Cloth Weaving.docx

Cloth weaving One of the most precious living traditions that are still kept until today is weaving. Originating in the precolonial times, the art of weaving of the Cordillera tribal groups in the North is still existing despite the threat of the more practical mass production of cloth. The natives use backstrap loom to produce blankets and articles of clothing. Photo by Edgar Alan Zeta-Yap

Piña cloth is also produced in looms throughout the province of Antique. It is a delicate and exquisite handwoven cloth that is made from the fibers which you can get in the leaves of pineapple plants. It is popularly used in Barong Tagalog, our traditional clothes. Having its organic and airy textile, it is becoming more popular now around the world. Abaca fiber come from the abaca plant that is endemic and grown in the country. It is woven chiefly to make sinamay fabric. Abaca is popular in making a rope, specialty papers like vacuum bags, currency, and tea bags. There are also handcrafts like bags, furniture, carpets and clothing made of abaca.

CORDILLERA

Basket weaving Baskets are mainly used by the Cordilleras for their occupation. They use them as a storage for their food when they need to go to mountain terraces to cultivate their lands. Photo by mwanasimba of flickr.com

A basket is needed for carrying grains, hunting animals, and fishing in the streams. Baskets made of bamboo become their fish traps; the shape and size of baskets are according to the kind of fish they want to catch.