Display in Delesan Kailawan, a place run by RNDM nuns
The municipality of Senator Ninoy Aquino is ready for tourism. What has made me say this? The availability of souvenir items. That’s my simple gauge. The natural wonders have always been there. Resorts and inns are sprouting. Cultural preservation is in place. And now tourists can buy trinkets that they can take home. All that is really missing is a serious effort to bring all these elements together, improve them, and present them to outsiders.
I’m not laying out here some grand tourism development scheme. I simply want to share the tribal beadworks that are for sale in Kulaman village, the poblacion of Senator Ninoy Aquino. The items are in the forms of necklaces, bracelets, pouches, and key fobs. As expected of indigenous artworks, they come in bright colors and simple geometric patterns. The key fobs cost P25 to P50 each, the bracelets more or less P50, the pouches P50 to P100, and the necklaces P50 to P300. You can buy them in Delesan Kailawan, a “cultural heritage home” maintained by the RNDM sisters, beside the Catholic school Notre Dame of Kulaman. A store across the main gate of the school also sells the items.
You may have your name embedded in the bracelets and other beaded items
The bead workers (Photo courtesy of RNDM nuns in Kulaman village)
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