T'nalak Designs
- GAMABA
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min read
This is in reference to Lang Dulay and her fellow local community weavers' works.
I. Ye Kumu (Mother Blanket)
It is a ceremonial fabric created for grand ceremonies to solicit blessings from the spirits, usually for bountiful crops, tapping water sources, weddings of daughters and sons of Datus and Bois, and other significant community activities that require a collective spiritual communion.
It has been created since time immemorial and is the most revered sacrifice that becomes stronger when offered along with a Kemagi, Kegal Bensewit, Sudeng, or Kefilan. Furthermore, the kumu is an important part of the great T'boli festival called MoNimum.
II. Tofi Be Kelil
This pattern captures the movement of a leaf when it is blown by the wind. Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that the design twists and turns to create the motion effect. Thus, it was designed to show what T’boli experiences when nature delivers its danger, especially the situation when the wind comes.
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Casumbal-Salazar, M. S. (2015). The indeterminacy of the Philippine indigenous subject: Indigeneity, temporality, and cultural governance. Amerasia Journal, 41(1), 74-94. https://doi.org/10.17953/aj.41.1.74
Endaya, I. C. (2015). Towards a herstory of Filipino women’s visual arts. Academia. edu. https://www.academia.edu/download/47773391/ICEndaya_WomenPhilVisualArts_Academia.pdf
Vengua, J. (2014). The Little Book of Haptic Drawing. http://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:CrS8sx8AadkJ:scholar.google.com/+lang+dulay+weave&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5
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