Major Industries: Aklan Province Islands Philippines
Most Aklanons derive livelihood from rice, corn, coconut, abaca,
piña and pottery making. Fishponds and off-shore fishing
employ many persons in Aklan. Small scale industries like piña
cloth weaving, abaca and bamboo handicraft. (excerpts and details
taken from European Philippine Services). A more detailed account
of the preceding paragraph can be found at EUROPEAN PHILIPPINE SERVICES,
PROVINCE OF AKLAN .
Aklan is the home province of the island paradise of Boracay, with
its pristine 4 kilometer white coral-sand beach fronts, friendly
natives and amenities of 4 and 5 star hotel and restaurants plus
the new Blue Sky and Clear Waters Golf and Country Club and of course
a treat of coral shores and diving areas where the sea-sportman
can delight.
Travel Quotes:
We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. Anais Nin
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. Francis Bacon
Northern Philippine Cuisine
For festive occasions, people band together and prepare more sophisticated dishes. Tables are often laden with expensive and labor-intensive treats requiring hours of preparation. In Filipino celebrations, lechón (also spelled litson) serves as the centerpiece of the dinner table. It is usually a whole roasted pig, but suckling pigs (lechonillo, or lechon de leche) or cattle calves (lechong baka) can also be prepared in place of the popular adult pig.
More details at Northern Philippine Cuisine Desserts Food, Philippine Cuisine
As a tropical oriental country it should come as no surprise there are many treats made from rice and coconuts. One often seen dessert is bibingka, a hot rice cake optionally topped with a pat of butter, slices of kesong puti (white cheese), itlog na maalat (salted duck eggs), and sometimes grated coconut. There are also glutinous rice sweets called biko made with sugar, butter, and coconut milk.
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