Indigenous weaves, craft, and other loot from the One-Town One-Product Fair
This is my most colorful post by far.
I visited the One-Town One-Product Fair at the SM Megamall last weekend, and had a grand time.
The One-Town One-Product concept encourages locals to patronize materials that are available in their locality, turn them into marketable products, which will then be associated with their locality. A branding strategy, if you will, that draws attention to the province, not only to the product.
Sure enough, going through the fair --- which had over 200 retailer booths, we made sure we saw each one -- felt like an adventure. You ask what town or province the product came from, what is it made of, and whether they could also be bought somewhere here in Manila.
There were a lot of food products for sale. There were some furniture, some beauty products, a lot of fashion items. The fair did not disappoint me, of course, because there were some textiles!
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| wall hanging. Yakan weave, Zamboanga Province |
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| yakan woven coasters |
These were actually sold as (glass) coasters, but I bought them to use as samples of the Yakan weave. Below are close-up shots --- to better appreciate the colors and the patterns.
They're just perfect tools to brag with about the Filipino weave (and colors) to, say, foreign artists, crafts specialists, and artisans.
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| dried and dyed rubber tree leaves |
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| beads from mahogany wood and other wood from Bukidnon province |
These are the rest of my loot -- some dried and dyed rubber tree leaves, attractive natural wood beads from Bukidnon Province (also from the South). The ones below --- some woven abaca fans, which may easily also double as colorful home accents. The vibrant touch is so Pinoy.
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