MAGDALENA GAMAYO

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                 At 88 years old, Magdalena Gamayo has more reasons to look forward and beyond than back. “Lola Magdalena” knows she has lost the strength of her youth all in this sleepy town of Pinili, Ilocos Norte. But she is self-assured and fulfilled that in the stage of her life when most of one’s memories fail, her hands stay nimble and her craft stays alive.

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                Inabel comes from an Ilocano word which means “woven”. Inabel is a kind of woven fabric that has an Ilocano textile of plain or patterned woven made in hardwood looms and with the techniques passed down from generation to generation.

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