Status of the weaving industry in Mountain Province. Weaving is one of the most tradition industry of women in the province.
- 1. mountAin province...moving mountAins...
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- Northern Luzon, Philippines
- 13 hours drive by land to Manila
- Igorots, a minority tribe in the Cordillera Mountain
Ranges
- Traditionally patriarchal
Pop:140,000 Area:229 hectares 3.
- Agriculture for home consumption
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- Processed Food like wine and coffee and native delicacies
- Handicrafts and trading for cash income
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- Woven garments turned into fashion and home accessories and
tapestries;
Eco-cultural tourism 4. COMEANDSEE A new paradigm Come
Experience This. Plant rice at the terraces Tend and harvest the
potatoesPick Oranges in October Learncrude and modern pottery Get
lost in the woods and explore the forest Join thefestival
COMELIVEHERE LiveIn the village 5. MOUNTAIN PROVINCE Weavers'
paradise 6.
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- started since women started weaving their skirts, belts and
mens g-string then to blankets and burial cloths
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- Providing unique identity for the province
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- Loom weaving was taught by foreigners
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- CICM Missionaries to Bauko and Sabangan Women.
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- Foster Family of the Lepanto Craft to Ms. Andrea Bondad of
Sagada Weaving
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- Ilocos:First source of thread
Salient Features of the Industry 7.
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- Sagada Weaving: Pioneer Commercial Weaving established in
1968
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- St. Clements Convent,Bauko exported table linen in 70s then
transferred to Sabangan Parish.
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- Sabangan Weavers Cooperativewas organized after the CICM nuns
left in the 80s
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- Others made it big outside Mountain Province
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- 17 weaving firms in Mountain Province
the weavers 8. product utilization CLOTHING STATUSSYMBOL
CULTURAL MATERIAL
CONTEMPORARY FASHION
9. 10. business locations 276 Total 118 43% 8 weaving firms
Sagada 2 1 sole proprietor Tadian 22 1 weavers cooperative Sabangan
14 1 village industry assn.1 weaving firm Paracelis 60 3 village
industry Assn 1 sole proprietor Bontoc 60 21% 1 village industry
individually operating informal business Bauko No. of Direct
Workers No. of firms Municipality 11. industry potentials
- Availability of natural materials like grasses and abaca as
alternative raw materials
12. 13. Guinzadan 14.
- Located in Northern Bauko
- Named from the word GUSADAN meaning a place below
- Population: 4,229 (15% of towns population)
- Agriculture: rice, highland vegetables like carrots
- The only weaving village in Bauko
- Women weave or trade during off farm season
- They are known for weaving burial cloths
15. GUINZADAN BACK STRAP WEAVING 16.
- About 50 to 60 individual weavers;
- All women except for 1 male weaver;
- Age Range:32-59; mostly mothers; 7 with toddlers;
- Weaving skills were passed on from mothers to daughters who
learn during school vacations and after school.
- Young girls start weaving with dried and stripped banana
stalks.
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- Weaving is to have something to do after farm and house works
rather than doing nothing.
- As an alternative source of income to provide for tuition fees
of children;
- Even if not sold, they weave to have something for special
occasions, for tokens and social responsibility in the event of
death.
18. WEAVING:invokes help from family members Pudon (Balling the
yarn) Siko Gan-ay Abe (Weaving) Tending the children
- Help from children or a wooden mold
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- Mensiko (Filling the shuttle)
20. SETTING for WEAVING 21.
- Tapis:wrap around skirts for women
- Bakget / Wakes :ladiesbelt
- Bedbed : Head gear for men
- Pinagpagan :Blanket / Cape
22. AlabdangP5,000.00Burial Cloth for kadangyan BaewP4,000.00
TinuwangP1,000.00 23. Burial Cloth for kudo BalawangP1,000.00
BayaongP 700.00 24. Burial Clothes Bedbed (Head Gear)P500.00
Inakgoling (belt for kadangyanP 300.00 Kain/tapisP500.00 Sinulaman
(Wanes or G-String) P1,000.00 Tinengwey (G-String)P500.00 Baa
(Wanes or G-String) P300.00 25.
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- Commercial polyester /slasher thread;
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- Bought from Baguio or from local retailer;
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- Local buyers from the province, Benguet and Ifugao
- Traders who collect products from weavers;
- Subcontracting for Ifugao weavers
- They once weave for Nardas, Baguio City
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- produce and market individually;
- No accounting of transactions except for 1 who made a list to
show to husband
- Mark up is computed based on direct material cost
28. ISSUES AND CONCERNS
- More buyers bigger market
- New designs and improved sewing quality
- Agreement among weavers to maintain good quality
- Soft loans to finance purchase of raw materials.
- Difficulty in collecting credit sales;
- Minimal mark-up. Prices dictated by buyers
- Limited capital to produce volume orders and to purchase more
threads
- Increasing raw material cost / non-availability
MITIGATING FACTORS ISSUES AND CONCERNS 29. ISSUES AND CONCERNS
2.No intervention received from government
- Preparation initiated for DOLE registration as Women
Sector
- Compliance with agreements and following rules
Organizational Aspect: 1.No legal entity yet. No organization
MITIGATING FACTORS ISSUES AND CONCERNS 30. Assessment and
Recommendations
- Market positioning capitalizing on its relation to culture and
tradition and ethnicity of designs;
- Improvement of skills through trainings and quality
standardization;
- Research and development of new product lines
- Launching and exposure to markets
- Baseline information on the products and groups production
capacity
- Mobilization and pooling capital for bulk buying of
materials
- Micro-financing basics and availment of funds from fund
sources
31. Assessment and Recommendations Organizational Aspect: 1.The
group should undergo the process of organizing into a producers
association with common vision and objectives and with clear
policies; 2.Registration as a women sector with DOLE;