Textile Tribes of the Philippines: The Tboli Dream Weavers - Haute Culture Textile Tours
Scattered in stilt houses surrounding scenic Lake Sebu live the textile tribal people known as the Tboli. One of the Philippines 80+ indigenous ethnic linguistic groups, the Tboli people live a simple life balancing modernization with their traditional culture of farming, fishing, and craftsmanship. Labeled as the Dream Weavers the Tboli are famous for diligently transforming the natural Abaca plant into a magnificent mystic material known as the T’nalak. These distinctive sacred symmetrical…