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Posts tagged with philippines

1. bangar weavers

   2022-10-22 19:09:28 UTC

   i still find it so funny that i saw these blankets (ules in ilokano) growing up as a kid in my parents' closet. i knew they were gifts from my lola susana but my papa never thought to mention, until 4 years ago, that his maternal side of the family…

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2. so…i weave now.

   2022-10-05 04:31:42 UTC

   since my last blog post, a LOT has happened. it’s truly been a whirlwind but a mostly good whirlwind after about 4 years of obsessing over the kusikus pattern - kusikus means whirlwind (ha!) or whirlpool in the ilokano language by the way - i finally made myself figure out…

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