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Jama Mapun weavers of Palawan: Preserving indigenous mat weaving traditions

During our recent trip to Southern Palawan, we were thrilled to learn about the rich heritage of an Indigenous group from Tawi-Tawi, who introduced the exquisite craft of Jama Mapun mat weaving to the ...
The Korea Times

Sedge mat weaving

GANGHWA ISLAND — The landscape of Ganghwa Island, just west of Seoul, has changed from one filled with traditional houses that once vigorously produced sedge crafts to one filled with posh summer ...
The New York Times

In Hawaii, Weaving New Life Into a Nearly Vanished Art Form

The age-old practice of turning tree leaves into mats has been revived on the islands. “It teaches you how to weave relationships, past and present,” one master artisan says. By Patricia Leigh Brown ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Pangasinan, Albay islands share tradition of mat weaving

THEY ARE NOT dream weavers, but residents of two islands hundreds of kilometers apart, weave sleeping mats on which people may experience wonderful dreams. This is because the islands—Anda in ...