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==Forum on traditional weaving set in Laoag== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R01&article=331332143077 | |||
*By: Ma. Cristina C. Arzadon | |||
*''March 19, 2012'' | |||
LAOAG CITY- The National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the country’s prime agency for arts and culture and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Committee on Culture and Information (Asean-Coci) will hold a forum on the plight of traditional weavers in Asean and China from March 20-23 at the Plaza del Norte this city. | |||
Traditional weavers, traditional weaving scholars and delegates from the Asean member-states, China and the Asean secretariat are expected to attend the four-day event, which is supported by the Asean-China Joint Cooperation Committee. | |||
The forum will focus on the challenges experienced by traditional weavers from dealing with existing government policy, to sourcing materials to production and marketing. | |||
Weaving communities in Ilocos Norte are found in the towns of Paoay and Sarrat. | |||
For hundreds of years, numerous traditions of handweaving throughout Asean has provided women with a channel to express their creativity and artistic skills that accorded them a status within the community and in recent past a source of livelihood. | |||
The forum aims to provide a venue for the traditional weavers of Asean and China to share their experiences, including challenges that they face in the practice of their craft; to enhance mutual understanding among the traditional weavers of and related cultural workers from the concerned states; to explore possibilities on how the weavers could make their products competitive, thus making their craft profitable and sustainable and to come up with possible policy recommendations that would address the plight of the traditional weavers of Asean and China. | |||
The forum includes lectures, workshops, exhibits and site visits. | |||
NCCA chair Felipe de Leon, Jr. will serve as the keynote speaker. | |||
==Imee: More 'fan' in Ilocos== | ==Imee: More 'fan' in Ilocos== | ||
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=788031&publicationSubCategoryId=68 | *Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=788031&publicationSubCategoryId=68 | ||