Hanunuo Mangyan Weaving

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

PHILIPPINES | Sunday, 13 January 2013 | Views [1387]

A laugh ensues as Baye Omeng explains the process of habol weaving and its similarities to a courting ritual. Habol means chase in the Tagalog language.

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Baye Omeng sets the cotton fibers as the warp on the loom that has been passed down for generations. She relays that they consider this loom to be one of their prized possessions.

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Baye Omeng weaves their traditional indigo and white fabrics on her backstop loom. They are one of the last tribes in the Philippines known to produce their own thread for weaving from the cotton plant.

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Hanunuo Mangyan Weaving

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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