https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features.atomLikhang Maragondon - Features2022-05-22T15:53:52+08:00Likhang Maragondonhttps://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/lakwatsika-shoot2022-05-22T15:53:52+08:002022-05-22T15:53:53+08:00Lakwatsika ShootLM Team
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/dti-cavite-smartphone-product-photography-for-msmes2022-05-22T15:52:08+08:002022-05-22T16:41:18+08:00DTI CAVITE Smartphone Product Photography for MSMEsLM Team
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/feu-students-advertising-project-visit2022-05-22T15:51:01+08:002022-05-22T15:51:02+08:00FEU Students Advertising Project (visit)LM Team
FEU Students Advertising Project (visit)
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/tpb-philippine-influencers-program2022-05-22T15:50:20+08:002022-05-22T15:50:21+08:00TPB Philippine Influencers ProgramLM Team
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/dost-ptri-field-visit2022-05-22T15:48:05+08:002022-05-22T15:48:06+08:00DOST-PTRI Field VisitLM Team
DOST-PTRI Field Visit
February 11, 2022
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/dost-ptri-tela-conference-ptf-session-3-textile-skills-and-education2022-05-22T15:46:29+08:002022-05-22T15:46:30+08:00DOST-PTRI TELA CONFERENCE PTF Session 3: Textile Skills and EducationLM Team
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PTF Session 3: Textile Skills and Education
January 13, 2022
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/la-bella-tagaytay-outdoor-mall-exhibit2022-05-22T15:44:58+08:002022-05-22T15:44:58+08:00La Bella Tagaytay Outdoor Mall ExhibitLM Team
La Bella Tagaytay Outdoor Mall Exhibit
January 29, 2022
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/cnn-philippines-the-land-of-the-brave-has-a-lot-more-to-offer-than-just-courage2022-02-13T16:14:37+08:002022-02-22T13:41:00+08:00CNN Philippines: The "Land of the Brave" has a lot more to offer than just courage.LM Team
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/likhang-maragondons-kakainin-in-unang-hirit2022-02-13T16:11:02+08:002022-02-22T13:41:39+08:00Likhang Maragondon's Kakainin in Unang HiritLM Team
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/dzme-1530-khz-home-buddy-s2022-02-13T16:08:07+08:002022-02-22T13:44:21+08:00DZME 1530 khz. | Home Buddy’sLM Team
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/kauna-unahang-pinoy-handwoven-non-medical-face-masks-na-aprubado-ng-dost-ptri-doh-phst-ini-export-na-sa-ibang-bansa2022-02-13T16:01:45+08:002022-02-22T13:49:30+08:00Kauna-unahang Pinoy handwoven non-medical face masks na aprubado ng DOST-PTRI, DOH-PHST, ini-export na sa ibang bansaLM Team
Maragondon, Cavite, Philippines – Nakarating na sa iba-ibang bansa ang Habing Maragondon face masks na tinaguriang “the first local handwoven face masks that conformed to the DOST-PTRI, DOH-PHST, and WHO recommended minimum specifications for non-medical face masks for community use.”
Ang Habing Maragondon face masks ay dumaan sa metikulosong pagsusuri ng mga kinauukulang ahensya ng gobyerno sa Pilipinas na hinahabi ng mga local weaver sa Maragondon, Cavite. Ang mga nasabing face mask ay gawa ng Likhang Maragondon, isang barangay micro business enterprise na gumagawa ng native products mula sa Maragondon, Cavite.
Sa panayam ng TFC News kay Ms. Catherine “Therine” Diquit, social entrepreneur at founder ng Likhang Maragondon, ibinahagi niya ang kanyang pagnanais na buhayin ang local craft ng kanilang bayan, isa na rito ang tradisyunal na paghahabi at matulungan na rin ang kanyang mga kababayang magkaroon ng kabuhayan gamit ang kanilang angking talento at mga lokal na materyales.
