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