Governor Sharee Ann Tan rallies support from DOST Undersecretary Sancho Mabborang and Consul General Neil Frank Ferrer of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco to boost Samar’s Banig ...

Mat weaving from the wild grass “tikog” and buri leaves from wild palm trees is a Basey cultural heritage that existed even before the Spanish arrival in the Philippines. “Banigan” was once a past ...

Visitors from the UK government try their hand at embroidering a design on a mat (banig) made from the processed fibres of tikog and buri, plants native to Basey in Samar, with the help of a female ...

At the ‘Malikhaing Samarnon’ Creative Industry Summit, the atmosphere felt more like a festival of ideas than a typical conference. Paintings dried next to woven banigs, and crochet threads created ...