National Heritage Month

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Hand Weaving

Historical account points out that hand weaving is a traditional craft of the native Cordillerans or Igorots. Most of the women folk know how to weave on a backstrap loom, which consist of a band strapped together around the hips of the weaver to hold the loom together. Indigenous raw materials used for weaving then were obtained from flayed barks, which were palm twisted on the naked thigh to produce the threads. These were dyed in herbs and wild berries. The finished woven materials were thick and coarse and about 41 centimeters width 14 to 16 meters. (Cordillera Loom Weaving Industry: sectoral profile. 2004 p. 1 – 33; Serials – CAR 014)

As we celebrate the National Heritage month for the month of May, with the theme “Championing heritage: Capacity Building to transform communities”, let us preserved and protect our tradition passed down from generation to generation ensuring that our rich cultural heritage continuously thrive; reconnect with our roots and celebrate our shared identity.

The Benguet Provincial Library housed various reading materials on our cultures, traditions and practices inscribed in every page of the book!

Come visit now! More fun reading at Benguet Provincial Library!