Name:

 Product:
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 Material:
Karagumoy

 Process of how the product is made:

The art and beauty of banig weaving lie in the intricacy of folding over the
strips of the material that will yield a wonderful design of interlace folds
and entails a sequential order of steps to create geometric patterns and
rhythm.

An arduous and very tedious process, banig weaving is some sort of a spell
implied with hard work, determination and patience from the manugbanig
(a person who weaves banig). They simply cut the bariw leaves using
sanggot (an arc-shaped cutting tool) and a long slender bamboo pole to
reach the leaves of high-grown bariw plant, the process locally known as
the pagsasa.
 The paghapnig (bundling) and pagriras (stripping off) are the next steps in
the pre-weaving preparations. They gather and bundle the slashed leaves
for stripping off thorns along the edges and into the middle ridge. By
removing the ridge, the leaf is divided into two. Each leaf is piled separately
until the bundle is stripped off with thorns. The leaves will be tightly tied up
in bundle so that each piece will not curl up as it dries.

The Pagbulad or sun or air drying phase follows. Sun drying of bariw leaves
under direct sunlight gives it a shiny brown tone and strengthens the fiber.
Air-dried leaves are durable compared to the sun-dried one. Air-dried
leaves create blackish spots or molds that destroy the natural luster of
brown mats; however, the molds fall off easily during weaving.

The pagpalpag or the hammering phase is gradually done by beating the

bariw leaves against a flat stone until they become soft and pliable with the
use of a wooden club known as sampok. In some cases, bariw leaves are
softened with an improvised roller log made of tree or coconut trunk that
works like a rolling pin.

Paglikid is a process of keeping the softness of the bariw leaves and

prevents the leaf strips from becoming stiff and crisp. The leaf is rolled one
after the other in a round form; tightly rolling the leaf sustains its softness
and elasticity. The unwinding of the linikid to straighten the spiraled bariw
leaves is called pagbuntay.

Then follows the pagkulhad or the shredding of bariw leaves into a desired
strand through the kurulhadan or splicer; a wooden-based shredder.
Pagkyupis is the preparatory process to the weaving proper. Generally,
bariw strands are folded into halves. Every kyupis consists of four strands,
folded together in pairs; horizontally and vertically, with the glossy brown
color in the outer surface.

 Function and Purpose:

A banig is a Filipino-made product made from reeds or grass varieties. They

are crafted by hand to produce a mat for sleeping. Banigs are interlaced
 with two or three materials to yield an intricate design or decorative
pattern.

 A brief history of the product:

(Not required, but it’s much appreciated if you did write something down)
The banig is mat, made of dried leaves and used primarily for sleeping and
sitting in the Philippines. Banig weaving involves folding over strips of materials to
make unique geometrical designs. Though it’s not clearly known when it started,
people in Basey, Samar had been weaving mats long before the Spaniards came.