Method of construction

The Dumagat tribe uses nature as a medium to build their community. Most of their houses were built using natural and vernacular materials
only. They use woods and leaves that is abundant in their land. They don’t use nails and

Just like other ethnic group, they have also beliefs when it comes to house construction but it is just in the milder side. They don’t use rituals
when they start building their house. They just believe that their land is just borrowed for the next generation, so they take trees or woods based
in their needs and as much as possible, they uses materials that can easily be replaced. Their houses were not destructive to their environment.
They want their houses facing east fro them to see the sun rises as the sign of the beginning of the day. They also have three types of houses,
saolan, beloy and hangga a beloy.

Saolan is the house of dumagat which is not permanent. They build this houses when they

Beloy

Hangga a Beloy is the house influenced by the lowlanders. They