Bunga Sama Yakan History

The Yakans reside in the Sulu Archipelago situated to the west of Zamboanga in Mindanao. Bunga sama The highest level of Yakan weaves its format consists of repetitive patterns mostly diamonds meant to represent the continuity of the universe.

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The motifs reflect their relation to nature.

Bunga sama yakan history. The Palipattang is patterned after the color of the rainbow while the bunga-sama after the python. By osmosis Evelinda picked up the skill. The kabban buddi is a set of triangles squares and other geometric shapes used for cushions pillows casings mats and hats.

The bunga sama in particular incorporates detailed diamond motifs which are meant to resemble the skin of a python. However these days this. Photo by JL JAVIER Detail from seputangan a head cover worn by the Yakan bearing a.

Today however the bunga sama is commonly. Yakan cloth bearing the bunga sama or python pattern. The highest form of Yakan weaving that has patterns that represent the universe B.

An earlier version of this story first appeared on her travelblog Haute Culture Fashion. Yakan Bunga Sama Weaving Sourced from Zamboanga Mindanao Proudly Fillipino woven fabric by the Yakan People. Yakan Yakan-Bunga Sama Material.

T he Yakans settled originally in Basilan island and in the early seventies due to political unrest which led the armed conflicts between the militant Muslims and government solders some of them settled in the region of Zamboanga City. The lines mean the continuity of the earth to the sky the geometric-shapes designed from scales of the python. Almost every Yakan fabric can be described as unique since the finished materials are not exactly identical.

From here they play around with combination of colors. In northern Luzon the Cordillera people protected in part by their terrain resisted the Spanish conquerors. Like most Yakan women her mother stayed at home to weave.

It is written in the Malayan Arabic script with adaptations to sounds not present in Arabic Sherfan 1976. They speak a language known as Bahasa Yakan which has characteristics of both Sama-Bajau Sinama and Tausug Jundam 1983. The bunga sama used for table runners monuments for the dead and on trunks is a symmetrical design made of rectangular-shaped figures.

The bunga sama is a design or category of weaving with floral and bold designs. Yakan weaving are inspired by patterns like the Palipattang inspired by the rainbow and a Bunga-sama inspired by the skin patterns of a Python. In Yakan weaving most of the animal and plant motifs are realistically represented in textiles.

The highest form of Yakan weaving that has patterns that represent the universe B. She then stated to weave design of the bunga sama category the sinaluan and the seputangan which is considered to be the two most intricate categories in the history of Yakan weaving because Sinaluan requires the use of miniscule and precise designs of a diamond and rhomboid designs while Seputangan demands balance and the filling up of all the spaces on the warp. As with many of the colorful designs created by the Yakan the bunga sama design was most often traditionally made into clothing.

This particular pattern seen in the bungasama symbolizes power and authority. Her father a farmer cultivated root crops bananas and vegetables. Tboli and Yakan villages loom weavers in the Ilocos region Nagbacalan Loomweavers Multi-purpose Cooperative and.

Cloth with this pattern is reserved exclusively for tailoring trousers for male members of high status or rich clans. Another question on History. Traditionally they have used plants like pineapple and abaca converted into fibers as basic material for weaving.

The Yakan culture particularly called to her due to their beautiful facial decorations and bold geometric weaves. Mindanao especially appealed to her because so few western tourists travel there let alone visit tribal settlements. The Yakans are known for their intricate geometric textiles incorporating bright colors.

However the pattern is said to have been inspired as well by the skin of the python. Using herbal extracts from leaves roots and barks the Yakans dyed the fibers and produced colorful combinations and intricate designs. A Yakan couple in a traditional wedding dance.

The cloth is usually fashioned into upper wear and pants though only for the dress of a high status Yakan specially the suwah bekkat and the suwah pendan. Colors may vary on. Geography and history have influenced the evolution of textile arts among the indigenous communities.

Her parents are typical Yakan. The Seputangan is the most intricate design worn by the women around their waist or as a head cloth.

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