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Agusan Manobo holds free embroidery workshop beginning today

Visual artist Carlito Camahalan Amalla, a member of the Agusanon Manobo tribe, will share the traditional and contemporary perspectives of their very own embroidery art in a free two-part online workshop entitled 'Suyam: Sining ng Pagbuburda.'

Amalla, the founder and leader of the Agusan Artists Association in Butuan City and the Balangay Artists Association in Manila, will discuss the remarkable textile heritage of suyam, an embroidery characterized by the various geometrical designs.