Cultural master

Lilia Pasib, 38, from Lamlifew, Malungon, Sarangani demonstrates the making of the Mabal Tabih, the traditional handweaving of the Blaan tribe, in the recent Munato Festival. She is now regarded as a cultural master who will pass her weaving skills to the next generation to keep this Blaan tradition alive at the Lamlifew Village Museum, the country’s first village-based cultural museum. Pasib is a student of 84-year-old Fu Gusiye Buan, the last Blaan master weaver in Malungon.