TY - BOOK AU - Pacho, Arturo G., TI - Discovering tuba SN - 9789715427661 AV - TP 588.T8 .P117 2015 PY - 2015///];©2015 CY - Diliman, Quezon City PB - University of the Philippines KW - Tuba (wine) KW - Wine and wine making N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) N2 - This book introduces readers to tuba, an indigenous wine of the Philippines collected from each gentle drip of the sap from the inflorescence of a coconut. In Leyte and Samar, tuba is the traditional drink that flows freely during celebrations, fiestas, weddings, funeral wakes, and birthday parties. The wine binds together the Waray-waray-speaking people to seek a common purpose and gives them hope for a better future despite natural calamities, tragedies, and benign neglect ER -