School of Living Tradition (SLT) project funded by National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) at Lamlifew, Datal Tampal, Malungon, Sarangani Province. Fu Yabing taught there for 6 months in 2005. Below are some photos of her students.
Mabal Tabih skills transfer students at Kalyong, Landan, Polomolok, South Cotabato. The Department of Tourism 12 Regional Director visited the community along with local government representatives on October 17, 2014 just a day after the "Mabal Blaan:Weaving the Threads of Heritage" exhibit wherein Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo was featured as one of the two known living masters of this craft. They were joined by Edwin Espejo, a journalist, who wrote an article "Artist, purist: Fu Yabing, the Blaan master weaver".
Topic: Skills Transfer to her daughter Lamina Dulo Gulili
Skype Video Date: September 16, 2014 (Thursday, 9PM)
Arjho: Ta deet i atdu am de kanen? (What did skills transfer you did for your daughter)?
Fu Yabing: Ta Fulong malek i kanmen set, the fulong a tmura, the fulong sam-slat dun ato, ku la gu fulong samslat dun, na sa sase bawehan gambit. (She knew how to select each fine thread, knew how to do tmura (I do not know what is the English term), she knew how to make narrow band ikat weave which is very important in Mabal Tabih.)
“Narrow ikat bands (3-count to 10-count ) are often used as filler motifs on the peripheral panels of a woman skirt and called sanlat fule or sanlat fitam by the Blaan, meaning literally to ‘fill’ in with red or black. The more delicate fali or rice grains ikat bands are made by the Blaan.” – Roy Hamilton, “From the Rainbows Varied Hue: Textiles of the Southern Philippines”
Arjho: Ta deet i atdu am de kanen? (What did skills transfer you did for your daughter)?
Fu Yabing: Ta Fulong malek i kanmen set, the fulong a tmura, the fulong sam-slat dun ato, ku la gu fulong samslat dun, na sa sase bawehan gambit. (She knew how to select each fine thread, knew how to do tmura (I do not know what is the English term), she knew how to make narrow band ikat weave which is very important in Mabal Tabih.)
“Narrow ikat bands (3-count to 10-count ) are often used as filler motifs on the peripheral panels of a woman skirt and called sanlat fule or sanlat fitam by the Blaan, meaning literally to ‘fill’ in with red or black. The more delicate fali or rice grains ikat bands are made by the Blaan.” – Roy Hamilton, “From the Rainbows Varied Hue: Textiles of the Southern Philippines”
