta'': ** [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/5049770551/?rb=1 Sailing near Zamboanga] ** [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/5050390840/ On the beach] ** [https://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?short=8Ghz55 On the beach in a Moro village] ** [https://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?short=8DhLZv Multiple sailing ''vinta'' moored with visible rigging] (at Malabang) ** [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/4997631967/ Monohulls, outrigger canoes and possible ''vinta''] (at Malabang) {{Austronesian ships}} {{Sailing Vessels and Rigs}}
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