Tayum

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tayum

Geographical Address

Province
City
Public Address
Tayum, Abra
Postal Code
2803
latitude
17.6
longitude
120.68
Area
61.14 km2
Division
Luzon
Region
CAR

Records show that Tayum got its name after the indigo plant which was commonly known to the Ilocanos as Tayum-Tayum. There was a time when indigo flourished in Tayum, then a source of wealth to the Ilocanos. In Barangay Deet, half kilometer away from the town proper, there was a big vat (Pagtimbugan) used in decaying the plant into a blue-black dye called ngila. The dye was used to color yams of cotton. At the beginning of the century, however, a powder dye from the Aniline Factories of Germany came into popular use among Ilocano weavers, causing the death of the indigo industry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayum,_Abra

 

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