SunStar National artist for ikat weaving dies at 106
DAVAO. Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo (August 8, 1914-January 26, 2021). (Photo courtesy of Arjho Turner)
DAVAO. Fu Yabing with her niece Arjho Carino Turner and arts and culture stalwarts, Emi Alexander Englis of the Philippine Women s College of Davao, and Leonardo Rey Carino of the Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges of General Santos City. (Photo courtesy of Arjho Turner)
+ January 26, 2021 INDIGENOUS Peoples of Mindanao mourn the passing of a Blaan master in ikat weaving, Yabing Masalon Dulo, who died in her sleep around 12:30 a.m. of January 26, 2021.
Fu Yabing, a Manlilikha ng Bayan, the equivalent honor of national artist for indigenous arts and crafts, was 106 years, having been born on August 8, 1914.