The Snapshots in Time Collection

Traditional Nipa Hut (Bahay Kubo) Amid Coconut Palms, Luzon, Philippines, WWII Era

Traditional Nipa Hut (Bahay Kubo) Amid Coconut Palms, Luzon, Philippines, WWII Era

A traditional nipa hut (bahay kubo) stands amid coconut palms in rural Luzon, Philippines. Built on stilts with woven bamboo walls and a thatched cogon-grass roof, this style of vernacular housing was common throughout the Philippine countryside during World War II and would have been a familiar sight to Allied troops during the 1944-1945 Luzon Campaign. Project: 218434