![]() ![]() Unlike many of the colorful cloth patterns in Mindanao, T'nalak is distinctive in using only three different colors - black, white, and red. The colorant of the materials are natural dyes produced by boiling the bark, roots and leaves of plants. This traditional cloth is hand-woven from carefully selected, stripped, and sun-dried Abaca fibers. During the extensive weaving process, female weavers and their husbands are banned from having sex as a show of respect to Fu Dalu. Offerings, such as woven blouses and jewelry, are traditionally left in the weaving area as tribute to Fu Dalo. The weaver then implements the design on a backstrap loom, a process that can take up to two months, depending on the design revealed in the dream. In addition to white abacá, the red dye comes from the brownish-red roots of the loko tree, while the black is obtained by boiling the green leaves of the knalum tree for seven days, which turn them dark as ink. T'nalak contains three colours: white symbolises purity, red represents blood and black signifies the soil. The process is repeated several times in order to suit the requirements of the design. The fibers are then sun-dried, and then dyed using the indigenous dye-resist technique called "ikat." Sections of the abaca thread are coated by the weaver with a wax-resistant substance so that they will resist the dye. The fibers, which are very thin, are carefully stripped from the stalk with the use of a mounted blade, and then sun-dried. ![]() To do so, they fix a cowrie shell to one end of an abacá stem pole and link the other end to the roof as a hinge, pushing on the pole to apply pressure on the fibre with the shell. ![]() The fibers are taken from the stalk of the abacá (Musa textilis), a banana plant species native to the Philippines. The broader community, including the T'boli men, participate in the production of cloth during the abaca fiber selection and stripping process. The dyeing and weaving processes are approached with extra care because the T'boli believe that Fu Dalo comes to inhabit each individual yarn. During these dreams, Fu Dalu shows the woman the designs that would eventually be woven into the cloth. The weaving of traditional T'nalak cloth begins when a T'boli woman has a kena (dream) in which they encounter Fu Dalu, the T'boli Goddess of abacá and guardian of the T'nalak. The production of the cloth is particularly associated with the shores of Lake Sebu, which is in the municipality of the same name as the lake. T'nalak weaving is part of the intangible cultural heritage of the Tboli people, an indigenous people group in the Philippines whose ancestral domain is in the province of South Cotabato, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Production and history T'boli weavers in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato Because the patterns are based on dreams, the weavers of t'nalak are popularly referred to as dreamweavers. The fact that the designs are derived from the dreams of the weavers means that traditional t'nalak patterns cannot be mass-produced. Once the fibers have been prepared, they are dyed using the dye-resist technique called "ikat", based on the pattern dreamt by the weaver the woman gifted by Fu Dalu with the design then weaves the cloth using a backstrap loom. ![]() The rest of the community, including the men, are able to participate in the production of T'nalak by carefully selecting, stripping, and sun-drying the abacá fibers to be used. T'nalak cloth is woven exclusively by women who have received the designs for the weave in their dreams, which they believe are a gift from Fu Dalu, the T'boli Goddess of abacá. Tnalak (also spelled tenalak), is a weaving tradition of the Tboli people of South Cotabato, Philippines. Click here to view the 11-person trade that went down.Weaving tradition in South Cotabato, Philippines SmackDown! drew from the RAW roster of Superstars.Īll RAW and SmackDown! Superstars were eligible to be drafted, including champions, Divas, announcers and even General Managers.Īdditionally, General Managers were allowed to trade Superstars up until Midnight on June 30th. RAW drew from the SmackDown! roster of Superstars. Keep in mind that all picks in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery were drawn at random. June 30: SmackDown! drafts Christian & Batista June 27: RAW drafts Big Show & Rob Van Dam June 23: SmackDown! drafts Muhammad Hassan WATCH: RAW Draft in review | SD! Draft in review Throughout the month of June, both WWE rosters were hit with monumental changes, starting with the WWE Champion get picked to compete on RAW and ending with the World Heavyweight Champion moving to SmackDown! Below are the full results of the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery. ![]()
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