Ms. Catherine “Therine” Diquit, Social Entrepreneur/Founder of Likhang Maragondon
“In every intricately made garment thus is the woven story of our Lola weavers who busy their hands to keep their bodies and minds alive and moving...It is Likhang Maragondon’s hope that through the efforts it is doing, it can also inspire its own people to support local craft as a way of preserving the town’s rich heritage and celebrating what is distinctly ours,” ani Diquit.
Ideya at konsepto ni Diquit ang Habing Maragondon community face masks na sinimulan nilang pag-aralan noong April 2020 kung paano ito ipo-produce bilang mabisang pananggalang laban sa pandemyang dulot ng COVID-19.
“Madami po kasing nagsi-sell ng handwoven face masks. Ang napansin namin ay wala sa kanilang scientifically tested, siyempre we want to make sure ours is safe and will really protect the people who will use it. Nagstart kami figuring out which fabric to use considering our weather and ano ang shape. We did a lot of research. By June (2020), nagsend kami ng proposal sa DOST Cavite about our intent to have our mask tested. In-ask namin if they can help us tapos nirefer nila kami sa DOST-PTRI. Nag-online meeting kami, tapos pina-attend din nila kami ng webinar about DOST’s very own REWEAR Mask. By August, our mask was tested and September naman na-approve,” pagbabahagi ni Diquit.
Hindi man bultuhan sa ngayon, nakarating na ang Habing Maragondon face masks sa dalawampung bansa sa iba-ibang panig ng mundo kabilang ang Asia Pacific countries: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan at Singapore at ginagamit ng mga kababayang Pinoy maging ng mga dayuhan.
Malaking tulong sa pagkakaroon ng orders para sa Habing Maragondon face masks mula abroad ang pagsuporta at pagtangkilik ng popular travel vlogger na si Kulas ng BecomingFilipino na siya namang kasintahan ni Diquit.
Kyle “Kulas” Jennermann of BecomingFilipino wearing Habing Maragondon face mask
Sobra naman ang pasasalamat ng mga local weaver dahil napakalaking tulong sa kanila ang pagiging bahagi ng Likhang Maragondon kung saan ang kanilang mga talento sa paglikha ng mga locally produced native product, kasama na ang Habing Maragondon face masks ay tinatangkilik na ng publiko sa loob o labas man ng Pilipinas.
Para kay Fhelma Malimban, 42 taong gulang, isang ina ng tahanan at mananahi ng Likhang Maragondon, walang katumbas ang tulong na patuloy na ibinibigay sa kanilang ng nasabing social enterprise.
“Yung mga nagawa ko sa Likhang Maragondon, hindi kayang tapatan yung nagawa ng Likhang Maragondon para sa amin. Sobrang ang daming naitulong lalong lalo na ngayong pandemic,” kuwento ni Malimban.
“Malaki ang naitulong niya lalo na may mga baby na ako. Lalo na ngayong pandemic na ‘to, doon kami kumukuha ng panggatas nila, pang needs nila…kasi di ba nawalan ng trabaho karamihan ng tao ngayon, so ayun, nakatulong siya talaga. Doon kami kumukuha para sa mga pangangailangan namin,” pagbabahagi naman ng 27 taong gulang na si Maria Luisa Pascual, isa ring ina at mananahi ng Likhang Maragondon,
Isang pamana at marangal na pinagkukunan ng kabuhayan naman para kay Lola Doreng Pantoja, 60 anyos ang paghahabi. Isa rin siya sa humahabi ng telang ginagamit para mabuo ang Habing Maragondon face masks:
“Pamana ito ng aming ina, sa paghabi. Nong kami’y maliit pa, sa hirap ng buhay, maaga kaming naturuang maghabi na siya naming ginagastos sa bahay…Malaking tulong sa akin ang paghabi…pagpapa-aral sa aking mga anak. Hanggang ngayon, siya naming ginagastos sa aming buhay.”
Lola Doreng Pantoja, weaver of Likhang Maragondon
Para kay Diquit, wala ng mas sasarap pa sa pakiramdam na alam niyang nakatutulong siyang iangat ang mga talento at kabuhayan ng kanyang mga kababayan sa Maragondon sa pamamagitan ng paglikha ng handwoven and scientifically-tested na Habing Maragondon face masks at naka-aambag sila sa kinakailangang proteksyon ng publiko sa banta ng pandemya.
