Dhannieca I.

Solar BSED SCIENCE 1

Readings in Philippine History

NAME: BURNAY JAR

DESCRIPTION:

I was looking for something related to history back then, and I saw my grandmothers 'jar from my
grandparents' early days. This jar they used to hold water for cooking and they also use it to store water
to be used in their daily water needs. Now it is used by my uncle as a display and planter. It is very
durable with crack names but still nice to use.

Year used:

1970

The importance:

Burnay is unglazed earthen jars, an industry that dates back to pre-colonial times when immigrants
from China came and settled in Vigan. Burnay jars have small openings, and its earlier use were for tea
drinking, storage for water, rice grains and as container for salt, brown sugar, local wine (basi) and
bagoong (fermented fish). Used for cooking, water, food storage and bartering. One daily task was to
fetch water from the lowlands to the highlands.