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    Magdalena Gamayo is a renowned weaver from Ilocos Norte, Philippines known for her traditional "inabel" weaving. She learned weaving at age 16 during World War 2 using a simple loom. Over decades of practice and persistence, she mastered complex weaving patterns and designs. The National Commission for Culture and Arts honored her as a National Living Treasure for preserving Ilocano weaving traditions. Weaving is very important to Gamayo for keeping cultural traditions alive for future generations.

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    Magdalena Gamayo is a renowned weaver from Ilocos Norte, Philippines known for her traditional "inabel" weaving. She learned weaving at age 16 during World War 2 using a simple loom. Over decades of practice and persistence, she mastered complex weaving patterns and designs. The National Commission for Culture and Arts honored her as a National Living Treasure for preserving Ilocano weaving traditions. Weaving is very important to Gamayo for keeping cultural traditions alive for future generations.

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    Magdalena Gamayo is a renowned weaver from Ilocos Norte, Philippines known for her traditional "inabel" weaving. She learned weaving at age 16 during World War 2 using a simple loom. Over decades of practice and persistence, she mastered complex weaving patterns and designs. The National Commission for Culture and Arts honored her as a National Living Treasure for preserving Ilocano weaving traditions. Weaving is very important to Gamayo for keeping cultural traditions alive for future generations.

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    “Patience is needed in this job,

    because MAGDALENA GAMAYO


    abel-weaving is really hard,” says Lola
    Magdalena, who is practically self-taught in In 2012, her persistence and
    terms of creating patterns such as the
    “kusikos” (spiral forms similar to oranges), passion for "ilabel making"
    “inuritan” (geometric design), and the most
    challenging “sinan-sabong” (flowers)
    paid off.
    Magdalena
    Gamayo
    SOME OF HER (August 13, 1924)
    ARTWORKS: N

    The National
    Commission and the
    Arts (NCCA) honored
    her as a National
    Living Treasure
    (Gawad sa Manlilikha
    ccrreeaa tteedd bbyy:: ng Bayan)
    Bahia, Princess Jowahid
    Pagulayan, Aira Mae MAGDALENA GAMAYO

    Tribe Culture Who is Magdalena Gamayo?


    The Ilocos Norte that Magdalena Gamayo Magdalena Gamayo is known for being How important is
    knows is only a couple of hours drive away an “inabel” (Ilokano handwoven cloth) weaving to Magdalena
    from the capital of Laoag, but is far removed maker. Her skills started to develop at
    Gamayo?
    from the quickening pulse of the emergent age 16 in the middle of World War II. Lola
    It is important to keep
    city. Instead, it remains a quiet rural enclave Magdalena was introduced to the
    traditions and ingenuity alive
    dedicated to rice, cotton and tobacco crops. traditional art of weaving using a simple
    for future generations to see
    contraption.
    the culture and identity of any
    ILOCANO PEOPLE What is Abel / Weaving?
    “Abel” is the Ilocano word for weave,
    nation.
    Importance of Inabel to Ilocanos
    history, culture, and traditions and “inabel” can be interpreted to mean The inabel is one of the

    Even though the North is known for its cotton, it any kind of woven fabric. In the world of many prides of the Ilocos
    region in the Philippines.
    does not have thread factories to spin bales of weaving however, inabel is particularly “Abel” is the Ilocano word
    cotton into spools of thread. Instead, Magdalena used to refer to textile that is distinctly for weave, and “inabel”
    has to rely on local merchants with their limited Ilocano in origin. can be interpreted to
    supplies. She used to spin her own cotton and mean any kind of woven
    brushed it with beeswax to make it stronger, but History of weaving and fabric. In the world of
    weaving however, inabel
    after the Second World War, she now relies on a is particularly used to
    market-bought thread. She still remembers Magdalena Gamayo refer to textile that is
    Not long ago, weaving of the
    local textile has become the
    trading rice for thread, although those bartering Lola Magdalena is an “inabel” (Ilokano distinctly Ilocano in origin. most perpetrated livelihood
    days are over. A thread is more expensive handwoven cloth) maker. She started to which most of the Ilocanos
    nowadays and of poorer quality. develop her skill in hand-weaving cloth at ventured into. To the
    Spaniards, the inabel, or
    the age of 16 in the heat of World War II. Abel Iloco as they call it, has
    Her aunt introduced her to this traditional become the identity of the
    art of weaving using a simple contraption. Ilocanos which in return

    ccrreeaa tteedd bbyy:: But to produce fabric of quality and


    brought to them a higher tax
    collection from the Filipinos
    Bahia, Princess Jowahid beautiful design takes years of honing as the proliferation of the
    one’s skill through practice and patience. local products has extended
    Pagulayan, Aira Mae to the foreign land.

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