Textile Art Soul,

Dreams and
Imagination
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WHAT IS T’NALAK TEXTILE

• T’nalak is a traditional hand-woven cloth indigenous to the
T’boli people from the Cotabato region. It is woven in order to
celebrate and pay tribute to major life events such as birth, life,
marriage, or death within the community
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T’Nalak and T’Boli

• T’nalak is a sacred cloth woven by the T'boli people in
communities around Lake Sebu, Mindanao island. Traditionally
made by women of royal blood, thousands of patterns that
reference folklore and stories are known to the T’boli women by
memory.
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T’Nalak Textile Use for;

• T’nalak is used for ritual purposes, as an offering to the spirits
and during festival celebrations. It is also exchanged between
families for food and supplies in the T'bolis’ barter economy,
which endures to this day. Many communities rely on the
commercial sale of t’nalak to earn a living.
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What does the T nalak design symbolize?

• The traditional colors of the t'nalak hold symbolic meaning for
the T'bolis. The white or natural color of the abaca stands for
purity. Red is for the blood of their ancestors, while black
symbolizes the soil from which they came.
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T’Nalak Process

• A unique weaving pattem that illustrates geomatric

patterns depicting both art and a definite paradigm of
cuture dreamt to life by Tboll people, on ethic tribe in the
Philippines.
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T’Nalak Process
• The process starts by tediousty smoping the abaca fiber
from the pulp and ge ntly coaking the fibers to become
soft and workable The fibers are then carefully alligned
on the loom much like a blank canvass for the initial
stages of translating a dream to a work of art.
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What does T’Nalak Textile made

of?
• It is made of abacca fibers with
miscule knots and dyed red and
black with striking profundity.
DAGMAY
TEXTILE
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What is Dagmay?
Dagmay is a woven cloth from fibers of
native abaca tree, variety banana family,
which is abundant in the region. The finest
grade of hemp extracted from abaca stalks
is stripped pounded, combed then
DAGMAY

prepared for dyeing by tying or "tie-dye".

The dyes are made of mud, root ad other
organic materials.
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AAbout Dagmay
It is distinguished from other tribal
weaving by the intricate figures and
patterns depicting the folklores and
religion of the tribe.

The unique culture of dagmay

weaving by the Mandaya tribe earned
them the title "Lumad that Weave
Dagmay."
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MANDAYA TRIBE
AAbout Dagmay
The Mandaya is one of Mindanao's
surviving minority tribes of the
Philippines and have carried the human
and crocodile motifs and held sacred as
shown by the frequency with which it
appears in their decorative design without
copying patterns. Each design is an
expression of the weaver.
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AAbout Dagmay
The story of the origin of Dagmay has come
upon the working book on the 11 tribes in
Mindanao and in one of the research of an
indigenous people group Sildap.

Each design, however, carries with it a

certain story. Most of the traditional
designs, which can easily date back to over
a hundred years.
PIS SYABIT
 WHAT IS PIS SYABIT?

Pis Siyabit or Pis Syabit is the prized

handwoven cloth of the Tausugs of Sulu.
Usually used as head covering, it is made
from cotton or silk, square in shape and
PIS SYABIT

provided with geometric patterns.

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It can also be worn on the shoulder,
knotted around the hilt of the sword, or
tied around the head among the Tausug
men. Pis Siyabit is usually seen being
worn during weddings and other Tausug
PIS SYABIT

occasions as a symbol of colorful history

and rank.
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AAbout Pis Syabit

Bright colors are also used to enliven the
geometric patterns of the pis syabit
fabric. Traditionally, the color
combinations used on the headcloths
could be described as monochromatic
with a tendency to use red and purple
hues
SAPUTANGAN
SAPUTANGAN
A
A handwoven square cloth (used
as a headcover by women or as
a sash).

SPUTANGAN
SAPUTANGAN
A
Using herbal extracts from leaves, roots and
barks, the Yakans dyed the fibers and
produced colorful combinations and intricate
designs. A Yakan couple in a traditional
wedding dance. The Seputangan is the most
intricate design worn by the women around
their waist or as a head cloth.
ABOUT
A SAPUTANGAN
Sputangan is different from any other Yakan
weaving. Traditionally it has an off-white
background usually with square patterns which
are “stood up on end” as a rhombus. The
patterns are of great variety and so cannot be
pre-programmed as for the other types of
weaving. For this reason, and because it is
about one meter wide, it is very difficult to
weave.
ABOUT
A SAPUTANGAN
Only a few people know how to do it. The
cloth is worn around the waist by Yakan
women when they dress in the old
traditional costume. Often women also wear
it as a headdress. Brides and grooms have
several draped over them as part of the
wedding outfit
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INAUL TEXTILE
Inaul, literally meaning woven, is a
handmade fabric with designs handed
down from generation to generation. Its
luxurious texture is a blend of silk and
gold threads infused into the pure cotton
threads and woven in complicated
techniques.
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INAUL TEXTILE
Considered one of the most versatile
handwoven textile, the inaul can be worn as
a malong (tube skirt), turban, blanket,
prayer mat, sun shade, shawl, curtain, or
picnic mat. The more formal designs are
used during weddings and other special
occasions

INAUL TEXTILE
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INAUL TEXTILE
Inaul is the traditional woven cloth of the
Maguindanaon. It is the Maguindanao word
for “woven”. With Inaul, Maguidanaon do
not only provide us with colorful and
intricately designed cloth.

INAUL TEXTILE
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INAUL FESTIVAL

Refers to the age-old practice of hand-weaving

colorful inaul fabric which is a tradition in
Maguindanao and has become a cultural
symbol of its people. The act of weaving is
INAUL TEXTILE

considered “highest form of artistic

expression”, and the skill is taught
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John Lloyd L. Gracilla
Aldrin Gonzales
Juniel Guan
Francine Gludo
Rustom Gracilla
Birkson Gutlay