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This webinar is the Center for Culture and Arts Studies’ activity for the Women’s Month. Echoing the Arts Month’s theme, Alab Sining, Alay Sigla, the discussion revolves around Manobo women and their textile tradition. The research is the first to examine the craftsmanship, clothing, color, design, material, and social rank of the Manobo tribe from Mindanao. This study devotes women's expertise have a technically and extraordinary accomplishment of indigenous tradition and transformations. The convergence of fiber is packed with modern modes of method and equipment. The creative decorating of fabric is a remarkable textile tradition that has been learned from generation to generation. The two provinces of Agusan with a social-level implication with power, status symbol, prestige, beauty, and charm. The dress has an ergonomic function from womb to tomb. The dress is the second skin and an extension of the body with a local expression. Textile creates a national identity in cultural heritage. It has an ancient root in the Philippines that rich and layered history that tells the story in community. It has a universal art -based on the rooted in rituals, unity, and everyday living.

Women weavers as the creators of lasting gift to us. It has story and glory interwoven with in the strands of the fabric foreground prevalent design motif and pattern with corresponding meaning. Textile art is a living canvas that connected with symbolic, organic and cosmic. This is based on data collected through Master of Arts field work in communities based on social, gender and age levels and community geography. The pen and ink illustrations of tribe member, Mr. Amalla of the dress and accessories further enhances the aesthetics of Manobo so that in general, this is great contribution to academic literature on the arts and culture of Manobo society and the entire Philippines. What more is the artistic and historical value of an embroidery when affected by colonialization, urbanization and commercialization of indigenous traditions?

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