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Beyond Lake Sebu: Blaans’ rich indigenous dreamwoven tabih and its master weaver, rituals, dances, homestays, at Blaan Wellness and Tribal Village National Living Treasure Fu Yabing Masalon-Dulo at work on a tabih design in her home.
INDIGENOUS CULTURE/NARRATIVE
Narrative by Claire Madarang
I have always associated South Cotabato, a province in the Philippines with the serene Lake Sebu and the dreamweaving T’boli indigenous people and their masterpiece, the t’nalak. South Cotabato is in fact known as the “Land of the Dreamweavers.”
However, there are other dreamweavers in South Cotabato and other parts of Mindanao, the Blaan indigenous people. I was able to meet Blaans for the first time in Sarangani, and I was happy to find out there was also a community in South Cotabato. The Blaans’ indigenous cloth woven from dreams is the tabih, also made from abaca fibers like the t’nalak.
Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo
Velasco and several solons filed resolutions expressing the profound condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the popular weaver.
The deceased tribal leader passed away last January 26 at the age of 106.
She was called Fu Yabing within her communit due to her status as a respected elder of the B’laan tribe.
“Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo’s artistry, knowledge, talent, passion, and advocacy has made her an important cultural bearer for the B’laan tribe and inspired a new generation to preserve the B’laan textile and clothing tradition, and the death of such a beloved and respected elder and artist is an immense and profound loss not only to her family and her community, but to our country and the Filipino people as well,” Velasco said in House Resolution (HR) No. 1540.