Paete artisans make use of wood and ice as carving medium as part of a new project from the Department of Science and Technology – Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), which aims to support the wood carving industry in Paete, Laguna. Titled ‘LiLOK: Likhain at Linangin Obra mula sa Kahoy: Valuing the Wood Carving Industry in the Philippines’, the initiative seeks to boost the local carving industry by documenting its rich cultural history and mapping its value chain to recommend solutions for market improvement.
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