Senior high school (SHS) students at the only public school in the municipality of Lubuagan in Tabuk City, Kalinga will soon be taught in their Home Economics classes the “laga” or the traditional ...

MANILA, Philippines — A traditional weaving method passed on through generations has been institutionalized as a special course for senior high school students at a school in Lubuagan, Kalinga ...

"Laga," the traditional method of weaving by Cordillera natives will now be included in the curriculum of senior high schools in Lubuagan, Kalinga. The Department of Education said laga will be ...

As Filipino handloom weavers try to keep a fading tradition alive, they also hope the beautiful patterns in their heirloom fabrics will no longer be transferred into cheaper printed products ...

TABUK CITY, Kalinga (PIA) — As part of the celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Month this October, the Tabuk City government has launched the Tabuk Weave Design and Pattern Competition where digital ...

TABUK CITY, Kalinga (PIA) — The city government has introduced newly created weave designs as the official textile patterns that represent the collective identity of the people living in the city. The ...

LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – In Barangay (village) Mabilong here, weaving is a sacred tradition passed on from mother to daughter. This is why every house in this remote community has women skilled enough to ...

This year, with hopes of replicating the success of Kalinga Weaving, Habi has teamed up with Marlon Martin and his Ifugao heritage school to produce high-quality, pure cotton textiles with Ifugao ...

Part of our precolonial identity — sustained unbroken through generations — is deeply interwoven in the many weaving cultures of the archipelago, with each having its own vocabulary of forms, motifs ...