Pepperskull and migueldiaz, awesome! Thanks for the insight!
VANDOO, I totally agree, the everyday tools and weapons are often overlooked.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by migueldiaz
the last blade, the one with the red-shirted farmer, is a visayan utility bolo called a lagaraw (pronounced log-a-RAO, and the last syllable rhymes with cow).
|
lagaraw = log-a-rao....
that's oddly similar to how the Taiwanese aboriginal Atayal tribe's headhunting knife is pronounced...
laraw = loh-rao... ao like in cow
coincidence or similarities in Austronesian languages?
