ARTS AND CRAFTS OF MINDANAO

It is a traditional Filipino tube skirt that is made of hand-woven or machine-made multicolored cotton cloth.

It is a sacred cloth which is exchanged during marriages and used as a cover during births

It is the process of dyeing the fabric in which the yarns have been tie-dyed before weaving.

They are known as “People of the Lake”.

It is a square cloth used by the Yakan women as a head cover or as a belt.

It is the most common material used by the ethno linguistic groups in Mindanao for weaving cloth

It is the traditional tight-fitting trousers made of a Yakan fabric characterized by its vertical stripes design.

It is a traditional dance which demonstrates the various ways of wearing a malong and its uses.

It is a wooden comb with colored glass beads

hanging from it, worn towards the back of the head.

It is a hat worn to add elegance during the wedding of Yakans