Sadok

The son of the handicrafts store owner in Gubat town gamely volunteers to model the sadok for  me in this photo

The handicraft store near the Bulusan jeepney stop in Gubat  is selling this updated version of the traditional sadok. The 'tindero' (salesclerk) calls it as the 'sadok na may payong' (sadok with an umbrella) because of the recycled umbrella fabric over the anahaw top.

The sadok is a rain and sun protection still widely used by Bulusan rural folks traditionally made from anahaw with bamboo framing underneath fastened by nito.

Bulusan sadok crafstmen are vanishing. As of my latest search I have yet to find a living sadok maker in Bulusan still engaged in the craft.



Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines