Nice and Busy Day in Vigan - Part 3

We seem to be taking in so many tourist spots in Vigan.  It helps to have a van provided by Louee/ Ping and a knowledgeable driver Alex, who maneuvers around town with the skill of a local Vigan-nette. Our next stop was at the Pagburnayan iti Vigan.

I was impressed by the clutter of this pagburnayan which is just off Calle Crisologo (Heritage Site).  I also failed to ask whether we were in the midst of a whole barrio of pagburnayan.  The Burnay industry was introduced by early chinese settlers long before the Spaniards came.  Burnays were used (and still used today) as a vessel to contain fermented fish and other food products transported from one place to the other (as far as China). There are a lot of present day pagburnayans which are owned by the Chinese, but this particular place we visited was owned by 2 spinster sisters of Spanish lineage.  I did not take a video of the whole pottery making process, but a few pictures to show that workers still use old school pottery methods.

The burnay demo

With our imitated Ilocos Sur "ilocano" twang, the ag-bu-burnay gladly gave us an unscheduled demo in pottery making.  To you our ag-bu-burnay friend, may you have a better clientele for your wares.