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    The B'laan people are an indigenous group in southern Philippines known for their weaving, brasswork, and beadwork. They traditionally lived in Lake Sebu, T'boli, and surrounding areas. The B'laan have a pantheon of deities including Melu the supreme creator, Fiuwe and Tasu Weh who assist Melu, and Loos Klagan the most feared deity. They have traditions of weaving abaca fiber without spinning wheels to create tabih cloth. The B'laan also smelt brass and copper to make bells and knife handles, and sew beads and shells onto clothing to create intricate designs.

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    The B'laan people are an indigenous group in southern Philippines known for their weaving, brasswork, and beadwork. They traditionally lived in Lake Sebu, T'boli, and surrounding areas. The B'laan have a pantheon of deities including Melu the supreme creator, Fiuwe and Tasu Weh who assist Melu, and Loos Klagan the most feared deity. They have traditions of weaving abaca fiber without spinning wheels to create tabih cloth. The B'laan also smelt brass and copper to make bells and knife handles, and sew beads and shells onto clothing to create intricate designs.

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    The B'laan people are an indigenous group in southern Philippines known for their weaving, brasswork, and beadwork. They traditionally lived in Lake Sebu, T'boli, and surrounding areas. The B'laan have a pantheon of deities including Melu the supreme creator, Fiuwe and Tasu Weh who assist Melu, and Loos Klagan the most feared deity. They have traditions of weaving abaca fiber without spinning wheels to create tabih cloth. The B'laan also smelt brass and copper to make bells and knife handles, and sew beads and shells onto clothing to create intricate designs.

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    The B'laan people are an indigenous group in southern Philippines known for their weaving, brasswork, and beadwork. They traditionally lived in Lake Sebu, T'boli, and surrounding areas. The B'laan have a pantheon of deities including Melu the supreme creator, Fiuwe and Tasu Weh who assist Melu, and Loos Klagan the most feared deity. They have traditions of weaving abaca fiber without spinning wheels to create tabih cloth. The B'laan also smelt brass and copper to make bells and knife handles, and sew beads and shells onto clothing to create intricate designs.

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    AN

    L A L E
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    B O P
    P E
    The B’laan people, are one of the
    indigenous peoples of Southern Mindanao
    in the Philippines. Their name could have
    derived from "bila" meaning “house" and
    the suffix "an" meaning "people".
    According to a 2021 genetic study, the
    B’laan people also have Papuan admixture.
    The Blaan are neighbors of the T'boli, and live in Lake Sebu
    and T'boli municipalities of South Cotabato, Sarangani,
    General Santos, the southeastern part of Davao and
    around Lake Buluan in North Cotabato. They are famous
    for their brassworks, beadwork, and tabih weave. The
    people of these tribes wear colorful embroidered native
    costumes and beadwork accessories. The women of these
    tribes, particularly, wear heavy brass belts with brass
    "tassels" ending in tiny brass bells that herald their
    approach even when they are a long way off.
    INDIGENOUS B’LAAN RELIGION
    Some of the deities in the B’laan pantheon include:
    Melu – The Supreme Being and creator. He has white
    skin and gold teeth. He is assisted by Fiuwe and Tasu
    Weh.
    Sawe – Joined Melu to live in the world
    Fiuwe – A spirit who lived in the sky.
    Diwata – A spirit who joined Fiuwe to live in the sky
    Tasu Weh – The evil spirit.
    Fon Kayoo – The spirit of the trees.
    Fon Eel – The spirit of water.
    Fon Batoo – The spirit of rocks and stones.
    Tau Dilam Tana – The spirit who lives in the
    underworld
    Loos Klagan – The most feared deity, uttering his
    name is considered a curse.
    WEAVING TRADITION
    The B’laans have a system of weaving using abaca fiber. The art of
    abaca weaving is called mabal or mabal tabih, while the cloth
    produced by this process is called the tabih.

    B’laan weavers do not use spinning wheels. Instead, they join


    together by hand strands of the abaca fiber, which are then used
    to weave the tabih.

    Fu Yabing Dulo was one of two surviving master designers left of


    the mabal tabih art of ikat weaving.
    BRASS AND COPPER WORK AND BEADWORK
    The B’laan have a tradition of creating art from brass and copper.
    The B’laan smelt brass and copper to produce small bells and
    handles of long knives. These knives, called the fais, are made
    with intricately designed brass.
    The B’laan also sew plastic beads or shell sequins to create intricate
    designs on women's blouses and trousers, called the takmon.
    Geometric and other designs depicting the environment or the
    solar system are sewn using cotton yarns onto men's pants and
    shirts, called the msif.

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