Rara :

Nocheseda, Elmer I.

Rara : art and tradition of mat weaving in the Philippines / Elmer I. Nocheseda - Makati City : HABI: The Philippine Textile Council, c2016 - xiv, 330 pages : color illustrations

Mats : woven into history and consciousness -- What mats mean : revaluation of a Filipino tradition -- Haja Amina Appi : master weaver and national treasure -- Making mats : form, technique, process -- Ebus and palm mats -- Karagumoy and pandan mats -- Lampakanay and sedge mats -- Nof and bamboo mats -- Oway and rattan mats -- Weaving communities and their mats

"Rara is the art and tradition on weaving mats; rara buri is how the Ati of Marikudo, Isabela, Negros Occidental, will call the weaving of buri palm mats. Darara is the large mat for rice grains that was rara-om or woven by a Maranao expert pararara, tarara or mat weaver. The Tagbanuwa of Aborlan, Palawan, will say "rara it ikamen," while the Ilocano from Bangui Peninsula will say "agrara ti ikamen" to refer to weaving pandan mats. A Capiznon from Dumalag takes pride in their rara or the weaving of banban with traditional patterns.

Banig or mats are the end-products of rara, a process of creative and artistic manipulation which makes use of long strips of palm, leaf, vine, and even branches that are combined to make the mats supple, durable, and easy to use." - from the Introduction

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Weaving--History--Philippines
Mat weaving--History--Philippines
Weaving--Materials--Philippines

GN 432 / N63 2016

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