Baingan Adzad Dawan from Maguindanao Province weaves silk on a backstrap loom.
Photo by Lindsay Mayhood

Performing groups with craftspeople as well as individual craftspeople demonstrated their skills in three cluster areas. Silk, pineapple and abaca (banana hemp) weavers from Mindanao and Panay islands were presented in the three tents of the weaving cluster. A craftsman from the Aklan region also demonstrated the building of a local boat with woven sides.

Susima Dela Cruz demonstrates weaving piña (pineapple) fibers into fine cloth.
Photo by Richard Strauss 

Norman Fojas, from Aklan Province, weaves coconut fronds into the frame of the boat he constructed on the mall.
Photo by Richard Strauss 


Film for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival was graciously provided by FUJIFILM USA

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