“Kami ay naniniwala na sa tulong ng Siyensya ay mas mapoprotektahan natin ang ating sarili laban sa COVID-19. Kaya kung kayo ay bibili ng facemask, the first thing we have to check is—did it go through standard scientific tests? Tangkilikin natin ang dumaan sa masusing pag-aaral at siyempre, made locally dahil malaking tulong ito sa ating mga kababayan lalo na ngayon na may pandemic,” ayon pa kay Diquit.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/uct-reviews-supportlocal-likhang-maragondon-heritage-in-your-hands-crafted-with-purpose2022-02-13T15:57:06+08:002022-02-22T13:52:46+08:00#SupportLocal Likhang Maragondon: Heritage In Your Hands, Crafted With PurposeLM Team
As we stay at home during this quarantine season, it’s always a good idea to do worthwhile activities, such as redecorating your home. Not only is it a fun thing to do, but it’s also a way to freshen and liven up your sanctuary while keeping safe and sound. If you’re planning to do so, why not shop local and buy local handicrafts?
Likhang Maragondon, a handicraft shop from Cavite, makes all sorts of eco-friendly items from handwoven masks, table runners, to crochet accessories. With the tagline “Heritage in your hands. Crafted with a purpose,” this local business is a native enterprise that uses the talents of skilled Maragondon-based artisans in crafting unique traditional items that are sustainable and proudly Pinoy.
Through their impeccable craftsmanship, Likhang Maragondon creates beautiful local goods made out of pure artistic prowess and a goal to preserve their tradition. Here are some of them:
Handwoven Face Mask
Habing Maragondon is made from antique wooden looms made by the last three weavers of Maragondon. It is also the first local hand-woven face mask that conformed to the DOST-PTRI, DOH-PHST, and WHO, and has undergone several tests conducted by DOST-PTRI to ensure that the mask adhered to the recommended minimum specifications for non-medical face masks for community use.
Their Habing Maragondon collection has several face mask designs that you’ll love, named after positive Filipino attitudes such as Magiting, Mayumi, Mapagmahal, Makabayan, and Matapat.
Bamboo Speaker
Now, listening to music can be made sustainable as well! Meet Likhang Maragondon’s Bamboo Speaker, which is one of our favorites as it’s a double purpose item as a speaker, and as a table accent. This eco-friendly speaker is carved by bamboo craftsmen from Maragondon, too. It has a slit in the center where you can place your phone and play music as it amplifies the sound. It’s affordable and very easy to use–no more charging, batteries, and tangly wires needed!
Pillowcases
Spruce up your living area with these Habing Maragondon throw pillowcases! These aesthetic pillowcases make the perfect item to beautify your sofa with its beautiful patterns. These pillowcases come in different colors, so you can choose which one would complement your living space’s palette. Its unique, traditional design perfectly stands out as a decorative element in your lovely home.
Bamboo Lantern
Another accent piece that’ll definitely catch anyone’s attention is this Bamboo Lantern, also crafted by the skilled craftsmen of Maragondon. This gorgeous decorative lantern can be used in many different ways. It can be a candleholder, a plant container, or you can also just display it as it is! It’s a perfect centerpiece whether indoors or outdoors with its simple yet elegant design.
Likhang Maragondon also sells other useful and artful items such as table runners, refrigerator and water dispenser covers, bags, poncho, scarf, and more. If you’re a fan of artistic and traditional handcrafted and handwoven items, Likhang Maragondon is worth every penny spent. Aside from getting great quality pieces, you’ll be able to support local businesses, local artisans, and weavers’ livelihood, and help keep their well-kept traditions alive.
Follow Likhang Maragondon onFacebook,Instagram, andTwitterto know more about their new offers and other information. You may also contact them at 0995-138-1813 or email likhangmaragondon@yahoo.com for any queries.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/local-hand-crafted-face-mask-sa-cavite-aprub-na-sa-dost2022-02-13T15:51:46+08:002022-02-22T14:01:53+08:00Local, hand-crafted face mask sa Cavite, aprub na sa DOSTLM Team
Manila, Philippines – Inaprubahan na ng Department of Science and Technology (DOST) ang face mask na likha sa Maragondon, Cavite.
