For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. John Migeni from Nyando. He left his job as a tailor after a series of frustrations at his ...

THEY ARE NOT dream weavers, but residents of two islands hundreds of kilometers apart, weave sleeping mats on which people may experience wonderful dreams. This is because the islands—Anda in ...

For Jhalakathi's Patigar community, weaving soft and cool shitalpati mats from stalks of the murta, a reed-like plant locally called paitara, is far more than a job: it's an ancient heritage.

During our recent trip to Southern Palawan, we were thrilled to learn about the rich heritage of an Indigenous group from Tawi-Tawi, who introduced the exquisite craft of Jama Mapun mat weaving to the ...

John Migeni from Nyando. He left his job as a tailor after a series of frustrations at his workplace to venture into self employment. (PHOTO: COURTESY) Seventeen years ago, John Migeni, 42, from ...