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    The document discusses principles of indigenous creative crafts in the Philippines. It defines key terms like indigenous, which refers to things native to a particular place. Indigenous crafts in the Philippines use locally available natural materials like rattan, palm leaves, abaca, and coconut shells. These crafts help promote cultural heritage, creativity, employment, and the country's natural beauty. Rattan is used widely in furniture, palm leaves are woven into mats, abaca makes rope and furnishings, and coconut shells are carved for decoration. Indigenous crafts tell the story and essence of the Philippines to the world.

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    The document discusses principles of indigenous creative crafts in the Philippines. It defines key terms like indigenous, which refers to things native to a particular place. Indigenous crafts in the Philippines use locally available natural materials like rattan, palm leaves, abaca, and coconut shells. These crafts help promote cultural heritage, creativity, employment, and the country's natural beauty. Rattan is used widely in furniture, palm leaves are woven into mats, abaca makes rope and furnishings, and coconut shells are carved for decoration. Indigenous crafts tell the story and essence of the Philippines to the world.

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    Principles of Indigenous Creative Crafts

    Throughout the history of the Philippines, craftsmanship in many forms has been prevalent. Filipinos
    have natural urge to create, exemplifying the state of being completely engaged in their crafts and
    taking delight in what had produced. The Filipino craftsman commits his life to his crafts and to telling
    the Philippines' story, giving the country's true essence - it's soul - to the rest of the world.

    Definition of Terms:

    Indigenous

    can be defined as to be born in a specific place experiences shared by a group of people who have
    inhabited a place for thousand or hundreds of years (Cunningham and Stanley, 2003).

    IPRA (Indigenous People's Right Act)

    Indigenous People / Cultural Communities refer to a group of people sharing common bonds of
    language, custom tradition and other distinctive cultural traits and who have under claims of ownership
    since time immemorial, occupied, possessed and utilize a territory.

    Indigenous Materials

    Timber, canes, grass, palms, and rattan are examples of indigenous materials that are naturally and
    locally found in a particular location. Capiz, pearls, corals, and seashells are also indigenous raw
    materials in the country that are widely known and used creatively in crafts and decoration because the
    country is an archipelago with an abundance of beaches and marine resources.

    Importance of Indigenous Creative Crafts

    1.Cultural Heritage

    2.Creativity

    3.Employment Promotes the beauty and cultural aspect of a country

    4. Promotes the beauty and cultural aspect of a country

    5. Renewable and plentiful, derived from a variety of natural sources

    Different Kinds of Indigenous Materials

    Rattan

    - made up of thin pliable stems of a palm that originated in Southeast Asia.

    - a very good material, mainly because it is lightweight, durable, suitable for outdoor use, and, to a
    certain extent, flexible.

    - well-loved favorite of homeowners who enjoy furniture pieces and decoration that brings a touch of
    indigenous and natural appeal to their interiors.
    Palm

    - highlighting the concept of a "banig", which is a handwoven mat usually used in East Asia and the
    Philippines for sleeping and sitting, this furniture set features palm or buri' as seat coverings for
    the sofas.
    - usually mistaken as a textile, this kind of material is actually made of from dried leaves that are
    sometimes dyed before being cut into strips and woven into a mat.

    Abaca

    a plant closely related to the banana, has unique fibrous leaf stalks originally used in making rope.
    - with its versatility and wide availability in the market, Filipino interior designers have found a deep
    admiration with Abaca.
    - can be used in both furniture pieces and interior decoration. it tries to imitate a bed back cushion,
    and still keeps the Filipino roots alive.

    Coconut Shell

    - usually used as decoration.


    - husked, split, scraped, and extracted from the fruit of the coconut palm, coconut shells are now
    introducing a fresh amazing trend in Philippine architecture, interior design and decoration.
    - it can be cut into pieces and glued altogether to form a lovely work of art, or left alone in it
    rounded shape.

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