'Inaul' Malong & Dress

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Worn by contemporary women in predominantly Muslim communities as well the royalties and other people from many walks of life in their various social functions. They are worn to celebrate important events.

The picture below is an example of wearing it during a celebration like a wedding, where the dancers showcased different designs and patterns of 'Inaul'. They danced the famous 'Kapa-malong Malong', also called 'Sambi sa Malong', this dance shows the many ways of wearing an 'Inaul' malong. The traditional women's version shows this cloth of countless colorful designs; used mostly as a skirt, woven in many different ways, depending on the purpose of the wearer. Other ways the women wear malong is as a shawl, a mantle, or a head-piece.

During more recent dance documentation, a men's version was derived. This version shows in masculine rendition, how men don the malong displaying its use as a sash or waist-band, shorts or bahag, and a head-gear that can be either functional while working in the fields, or decorative as a turban. 

(Source: Kapa-malong Malong on Likha.Org, licensed under CC-BY)

Handwoven Fabric Home Decors

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Because of its uniqueness and peculiarity, the ideas and values attached to the "Inaul" (piece of clothing woven in a handloom) fabric can cater to several needs/uses other than its traditional primary function.

In these pictures, the fabric (Inaul) is used as a home decor. Designed in a tubular shape, attached to a thin rattan stick which serves as a rim. There are 3 pieces/parts in a set that varies in color: the big size is colored green, second is red, and the smallest is yellow. Each has unique intricate designs: floral, tribal, and diamond shape.

To use it depends on your choice or on how you fix it according to your preference. It can be piled/stacked or separated too (see picture).

Handicraft Applique Umbrella

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We sell applique umbrellas which are available in huge variety of colour combinations. Traditionally designed patterns and displays trendy styles too. It has exceptional thread and sequence work, attractive colour combinations and can be made to personal specifications.

Handwoven Fabric or Textile

Handwoven Fabric or Textile

The traditional weaving (back-strap/upright loom) of the fabric with plaid, checked or striped patterns which make use of a wide range of complex techniques, including supplementary weft and tapestry, creating a warp of contrasting color that interplay within the plain-weave structure exemplifying and symbolic of the Maguindanaon culture.

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The woven cloth is locally called an “Inaul” or the “Maguindanaon Malong” referred to as a tubular garment that wraps around the body this comes in varying multitudes of refined color combinations. The most important are the plaids that come in symmetry and balance that the weaver creates in the weft which gives the “Malong” its defining character.