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  2. Category:Wooden sculptures in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Wooden sculptures in the Philippines" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. O.

  3. Indigenous materials in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous materials are materials that are naturally and locally found in a specific place such as timbers, canes, grass , palms, and rattan. [1] [2] Other indigenous raw materials in the country that are commonly known and used creatively in crafts and decoration are capiz, pearls, corals, and seashells, being an archipelago naturally abundant in beaches and marine resources.

  4. Persol - Wikipedia

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    Persol is an Italian luxury eyewear brand specializing in the manufacturing of sunglasses and optical frames. It is one of the oldest eyewear companies in the world and is owned by the Luxottica group. The name is derived from the Italian per il sole, meaning "for the sun". Formed in 1917 by Giuseppe Ratti, Persol originally catered to pilots ...

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of the Philippines ratified the convention on September 19, 1985, making its historical and natural sites eligible for inclusion on the list. The country had its first sites (the Baroque Churches and Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park ) included in 1993, and now has six sites, the latest being the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife ...

  6. Intsia bijuga - Wikipedia

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    Intsia bijuga, locally known as ifit, is the official tree of the United States territory of Guam. No longer abundant since World War II, it is illegal on Guam to cut live ifit trees. It remains the most popular wood for local carvers. [ 12]

  7. Pterocarpus indicus - Wikipedia

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    Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor ...

  8. List of Olympic medalists for the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The next Olympic medals for the Philippines come from Boxing, with Leopoldo Serrantes winning bronze at Seoul 1988, Roel Velasco winning another bronze four years later in Barcelona, Spain, and his brother Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco, claiming silver after losing in the gold medal bout in the 1996 Summer Olympics at Atlanta, United States .

  9. Philippine forces sail to hotly disputed shoal without ... - AOL

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    Philippine government personnel transported food and other supplies Saturday to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent but closely guarded by Beijing’s forces in the ...