These mats are woven by the samal women of tawi tawi.
Badjao and samal mats.
The badjao mat is characterized by vibrant colors and spontaneous geometric patterns and symbols reflecting the group s way of life such as those of crabs wave boats and marine life forms.
Sama also called samal or bajau bajau also spelled bajao badjao bajo or bajaw one of the largest and most diverse ethnolinguistic groups of insular southeast asia the sama live mainly in the southern half of the sulu archipelago in the southwestern philippines although significant populations also live along the coasts of northeastern borneo primarily in the malaysian state of sabah.
The samal mats are the most intricate and one of the finest grained in the country.
Here in tawi tawi i found out something fascinating about women here in a badjao community along the coast of.
Among the badjao exuberance of color used as well as highly spontaneous geometric and other stylized symbols set in apart from the samal mats.
When you think of badjao what comes to mind.
Bongao tawi tawi the philippines.
Alas the weavers in this island only make mats for themselves and do not sell them.
The sama bajau refers to several austronesian ethnic groups of maritime southeast asia with their origins from the southern philippines the name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the sama or samah formally a a sama sama people.
The samal do not weave on the loom but weave mats instead as a cultural specialization.
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Cloth the traditional attire of a badjao is the patadjong 5.
Also their culture discourages begging out of shame.
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Bajau laut belongs to the sama bajau group.
On the other hand the samal mat s prominent patterns are stripes multi colored squares zigzags and checkered patterns of white and other colors.
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They are known under different names like bajau or badjao w c means man of the seas.
The origin of the badjao is not clear.
The recurrent motifs that surface in the badjao mat are in the form of stylized crab design a series of wave like or boat forms patterns created by moving water and some other marine life forms.
Or are known by the exonym bajau ˈ b ɑː dʒ aʊ ˈ b æ also spelled badjao bajaw badjau badjaw bajo or bayao.
The term samal dilaut can be found in various writings but it is most common for the sama dilaut to be called badjao and the other sama the more land based sama to be called samals.
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