Banig Weaver
Posted on January 9, 2007 - Filed Under People | Leave a Comment
While the men of the Badjao tribe are busy fishing out in the seas, the women, on the other hand is busy weaving colorful sleeping mats known in the Filipino as banig. The mats usually made from the leaves of a palm tree known as buri
Read More..>>Badjao: The guardians of the Seas
Posted on January 4, 2007 - Filed Under People | Leave a Comment
The Badjao are the sea-faring people of Mindanao. they are commongly found on the shores of Zamboanga, ang Basilan. Their houses are standing on stilts over the water. Their main sour of livelihood is fishing, while women weave sleeping mats, popularly known as banig.
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Read More..>>Child’s Play
Posted on December 26, 2006 - Filed Under Landmarks, People | Leave a Comment
I can still remember when I was still a kid, we used to play piko, hide and seek, tumbang preso, Nintendo Family Computer, Game and Watch, Snakes and Ladders, and all other games. But I was so surprised when I saw this young girl in her tender years, not playing the games I used to [...]
Read More..>>Yakan: The Island’s Best Weavers
Posted on December 20, 2006 - Filed Under People, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
The Yakan tribe is said to be the descendants of the Orang Dampuan ethnic group occupying the Malay lands. In the Philippines, the Yakan are settled in the lands of Zamboanga and Basilan. Unlike the Badjao, the Yakans are landbound. They usually cultivate rice, corn and other crops. Aside from farming, the Yakan are also [...]
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