Capiz Shell Windows – Lampirong
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Capiz Shell Windows –
Lampirong
Capiz Best or Lampirong
(alternative spelling: Lamperong) Windows. One of the most distinct and
beautiful architectural details of old Philippine buildings are the windows
made with shell rather than glass. We’re not sure if this is because
glass was not made in the Philippines or it was just too expensive, but
whatever the reason, it has has given us a treasure in these beautiful windows.
We had imagined that Capiz Best was something of the distant past until the
stands selling “Lampirong” oysters (Placuna placenta) sprang up along the
National Highway between Oton and Tigbauan, Iloilo on Panay Island in May.
The vendor told us that these Lampirong were harvested right in the
immediate area, not trucked in from Capiz Best Province.
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