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Handmade Buri Bayong

A bayong is a kind of bag originating in the Philippines and

made by weaving dried leaves. The leaves used for making
the bayong vary but the traditional bayong is made from buri
leaves in the visayas and pandan leaves in Luzon.

Buri are handicrafts woven using the leaves of the

eponymous palm trees abundantly growing in Pangasinan's
shoreline towns. The women of Cabarruyan Agrarian Reform
Cooperative in Anda Island work together to produce the
most beautiful handmade pieces of art.

Bayong refers to bags from the Philippines made by weaving dried leaves traditionally from
Buri in Visayas and Pandan in Luzon. It is commonly used during the Spanish era.

In the Philippines, a bayong was originally designed as a utility bag for carrying food bought
from the wet market, especially in the rural areas, as well as for farmers and fishermen for
their produce and catch. The bag is both versatile and durable, owing to the type of organic
and plastic materials used.

The buri leaves are carefully dried under the sun until light brown
and malleable. Afterwards, the buri are cut into strips of uniform
width, then either dyed or left in their natural color, and rolled into
spools for storage.

The creation of just a piece of buri is a meticulous and delicate

process that can take anywhere from a day to an entire week. Each
one is unlike the other, since everything is done solely by hand and
by its weaver.

The bond between the handicraft and its maker is an intimate one: the
interlocking strips are similar to the unpredictable twists and turns of life,
but the interlace makes the buri strong, beautiful, and complete. Since
the enterprise is women-dominated, the handicrafts empower
housewives, mothers, and ladies to express themselves through their
God-given talent of creating buri handicraft.
The women of Cabarruyan can make buri bags, hats, wedding souvenirs,
baskets, and virtually anything that a customer may ask for. Depending
on the complexity of a design, a buri handicraft may be priced at P75.00
to P200.00 apiece.

 Happy to see that we have in our house this kind of handicraft bayong, We Filipinos are resourceful, and that’s
why our ancestors looked around to find a use for the things that are already available. Come to think of Bayong
as a good example. Who would have taught that weaving dried

The functionality of Bayong is not limited to the wet markets or the beach. This is no longer a souvenir item. The
Bayong Republic proves that these native items are versatile if you let your mind explore the possibilities. In fact,
this can be your statement bag for 2021. We’re not kidding that their bags can rival the ones you at the mall.

A social view of the world makes people sociable, harmony-seeking and unitive. It encourages a devotional
attitude towards the highest ranking being in the cosmic social order for the reason that becoming one with this
figure unites one with the whole world. Filipino traditional culture, which is essentially Southeast Asian, views the
universe as the infinite manifestations of a dynamic, creative living spirit, whose sacred essence is often
symbolized as a mythical hero or divine being and whose concrete representations are believed to be permeated
by this being’s spiritual energy.

Hence, images of these divine beings attract so much devotional fervor in all traditional Filipino life, especially in
the villages. A strongly shared devotion develops an expanded sense of self, an orientation that is communal
rather than individualistic, intuitive and holistic rather than logical and analytic, and preferring interdependence
and relationships over self-assertion and privacy.

Filipinos are highly relational people. They are hardly alone, quite happy being together – when they eat, sleep,
work, travel, pray, create or celebrate. Having a minimal sense of privacy, they are open, trusting and easily
accessible socially. Instead of a meticulous concern for safeguarding their private sphere, as in the case of
Western peoples, many Filipinos actively seek a convergence of their lives with the lives of others.