Sa ulat, ito ang kauna-unahang local handwoven mask na nakapasa sa standard ng specifications para sa non-medical face masks na maaaring gamitin ng komunidad.
Paliwanag ni DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña sa isang panayam, tinawag itong “Mapagmahal Face Mask” na likha ng isang grupo sa Maragondon.
“Nakita nila yung opportunity sa face mask so gumawa sila ng sarili nilang design at naghanap sila ng sarili nilang material at nang marinig nilang malawakan nga ang panawagan para magkaroon ng face mask na medically tested, nagpa-test sila ng kanilang initially ginawang face mask sa DOST Philippine Textile Research Institute.”
Punto pa ni Dela Peña may dalawang uri ng face masks, isang community at clinical use.
“What they are producing are the community face masks.”
“Ang unang tinetest ay yung water repellency at water absorption. Yung hydropholic, yun yung repellency at yun namang hydrophilic, yun yung pag absorb,” lahad pa ng opisyal.
Sinabing nagsumite rin sila ng kanilanng produkto sa DOST-Textile Research Institute (PTRI).
“Initially, they did not pass the test but what the PTRI experts did is to give them advice which is the better material to use and the features that they need to incorporate,” paliwanag nito.
Likha naman ang naturang mask sa polyester at cotton sa outermost layer nito habang knitted hydrophobic material at hydrophilic material naman sa innermost layer.
Ang kagandahan pa rito, maaaring malabhan ng kahit 25 beses ang naturang face mask.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/one-balita-tv5-cignal-tv2022-02-13T15:51:30+08:002022-02-22T14:05:32+08:00ONE BALITA | TV5 / Cignal TVLM Team
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/interview-with-dost-secretary-fortunato-dela-pena-about-habing-maragondon-face-masks2022-02-13T15:48:39+08:002022-02-22T13:54:46+08:00Interview with DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela Pena about Habing Maragondon Face Masks.LM Team
DZMM Online | February 12, 2021
Interview with DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela Pena about Habing Maragondon Face Masks.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/philippine-star-feature2022-02-13T15:41:39+08:002022-02-22T14:07:28+08:00Philippine Star FeatureLM Team
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) approved of a local hand-crafted face mask available at the local shop Likhang Maragondon in Cavite. The "Mapagmahal Face Mask" is considered a bestseller in the city.
The mask is made of polyester and cotton in its outermost layer, with a second layer of knitted hydrophobic material and hydrophilic material in its innermost layer.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/daily-driver-day-trips-within-your-reach2022-02-13T15:32:13+08:002022-02-22T14:15:01+08:00DAILY DRIVER: DAY TRIPS WITHIN YOUR REACHLM Team
With most parts of the country recently placed under the modified general community quarantine category, travel-starved wanderers will have more leeway in rediscovering their pre-pandemic lifestyle.
And if the holiday season traffic is any indication, the first months of 2021 would be a field day for family road tripping onboard their private vehicles and within striking distance from the metropolis.
As flying is still a tricky mode of mobility, here are some alternative day trips within your reach, sans the documents and the intimidating checkpoints which make you feel like doing a Cold War-era border crossing.
Quezon. An underrated destination which has managed to preserve its bucolic allure with its farms, country-themed resorts, local cuisine and the majestic view of Mt. Banahaw.
The nearest point is the famed Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort, which is about 100 kms south of the metro, just way past the provincial welcome arch in Tiaong.
Further down in the towns of Sariaya, Dolores, Tayabas, Lucban and Pagbilao are under-the-radar spots which maybe the next big thing under the “new normal” regime with their open spaces, low density, plenty of sunlight and close-to-nature qualities.
Guests can feast on local delights at the floating cottage rafts at Fishers Lake Restaurant or the Boeing jet-themed Air Summit fine dining, which are both located at the Kamayan sa Palaisdaan in Tayabas (shown in main photo). It also has cozy rooms to spend the night after the 100 km-plus drive.
