BOW AND ARROW......SEGTI IN B'LAAN LANGUAGE

BOW AND ARROW OR SEGTI consist of a carved body and has strings to store energy when pulled back to launch a long projectile typically with head at fast speeds of potentially great accuracy. Bow and arrow is a weapon of B'laan men consisting of arrow and the bow to shoot wild animals during hunting. Bow is composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the bow. The arrow consist of bamboo shaft with a steel head. This head, fastened to the bamboo shaft by layers or wooden rattan vine. Often, a double stringed steel head was placed on arrow used for bird hunting. The bamboo as given additional strength and flexibility by the placement of the woven rattan vine straps located approximately 5 cm. along the length of the bow. The bow string of the nito consist of a single strip of bamboo is finely attached to the base of the arrow. The top of the string, however, is formed into a woven loop which easy fits into a notch.......