Contemporary Art Biography: What Was The Greatest Contribution of Lang Dulay in Lake Sebu South Cotabato?

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BIOGRAPHY
Contemporary 1 Biy contribution of Lang
Art
Born on August 3, 1928, Lang Dulay Dulay in Lake Sebu
was a T'boli princess from the Lake
Sebu region in South Cotabato. She South Cotabato?
first learnt weaving at the age of 12
from her mother, Luan Senig.
She is known for maintaining the HER art tells the stories
use of traditional motifs in T'nalak
weaving amidst commercialization of the T'boli people living
of the craft which saw the near Lake Sebu in South
introduction of more modern
designs by non-T'bolis. She notably
Cotabato. Her canvass is
had a mental repertoire of around made of fine Abaca
100 patterns and designs: some of fibers weaved into
these were based on her dreams,
hence her description as a T'nalak cloth and her
"dreamweaver". designs infused with the
Lang Dulay set up the Manlilikha ng
Bayan Center workshop in her
history of her people
hometown to promote the traditional have made her a
art of T'nalak weaving and by 2014, national living treasure of
five of her grandchildren had
become weavers. this country. Her name is
From:Chynna Marie T. Lang Dulay and she is in
Benedicto her 90s.
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Who is Lang Dulay what made


2 her Why is Dulay called What are the crafts of
a recipient? Lang Dulay?
Dream weaver?
In 1998, Lang Dulay received the
National Living Treasure
Lang Dulay was the most well
(Manlilikha ng Bayan) award from
the National Commission for the known among the
Culture and the Arts (NCCA) “dreamweavers” of Lake Sebu,
for her contribution in the South Cotabato. These master
preservation of their culture and weavers were so named
for her fine craftsmanship of the because they “dream” the
delicate abaca fibers. patterns of their weaves, and
this ability is reportedly passed Lang Dulay is considered
on to only select weavers of a as a T'nalak Master
generation.
Weaver who knows more
than a hundred designs
What does Dulay mean? including
Filipino: occupational name from
the bulinglangit
Tagalog dulay 'climbing from (clouds), the bankiring
branch to branch of tree as in (hair bangs), and the
picking fruits or gathering bird's kabangi (butterfly),
nest'. among others. She was
taught by her mother to
weave and started
weaving since she was
12 years old.

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