The next-door town of Lucban has more to offer than the sought-after Pahiyas Festival and tasty longanisa or pansit habhab. Samkara Restaurant and Garden Resort, a boutique lodging is a place where nature trippers can relax, meditate and just appreciate countryside living in its most basic form.
Beach bums can foray into the raw and sleepy shores of Bondoc peninsula, which has some of the unspoilt white sands in the Calabarzon Region.
Cavite. Due to its proximity to Metro Manila, it is often dismissed as a mere urban satellite. However, to its far-end is Maragondon which is infamously etched in history as the e where Andres Bonifacio met his gruesome end in the hands of fellow revolutionaries.
In recent months, this town hogged the limelight with a social enterprise which came to the rescue of townsfolk who were economically displaced by the pandemic. Likhang Maragondon relived the town’s weaving tradition and bamboo industry and produced fashionable hand-woven export-quality facemasks and bamboo furnishings.
If you want to linger longer for a feel of the province’s remaining rural areas, there’s the Riverfront Garden Resort situated by the banks of a clean and green river awardee and Terra Verde Ecofarm and Resort for a taste of agrarian life 101.
Golf aficionados, meanwhile, can look forward to the opening of the Puerto Azul Golf and Country Club in Ternate, a posh fairway overlooking Manila Bay, which seeks to relive its old glory days.
Further down is the Kaybiang Tunnel which serves as the provincial boundary of Cavite and Batangas, a favorite route of big bikers and cyclists.
Lingayen Gulf. In this vast body water, Gen. Douglas McArthur landed on Jan. 9, 1945 as part of this task of liberating the country from Japan. And if you want your own place in history, you can drive to the shores where he waded this weekend situated at the back of the postcard-pretty Pangasinan Provincial Capitol.
Located about 215 kms north, the taxing commute has become shorter and easier with the completion of the Tarlac Pangasinan La Union Expressway (TPLEx). The journey will also take you to the pilgrim church of the Manaoag Basilica and the bangus capital of Dagupan City.
And while there, the temptation of driving further west to the Hundred Islands Natural Park in Alaminos City is irresistible. The city government has done an impressive makeover of the old-time favorite by modernizing the Lucap wharf and installing tourist facilities in the major islands of the mini-archipelago
In between the long haul are obscure towns in-between which have their own unique roadside stuff worth pulling over—the puto vendors of Calasiao, the baroque church of Binmaley, the dried goods stalls in Sual, the beach resorts of Labrador, and the riverside restos in Bugallon, to name a few.
Beyond Alaminos, the towns of Bolinao and Anda will further tempt you with their own version of gin-clear beaches just within reach.
As you cruise to more driving odysseys with the family, just keep in mind to observe the health protocols to keep your family safe, even as you keep sane by rediscovering the great outdoors.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/definitely-filipino-touch-free-bamboo-foot-press-stand2022-02-13T15:28:29+08:002022-02-22T14:15:42+08:00Definitely Filipino - Touch-free Bamboo Foot Press StandLM Team
Isa ang Likhang Maragondon sa mga gumagawa at nagbebenta ng alcohol dispenser na gawa sa kawayan. Ang Likhang Maragondon ay mula sa Cavite at tumutulong sa mga residente na magkaroon ng kabuhayan.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/list-6-pinoy-sme-businesses-we-should-support-this-holiday-season2022-02-12T12:32:13+08:002022-02-22T14:17:28+08:00LIST: 6 Pinoy SME Businesses We Should Support this Holiday SeasonLM Team
Habing Maragondon Face Mask
Cavite’s Habing Maragondon Face Mask is the first local handwoven face mask that conformed to the (DOST-PTRI) Department of Science & Technology–Philippine Textile Research Institute, (DOH-PHST) Department of Health –Public Health Services Team & (WHO) World Health Organization Recommended Minimum Specifications for Non-Medical Face Masks for Community Use.
Habing Maragondon is a local textile made by the last three weavers of Maragondon, Cavite using antique wooden looms. It is made up of 40% upcycled fabric.
