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Mountain Province:

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.

LIVELIHOOD

Agriculture for home consumption

• Rice as the staple food

• Fruits and vegetables

• Processed Food like wine and coffee and native delicacies

Handicrafts and trading for cash income

• Woven garments turned into fashion and home accessories and tapestries;

• Baskets

• Souvenir Items

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.

• an age old industry

• started since women started weaving their skirts, belts and mens g-string then to blankets and burial cloths

• Providing unique identity for the province

• Loom weaving was taught by foreigners

• • CICM Missionaries to Bauko and Sabangan Women.

• • Foster Family of the Lepanto Craft to Ms. Andrea Bondad of Sagada Weaving

• Ilocos:First source of thread

Salient Features of the Industry 7.

• Sagada Weaving: Pioneer Commercial Weaving established in 1968

• St. Clements Convent,Bauko exported table linen in 70s then transferred to Sabangan Parish.

• Sabangan Weavers Cooperativewas organized after the CICM nuns left in the 80s

• Others made it big outside Mountain Province

• • Nardas

• • Easter Weaving

• 17 weaving firms in Mountain Province

the weavers 8. product utilization CLOTHING STATUSSYMBOL CULTURAL MATERIAL

Kadangyan (rich)

Kudo (poor)

Rituals

Festivities

Death

Heirloom

CONTEMPORARY FASHION

Clothing

Fashion Accessories

Home Furnishing

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

Lang-ay Festival

Project Uniform

Wide labor base

Pasalubong Center

IGO /BIBAK Net

Availability of natural materials like grasses and abaca as alternative raw materials

12. 13. Guinzadan 14.

GUINZADAN

Located in Northern Bauko

Named from the word GUSADAN meaning a place below

Consisting 3 barangays

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.

The WEAVERS

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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WHY WEAVE?

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

Children, husband

Children, husband

Help from children or a wooden mold

Older Children,

husband

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YARN PREPARATION

Pudon (Balling the yarn)

Mensiko (Filling the shuttle)

20. SETTING for WEAVING 21.

PRODUCTS

Tapis:wrap around skirts for women

Bakget / Wakes :ladiesbelt

Lam-ma :Ladies topper

Wanes: G-String for men

Bedbed : Head gear for men

Pinagpagan :Blanket / Cape

Burial Cloth

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.

Raw Materials/Source:

• Commercial polyester /slasher thread;

• Bought from Baguio or from local retailer;

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Markets:

Local buyers from the province, Benguet and Ifugao

Traders who collect products from weavers;

Marbay, Baguio

Subcontracting for Ifugao weavers

They once weave for Nardas, Baguio City

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Style of business

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.

On Marketing:

Difficulty in collecting credit sales;

Limited market

Minimal mark-up. Prices dictated by buyers

Limited capital to produce volume orders and to purchase more threads

Increasing raw material cost / non-availability

Limited designs

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

On Marketing:

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;