DISCOVER PHILIPPINES: BUTAKA

Butaka is a handcrafted chair with long "arm-rest" which is not used for the arms but for the legs.

Butaka was no ordinary chair.

Butaka is called the "lazy chair" of rich families. During Spanish era, it was used by hacienderos as their resting chair after a busy day of roaming around their lands and rice fields.

Butaka is also known as the "little hospital". Pregnant women was giving birth to their newborn child in a Butaka, having their legs comforted by its long arm-rests.

The largest Butaka, awarded by the Guiness Book of World Records, is found in Ilagan, Isabela. It measures 11.6 ft. high, 20.8 ft. long, and 9.8 ft. wide.

(Credits (Picture): http://www.choosephilippines.com for World's Largest Butaka)