Bulacan Crafts and Inventions

By: Nathaniel Andrei B. Lumbao

Pabalat

Bulacan is widely known for its artistic

talents and genius inventions that serve the Philippines well. So let's take a look at some of the inventions made by Bulakenyos. One of the famous crafts found in Bulacan is the pabalat or pastillas wrapper. It's usually made from papel de hapon and is used to wrap on the pastillas. The procedure of making it is simple but takes a lot of time. To make a pabalat, here's the procedure:

- On the colored Japanese paper, create a pattern depicting Filipino culture using a pen or a pencil.

- Carefully cut the pattern on the paper using a pair of scissors. This could take days, weeks, or even months to finish depending on your pattern.

- Then, wrap the pabalat on the pastillas and you're done!

These days, pabalat are now being used as souvenirs which are sold mostly to tourists.

Rovidoc

Bulakenyos' abilities doesn't stop there as some inventors created a medical robot which assists doctors and frontliners to ease the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Its name is Rovidoc. It was invented to assist COVID-19 patients without making any contact with the patient. The said robot has a thermal scanner and a camera attached to it to monitor the condition of the patients. It was a great invention considering this will help us to fight back the situation we're currently at. With the pabalat and Rovidoc, these two are just some evidence of Bulakenyos' genius minds.