Probably one of the many fun things we did during the trip was when we visited the Buri Handicraft Association Inc. located at Brgy. Diclum, Tobias Fornier. There we were taught of the basics in buri weaving. To tell you, the workers there are super experts and their hands are so fast! If only we had more time there but sad to say we only had an hour to interact with them.
Buri Handicraft's finished products.
She has learned the techniques of buri weaving ever since she was young. She told us that she knew what to do just by merely observing her mother and now as a mother herself, she sees potential in her kids for this field. She has been weaving buri products for more than 20 years now. "Kung gusto mo guid maka balo magrara, mabal-an mo guid. Hindi mo mapilit ang hindi.(non-verbatim)" was one of the things she said that I can still remember while we were conversing with her.
They sell these stuffs here at a very low price compared to the ones you see here around the city. Unfortunately, I haven't bought anything since I was so engrossed with what Ate Monika was teaching us.
Due to the lack of time, Ate Monika was not able to finish the product she was trying to make for us but she let me have it and I finished it during the ride to our next destination. The finish product is shown in the picture below.
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