The women of Antique have busy hands. These hands hold both straws and twines for hours; threading and weaving grand designs of handicrafts and fabrics.
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| Photo taken from Google |
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| Photo taken from Google |
Located in Tobias Fornier, members of Buri Handicraft Association, Inc. of Antique braid buri palm into baskets, bags, mats, wallets, and boxes. Their products are so good and beautiful, and it now represents their municipality's One Town, One Product project.
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Moving next into the town of Bugasong, a small community of weavers can be found at Barangay Bagtason. A more complex kind of weaving can be witnessed.
Patadyongs were they've made. It is a type of textile made from cottons, abaca and even polyester. Quite similar to
malongs of the Muslims, the only difference is in its being signature plaid or checkered patterns. It has many usage; skirts for ladies, baby hammocks and even portable bathrooms and changing rooms during olden days.
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According to the legend, one of the datus, Datu Lubay, taught the art of weaving to the villages of Bugasong and Malay datus moved to Panay to escape prosecuting from their native empire in Borneo and Sumatra. You can believe it or not, but one thing for sure,
patadyong were history.
There are six stages in making
patadyongs; the measurement(pagsab-ong), the thread arrangement(paglikis), the thread insertion in the binting(pagbinting), the thread insertion in the reed(pagsulod), the thread transfer from cone to talingyasan(pagtalingyas), and the final weaving part(pagpanara).
Looking at the detail and intricacy of finished
patadyongs and how painstakingly slow it is made, simply blew your mind.
These weavers have magics in their hand!
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