Re: Tapis? [Re: patadyong in prehispanic philippines]

I don't really know, but according to the Ooooold Lady I asked, the patadyong is wrapped around the waist and ok for street or dress up use. The tapis is fastened under the arms and made from inferior material and not designed for going out. It is working clothing. Maybe there is a conflict in dialects between the author and the Ooooold Lady.

Personally, I prefer to see the patadyong worn by women when bathing in the sapa. Nothing beats topless.

Bottomless Pig

Impeach this wrote:
tapis and patadyong are one. patadyong sound spanish . tapis sound
tagalog

Dirty Sick Pig wrote:
I consulted my veeeery old momma on this. She took enough time from
four-wheelin' in the mud in her monster Ramcharger to say that what was
described in the article is the "tapis" and not patadyong. The best
example of patadyong are the costumes worn by itik-itik dancers which
are essentially sexy wraparound mini-skirts. She called the sheer tops
(lace or barong material) by something else that I promptly forgot. Now
I yem konpyus.

Pigtik-Pigtik

Richie the horsey wrote:
By Margie Quimpo-Espino
Last updated 03:20am (Mla time) 06/25/2006

Published on page B1 of the June 25, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily
Inquirer

UP UNTIL the 1970s, women in the rural areas used a "patadyong" to
take a bath in or to cover themselves with while doing the laundry in
the river. Made of "hablon" (cloth made of cotton blends in plain
or plaid patterns), it is a tubular square cloth that you sort of
"shoot" yourself into and then tie by the chest to prevent from
falling.

It leaves the shoulders and neck bare.

When water systems were built, women stopped doing their laundry and
taking their baths by the river.

The demand for the patadyong declined.

In Miag-ao town in Iloilo province, where there used to be a strong
hablon weaving industry, there numbered just a handful of old weavers
by the early 90s, says fashion designer Nono Palmos. Nono says that
centuries ago, Panay Island, especially Miag-ao, was a big supplier of
hablon for the country.

When the Spaniards came to the Philippines over 300 years ago, village
folks were already using the hablon. The Spanish later created the
"baro't saya" set of blouse and skirt with this, using the
colorful plaid cloth as the skirt, or saya, and even exporting the
cloth to Europe.

Come the modern times and nobody wants to use the patadyong. But Nono
hopes this will change.

He says Miag-ao Mayor Gerardo Flores talked to him a few years ago to
ask to help revive the hablon (the word means woven) industry.

Flores' appeal to Palmos was to give the hablon a modern twist. He
designed a line of modern wear using the hablon and showcased this in a
fashion show in Miag-ao.

Palmos says he used local women as models but brought in a production
crew from Manila.

This brought renewed interest in weaving and Nono says the Miag-ao
women wanted to learn the old craft again. Then-senator Loren Legarda
helped get a grant from the British Embassy to construct a building for
the weavers and provide other assistance.

Today, Nono says there are about 300 weavers in Miag-ao.

Nono says the local government had uniforms made for its employees
using the woven material.

Nono, whose clientele include members of the diplomatic corps and
expatriates, started incorporating hablon and other local materials
into his clothes. Recently he had a private show for the lady members
of the Australian and New Zealand Association.

Nono created summer and beach wear using the hablon.

And the mosquito net.

Getting inspiration from the fact that the mosquito net is airy, light
and sufficient to protect, Nono created wraps and beach wear cover for
this almost forgotten material now only used in the provinces.

Nono has also been developing new kinds of cloth from local materials
such as piña and silk.


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