processes Curvilinear lines Lines that are curved and inspired by lines found in flowers and plants Geometric design Made of various straight lines and shapes Natural dyes Dyes from seeds, fruits and bark of trees used to dye mats and fabrics repetition When a line or color or shape is repeated in a mat or fabric contrast Hen a light color is woven beside a dark color or when a thin line or shape is palced beside a thick line or shape to provide contrast weaving The handmade craft of using warp and weft strips or string to create a fabric or mat
FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS AND DESIGN OF MINDORO, PALWAN AND VISAYAS
PROVINCE ARTS AND CRAFT PICTURE
MARINDUQUE Moriones Maskara PALAWAN MAnunggul Jar-famous pre-colonial secondary burial jar excavated from MAnunggul Cave in Palawan, with two figures rowing a boat, signifying a belief in the journey of the soul to afterlife. SALUGIN-traditional Tagbanua attire made of pounded bark of trees MINDORO Hanunuo- MAngyan writing Basketry Weaving craft ILO-ILO Culinary Arts Old Houses VISAYAS Languages are Cebuano(largest group), Ilonggo, kinaray, Aklanon, waray-waray, leyte 1521-Europeans visited with Magellan 1565- Miguel Lopez de Legaspihe arrived and established Cebu City PANAY ISLAND Lying South of Romblon MIAG-AO-handweaving of Patadyong and bablon PATADYONG-colorful features linear and geometric design, skirt of Visayans wrap around piece of cloth worn by women, checkered in pattern BADIANGAN-weaving of paghahhabol, from indigenous textile such as jusi and pinya Weaving is primary industry Western Visayas Region Surrounded by various body of water Coastal lowlands with rugged hills and mountains Heart of diverse marine life, inland fishery and agricultural products Production of seaweeds Second largest rice producing region in the Philippines Crops are mangoes, coconut, pineapples, rootcrops,muscovado.rattan craft industry AKLAN Pinya fiber weaving (delicate and sharp fiber) BASTOS-first set of pinya fibers LINAWEN-finer set of pinya fiber SANGGIT-cutting instruments similar to kawit at harabas KULMADAN-simple machine with blades used for stripping bariw leaves PALPAG-process of weaving BUKOY-strippining machine made of bamboo Weaving of basket, trays ,and mats made of pandan and bariw PAGRARARA at BANIG- mat weaving as form of social interaction KIYAPIS-strips are arranged made of strips of bariw leaves TAYTAY-framework of mat PINYA-the fiber extracted from pineapple leaves and used for fine fabric for barong tagalong. ANTIQUE products of bamboo, rattan, buri, bariw, nito, log charcoal, abaca, herbal vines and plants, wild flowers construction industry, furniture and handicraft GUIMARAS sweetest mangoes in the Philippines (world) stand in the coast of Panay island near Iloilo City Candies, jam, juices and wine from banana KAPIS/ CAPIZ Shell collected from the sea Shell capiz for lamps, decors, trays, souvenir items KAPIS-shell used for various crafts and for the windows of local houses CEBU FURNITURE Largest and oldest sentiments established by Spaniards 2nd Metropolitan centre of the Philippines Queen city of the South, City of Fashion and designs, designs, ASEAN city of culture, Exporter of the world class furniture Used of Rattan Milan of Asia for furniture Industry Vito Selma, Debbie Palao, Kenneth, Cobonque (names in furniture industry) Materials: rattan, coconut shells, shells, bariw, cap[iz, wood Fashion jewelries amde of wood, stones and metals Unique blend of sound, craftsmanshift and durability NEGROS ISLAND BUGLAS-pre-hispanic Grass after sugarcane NEGROS- dark people called by Magellan MT. KANLAON-highest peak in Negros Fragile death a lower in the spot where Home of many festivals BACOLOD CITY MASKARA festival of Bacolod (color of beauty of Negreness) Weaving arts of crafts, include roofing materials, walls, hats and baskets using pandan and buri leaves Pinya weaving is lucrative industry VALENCIA Sinamay weaving IN Negris Oriental Sinamay made of ABACA (musa textiles) twine and indegenous plant similar to banana Material fiber is dyed, woven and stiffed for mat productions TOROTOT-handmade of whistles SAMAR, LEYTE AND BASEY MATS-beautiful and colourful hand woven, BILIRAN made of Tikog leaves TIKOG-waray term for Bariw or Romblon,leaves used for weaving of Basey MAts Mat weaving is both passion and occupation (long painful process of gathering Tikog) Speak Cebuano, waray-waray,English and Filipino They love festival and celebrations KASADYAHAN-festival of colors, beauty and artistry festival rich in cultural heritage and tradition LARA(term for weaving in Samar) raw materials from TAcloban PAGLALARA/ PAGRARARA BURDA (embroider of the mats) DESIGN IN MATS Pusoi or bodbod-WEAVING for culinary arts PUSO O-BUDBOD-WOVEN CONTAINER made from glutinous rice wrapped with young coconut ot talbos Specialty of people that reflects value of weaving in their lives Similar to PATUPAT of Pampanga, plain rice, puto, bibingka and molido BANIG- handwoven mats of various local materials, famous found in Basey BOHOL OLD CHURCHES Beautiful sceneries, exotic foods, rare animals, old churches and basketry BACLAYON CHURCH-old Spanish church and watch towers MALMAG- (Tarsier), smallest primate CHOCOLATE HILLS-tears of grief giant legend when love has turned down by an ordinary woman (green during spring, chocolate by summer) SIQUIJOR Southeast of Cebu, Southeast of Bohol Famous in beaches and spots Basketry Industry Antequera-most women are weavers MUNICIPALITY OF TUBIGON- loom weaving, center of province Hand women product Made of raffia or buri leaves
Navajo weavers
Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-'82,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 371-392.