ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

In May 2011, during a Committee National Scout Organization (NSO) Visit (CNV), I had the opportunity to travel to the exotic and beautiful country of Bhutan.

Archery is the Bhutanese National Sport and I discovered that their traditional bow is made from Bamboo, while their Arrows are crafted from a type of Reed Grass. With that as the seed of an idea, I designed and developed this "Archery Set for Scouts" during the 15th National Jamboree at Mt. Makiling in June of 2011, with bamboo materials from Romy Apuli, the carving skills of Salvador Llenas Jr. a Makiling Scout Camp Staff, assigned to me by the Camp Administrator, Eusebio Mole and suggestions from Willy Pabuaya.

This Archery set can be made at a minimal cost because it is constructed from indigenous and recycled materials that are found all over the Philippines. The tools required are simply a Machete “Bolo” and a Swiss Knife.

I hope that illustrated set of instructions will guide you in making a functioning "Panàng Pang Iskaut" (“Archery Set for Scouts”) that can now be used by scouts to earn an Archery Merit Badge.

Please see the BSP Archery MB requirements at the end of this guide.

Enjoy this scout project and work your way to earning the Pioneering and Survival Merit Badges also!

As a note, National Executive Board (NEB) member Rene Aquino is a Pilipino Teacher and he said that the proper Pilipino translation for Bow and Arrow is Busòg at Palasô the combination of both words is equivalent to Panà! So the word Archery is properly translated as Panàan, Archer is Mamamanà, etc.

Thank you to all those who helped me develop this ARCHERY SET FOR SCOUTS. Special thanks to my daughter, Camille, who did the main editing of this guidebook.

 

 

(Signed) Jose Eduardo C Delgado

BSP Program Committee Chairman & NEB Member