Inaul Festival Celebrates Maguindanao’s Traditional Weaving Art
Marky Ramone Go
May 05, 2019
“Life
is a loom, weaving illusion” [1] and
in Mindanao’s storied sundry of woven heritage, a diverse weaving art scattered
across the region abounds with dream-like patterns and fascinating backstories. Anecdotes encompassing
historical origins and local legends shaped the roots of the various cloth
creations of the Dreamweavers’ T’nalak of
South Cotabato, the Langkit of
Maranao, the Dagmay of the Mandayas, the
Tausugs's Habul Tiyahian, the Inabal of Davao del Sur’s
Bagobo-Tagabawa tribe, among others—and in this case, ushering a festivity called the Inaul Festival.
