Buntal Hat

Weaving
Menchie E. Sales
Jonnabel L. Salvador
Angelyn Mae E. Villa
Buntal is a natural and organic fiber from
large leaves of abundant trees that are
grown sustainably in the Philippines

Buntal hat weaving industry began in

Baliwag, Bulacan way back during the pre-
war years.

"Buntal Festival" exhibits the products

that is made up of buntal,showcasing native
products like buntal hats bags and etc.
According to the book “Baliwag Then and Now”
by Rolando Villacorte, buntal hat weaving
started in this town sometime between 1907
and 1909 when Mariano Deveza brought to
Baliuag bundles of coarse buntal fiber from his
home town of Lucban, Quezon.
Back then, Lucban was the sole seat of the
buntal weaving industry and could not cope
with the large demand for the product.
Buri Tree
is the largest and most common
palm found in the Philippines. The
leaf is the most important part of
the buri palm. The petiole yields the
so called buntal fiber of which the
lucban hats are made.
BURI TREE/ BUNTAL TREE
 Buntal fibers

Mga magbubuntal ng
Lucban noong panahon
Making Buntal fibers

Harvesting and collection of petioles

Preparation of petiols for the extraction of
fibers
Extraction procedure
Cleaning and sorting of the produced
fibers
Tuktok

Ulo
Dahon
THANK
YOU!!