Preserving the culture of weaving

By The Manila Times

Dec 27, 2014 9:35 pm

Haja Amina Appi, a mat weaver and Gamaba Awardee from the Sama tribal group of Tawi-Tawi

It shows how only a number of elders in the community practice the traditional art. Through the years, the weavers have aged along with their crafts. And the more alarming concern is that the younger generations have taken not as much interest in the continuation of their creative industries as their precedents.

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