INDIGENOUS TRIBES & FABRIC

• T'BOLIS


  "tagabili" from the word "Tao Belil" means "man living in the hills"
• LUMAD


  Natives
• T'NALAK


  Traditional handwoven cloth to the t'boli people
• T'NALAK weaving by women

  Called DREAM WEAVERS
• FU DALU


  Design and patterns were committed through their dreams by the spirit of the abaca
• T'BOLI Tradition Costume


  • KEGAL T'BOLI (dress)
  • KEGAL BENTILAS (blouse)
  • LEWEK TEDEYUNG (skirt)
  • SEWAT (headdress)
  • BEKELEW (necklace)
  • HILET LEMIMET (beaded belt)
• Design on blouse


  • CRABS (the image of food to sustain them)
  • RATTAN FRUIT (whose stems they use to build houses)
• SLOONG KNEBANG


  Wide brimmed hat veiled over a red cloth, worn during farming or traveling
• SINGKIL


  Brass angeles worn by women to denote wealth & status, said gifted by the god d'wata
• MARANAO


  "People of the lake"
• TOROGAN


  A royal house
• MALONG


  Worn by both women (as a dress) and men (over trousers, as formalwear)
• Types of Malong


  • MALONG A ANDON - most expensive and rare; refers to the PATOLA (circular from india adapted by maranao)
  • MALONG A LANDAP - LANGKIT, decorative strips of hand sewn geometric design
  • MALONG A AMPIK - square patterns with lines & crosslines of the contrasting colors
• Common Motifs of the Malong

  • PAKO RABONG - "growing fern"
  • PATOLA - "double ikat", circular
• MANDAYA


  Indigenous group found in the mountain ranges of davao oriental, davao del norte, surigao del sur
• MAN


  "Inhabitant of"
• DAYA


  "Upstream"
• Mandaya Clothing


  • DAGUM - women wear cotton blouse, usually in red,blue,black
  • BADO NANG BUHAY - (woman's dress) design as the blouses and betray chinese influence
  • DAGUM NANG USOG (mana collarless shirt) has sleeves that may be long ¾ length and embroidered with LENEMA (thread)
  • PANTOT (trousers) 5-7 ½ above knee
• DAGMAY


  Woven fabric to the mandaya tribe
• Types of Abaca Fiber used in Dagmay

  • PINTOK - knotted abaca fibers in the extracted red dye of the plant "sikaring"
  • SIKARING - unknotted abaca fibers boiled in red dye
  • KANARU - from abaca fibers boiled in the black dye of the same plant
• Weaving PANUL-OB


  A complex process that can last several months
• Weaver MAG-IINANG or PANDAY


  No one may talk to her while weaving
• Dagmay Designs

  • LARON NA OPAT (crocodile) - most common design, aesthetic and religious significance
  • YATIK NA DAGUM - colorful design and embroidered
• Mandaya Accessories

  • SUWAT - wood or bamboo comb adorned with SALISID (beads)
  • KULUBATA - necklace made of beads
  • TONGKALING - brass bell & coin trinkets worn around waist for marriageable women to be noticed, and by the BALYAN (priestess) to drive away evil spirits
• KALINGA


  Kalinga province, indigenous collection of traditional rice farmers, weavers & craftsmen
• Kalinga Men's Clothing


  • BAHAG - loincloth made from a single piece of fabric, wrapped around the waist and secured with a belt
  • GA'DANG - traditional kalinga sleeves vest
  • WATWAT - sash worn around waist, often used to carry tools and weapons
  • IWANG - headband made from cloth & beads
• Kalinga Women's Clothing


  • KAIN - wrapped around skirt made from handwoven fabric, worn from waist & cover the knees
  • LUHID - blouse, hand woven fabric
  • INAWAT - shawl or blanket worn over the shoulder, to protect weaver from sun or cold
• Kalinga Fabric Designs

  • PILAKPAK, ILAGLIS, SILUGWID, GILAMAY, GILILING, LILAKTOK (for the kain)
  • KILAYAO, SILLAYUTI, PILAGPEN (for the bahag)
• SINANBITUWON


  Intended as funeral blanket for most affluent in the northern and southern kalinga
• STAR (bituwon)


  Serves as a guide to the afterlife
• Kalinga Accessories


  • DALISDIS - headdress made of BONGOR (kalinga beads)
  • PAWISAK - earrings
  • TILALI - multiple strand of the beaded bracelet
  • PILAKED - crossband worn across the torso, made of BONGOR
• ABEL


  In ilocano "to weave"
• INABEL


  "Woven"
• Popular Patterns of Inabel

  • BINAKUL - means "twill", dizzying pattern, meant to protect the weber by distracting evil spirits
  • SUK-SOK - discontinuous supplementary weft technique
  • INURITAN - geometric pattern
  • SUNAN-SABONG - flowers
• MAGDALENA GAMAYO


  National Living Treasure Award (gawad sa manlilikha ng bayan) by the national commission on culture and the arts
• HABLON


  Hand woven textile
• ILOILO


  "Textile capital of the Philippine"
• "HABLON"


  From the hiligaynon word "habol" means to weave
• "PINYA" CLOTH


  "The queen of all fibers" in the Philippines
• PAGHABOE


  Final stage - upright foot operated two-treadle loom