bandala

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noun The strong outer fiber of the abaca or Musa textilis of Manila, made into cordage, especially into the well-known Manila white rope.

noun A fabric made in Manila from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

noun A fabric made in Manila from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

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Pay-check number fifty-two, for seven hundred and fifty pesos, owed to the natives of the village of Candaba, for the value of one thousand two hundred fanegas of rice, which they gave as a bandala in the year one thousand six hundred and fifteen.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXVI, 1636 James Alexander Robertson 1906
In 1660 the natives of Pampanga protested against the polo and bandala.

mongster's nest 2008
In 1660 the natives of Pampanga protested against the polo and bandala.

mongster's nest 2008
In 1660 the natives of Pampanga protested against the polo and bandala.

mongster's nest 2008
In 1660 the natives of Pampanga protested against the polo and bandala.

mongster's nest mongpalatino 2008
In 1660 the natives of Pampanga protested against the polo and bandala.

mongster's nest 2008