Tucked in one of the smaller rooms of the Museo De Oro is a collection of ceremonial garb donned by our indigenous lumad communities in the southern part of the Philippines. This is a most precious collection considering that 21st century life is encroaching into their way of life fast and unrelenting.
Xavier University campus, Cagayan De Oro City, March 2009, using a digicam.
That design is rather unique. :)
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Wow that really is beautiful Ian, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI hope they manage to retain some of these colourful traditions.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see works of art like this, it makes me sad to think that one day they will be lost in the name of progress.
ReplyDeleteAh, the march of progress goes on, trampling the colorful flowers and traditions in its wake. I hope that some of them are being preserved in real life and not just in museums. That is a wonderful textile, by the way.
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wow, very colorful and unique.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and, yes, so sad that the modern world is eating away at the cultures or the world's indigenous peoples.
ReplyDeleteAs just returning from Turkey and seen the capets they do there, this is very interesting and great work.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't til I was an adult did I realize that my attraction for plaids and certain colorful plaids was a "heritage" gene. I'm looking forward to exploring your blog further.
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Those are really nice ...
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I am from CDO and I think this design is inspired by the nomad people in our place.
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