LANG DULAY's WORKS
Lang
Dulay's
Different
Works
Of
T'nalak
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Lang Dulay knows a hundred designs, including the bulinglangit (clouds), the bankiring (hair bangs), and the kabangi (butterfly).
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Lang Dulay can keep her people’s (the T’bolis) traditions alive through her weaving with the use of abaca fibres.
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Weaving t'nalak takes a lot of time to process which starts with removing the fibres from the abaca plant's stem, then coaxing even finer fibres for the textile, drying the threads, and hand-tying each strand. After that, there's the delicate process of positioning the strands on the bamboo "bed-tying" frame in order to determine which strands should be linked to resist the dye. The design is defined by the bud or tying of the abaca fibres.
Lang Dulay rises above her fellow weavers in her community through her skill in weaving. For weavers like Lang, tnalak designs became popular after the St. Cruz Mission was established, which encouraged the community to weave and provided them with the means to market their produce.
