Woven PH: Weaving Change in the Lives of Women Artisans of Basey, Samar
Marky Ramone Go
February 10, 2020
I first came to learn about
the banig weavers of Basey, Samar
many moons ago when on a pre-Yolanda morning, I explored the entirety of San
Juanico Bridge on foot. I arrived in Samar with no destination in mind until a
local I encountered pointed me to a fascinating place. “You can go to Basey, it is a small town not far from here. There’s an
old church there and a cave where you will see women weavers making beautiful
banig”, he told me in Tagalog.