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The Weaving Sisters of Palawan

The Weaving Sisters of Palawan

The Rurungan sa Tubod showroom in Palawan Island, Philippines, boasts a beautiful display of hand-woven garments. And as much as in style and quality, Rurungan’s products are rich in purpose and culture. Step inside the Rurungan workroom and meet the women responsible for breathing life into the craft of weaving on the island of Palawan.

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Published at 2018-11-19 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Communities, Culture

Tags: Palawan, weaving

Contemporary Filipino Basketry Helps Subsistence Farmers Survive

Contemporary Filipino Basketry Helps Subsistence Farmers Survive

For many years, I’ve seen incredible baskets from the Philippines — mostly at Cost Plus stores, yard sales, or at Goodwill. As a California basket weaver steeped in native American basket traditions, I wondered about the Filipino communities that produce these baskets and what role the baskets play in their economies and cultures today.

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Published at 2018-09-30 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture

Tags: Tradition, basket, weaving

T’Boli: It's Better to Weave Than to Leave

T’Boli: It's Better to Weave Than to Leave

For over a decade now, I have been studying the traditional arts and their relevance in our modern culture. Traditional arts comprise a large part of our cultural heritage. They bring to the fore knowledge from the past not as something frozen in time, or something static, but as something quite dynamic, renewed and refreshed in every generation.

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Published at 2018-03-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary

Tags: Tboli, weaving