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Bahay kubo
Type of Filipino stilt house / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Filipino house. For the folk song, see Bahay Kubo (folk song).
The bahay kubo, kubo, or payag (in the Visayan languages) is a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines.[1][2] It often serves as an icon of Philippine culture.[3] The house is exclusive to the lowland population of unified Spanish conquered territories. Its design heavily influenced the Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato architecture.
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