These bay-ongs with single handle are of two different weaving styles. The one on the left uses plain weave or the 'banig' pattern of weaving with zigzag single handle and the edges are locked by the 'pahot' method or simply reinserting the excess strips back to the body. The one on the right employs the kinab'anan weave or the hexagonal weave, a weave that is more complicated than the plain weave. Series of four folds in the strips during the weaving make it difficult to follow for a beginner. In Bulusan, kinab'anan is only done by advanced weavers. The edges of the second bay-ong are in turn secured with 'bilit' (stitches) of 'bacbac' or 'palacpac' a material from the outer stalks of abaca stem that dried naturally on the abaca plant.
Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines
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