A BOOST TO MARIBOJOC’S BAG MAKING INDUSTRY
Recently, the Department of Trade and Industry-Bohol Provincial Office in coordination with the Local Government Unit of Maribojoc, PROCESS Bohol, Inc. and the Bohol Product Showroom conducted a training to 35 weavers/ members of the Maribojoc Handicraft Weavers Association (MAHAWAS) and Pagnitoan-San Isidro-Candavid Weavers Association (PAGSACA) to upgrade their skills on bag-making. The training was funded by the Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC) as a component of the bigger bag-making industry development program of the province.
The training was conducted 12-16 February 2007 by trainers Ms. Lucila Sacil and Ms. Julieta Largoso from the Balaunong Nagkahiusang Igsoon sa Kalamboan (BANIKA) of Barili, Cebu at the Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) Center in Maribojoc.
Among the products weaved are handbags, tote bags, throw pillows and placemats made of baliw or pandanus copelandii, a kind of fiber that grows abundantly in the area.
The “Banig Baliw Weaving” is the One-Town-One-Product (OTOP) of Maribojoc.
With this, Mayor Gabino Redulla hopes to save diminishing centuries old tradition of “banig” baliw weaving and generate more jobs in the locality. (ends)
Recently, the Department of Trade and Industry-Bohol Provincial Office in coordination with the Local Government Unit of Maribojoc, PROCESS Bohol, Inc. and the Bohol Product Showroom conducted a training to 35 weavers/ members of the Maribojoc Handicraft Weavers Association (MAHAWAS) and Pagnitoan-San Isidro-Candavid Weavers Association (PAGSACA) to upgrade their skills on bag-making. The training was funded by the Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC) as a component of the bigger bag-making industry development program of the province.
The training was conducted 12-16 February 2007 by trainers Ms. Lucila Sacil and Ms. Julieta Largoso from the Balaunong Nagkahiusang Igsoon sa Kalamboan (BANIKA) of Barili, Cebu at the Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) Center in Maribojoc.
Among the products weaved are handbags, tote bags, throw pillows and placemats made of baliw or pandanus copelandii, a kind of fiber that grows abundantly in the area.
The “Banig Baliw Weaving” is the One-Town-One-Product (OTOP) of Maribojoc.
With this, Mayor Gabino Redulla hopes to save diminishing centuries old tradition of “banig” baliw weaving and generate more jobs in the locality. (ends)
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