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CP Journal : September 2020
It's the weekend! Hope you have a good two days at home relaxing with whatever you do and whoever you hang out with. Mabuhay, Pilipinas! Love.
Cordillera Ritual Cloths and Ilocano Weavers
Cordillera Ritual Cloths and Ilocano Weavers In the last six months as I scanned pages of materials on Cordillera history and culture, I came across what this writer said about the Cordillera textiles: “On the Cordillera, no social or religious event is complete without textiles being bestowed, exchanged,buried or sacrificed”. The photo shows “mambunong” or native priestess Amanda (Manda) Cados, Baguio City@ 2011. ( Photo from the Abek Home and Culture collection). In 2010, I was part of a group that went around the Ilocos region documenting crafts and other dying industries of the various villages. It was certainly amazing to...