Cavite’s Habing Maragondon Face Mask is the first local handwoven face mask that conformed to the (DOST-PTRI) Department of Science & Technology–Philippine Textile Research Institute, (DOH-PHST) Department of Health –Public Health Services Team & (WHO) World Health Organization Recommended Minimum Specifications for Non-Medical Face Masks for Community Use.
Habing Maragondon is a local textile made by the last three weavers of Maragondon, Cavite using antique wooden looms. It is made up of 40% upcycled fabric.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/net-25-unlad-kaagapay-sa-hanapbuhay-likhang-maragondon-feature2022-02-12T12:25:55+08:002022-02-22T14:18:32+08:00Net 25 Unlad: Kaagapay sa Hanapbuhay - Likhang Maragondon FeatureLM Team
Net 25 Unlad: Kaagapay sa Hanapbuhay
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/biyahe-ni-drew-goes-to-maragondon-cavite2022-02-12T12:24:29+08:002022-02-22T14:10:46+08:00'Biyahe ni Drew' goes to Maragondon, Cavite!LM Team
Sa Biyernes, samahan si Drew Arellano sa kaniyang mabilisang biyahe papuntang Maragondon, Cavite!
Mapapasabak agad si Drew sa Balsa River Cruise na parang Loboc River Cruise ang dating. Pagkatapos, isang day tour ang sasalihan niya sa isang farm resort sa tabi mismo ng ilog.
At dahil napapanahon ang nature trips ngayong may pandemiya, bibisitahin ni Drew ang Pantihan Falls na hidden gem ng Maragondon.
Siyempre, may masarap at murang kainan dapat! Siguradong tulo laway kayo sa fried chicken ng paboritong restaurant ng mga taga-Maragondon. Pasok pa sa budget!
Pero bago umuwi, silipin ang mga gawa ng mga taga-Maragondon. Mamangha sa kanilang bamboo products at habing Maragondon!
Sama na sa mabilisang biyahe ni Drew Arellano sa Biyahe ni Drew sa Biyernes, 9:15PM sa GMA News TV!
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/mom-weavers-sewists-behind-local-handcrafted-face-masks-elated-over-dost-approval2022-02-12T12:21:38+08:002022-02-22T14:21:26+08:00Mom weavers, sewists behind local handcrafted face masks elated over DOST approvalLM Team
MARAGONDON, Cavite – The team behind Likhang Maragondon is beaming with pride as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) approves their Habing Maragondon product as the first local handwoven face mask that conformed to the recommended minimum specifications for non-medical face masks.
Likhang Maragondon employs 12 weavers and sewists, most of whom are housewives.
“Masaya kasi pwede naming ipagmalaki yung aming face mask na ginagawa (I’m happy because we can be proud of the face mask that we’re making),” Marilou M. Ramirez, a 46-year-old sewist for Likhang Maragondon, told Manila Bulletin. “Ang mahalaga po doon ay safe siyang gamitin (The important thing is, it’s safe to use).”
The DOST approval is just a cherry on top. Ramirez, along with her co-sewists and weavers, is thankful for having the opportunity to earn a living during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Before the lockdown, Ramirez sewed school uniforms – a venture that came to a halt with the cancelation of face-to-face classes this academic year. And with her husband, a factory worker, not being able to report to work during the first few weeks of community quarantine, the income she earned from sewing face masks solely provided for her family.
Likhang Maragondon was only three months old when the pandemic hit. From a store that originally offered locally-made bamboo items and woven products like kimonos and ponchos, the enterprise decided to offer community face masks using handwoven fabrics to cater to the demand.
Catherine U. Diquit, the social entrepreneur behind the business, can’t be prouder of the project. When ventures started selling face masks featuring local weaves during the early months of the pandemic, she was tempted to follow suit. But as a product of Cavite National Science High School in Maragondon, she wanted to offer a product that is not only beautiful but also scientifically designed to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
“This is for our town, this is for our people,” Diquit told Manila Bulletin. “We’re selling something not just for the sake of profit, not just for the sake of aesthetics, but something that will also protect the people. Because the only way to get out of this pandemic is through science.”
Habing Maragondon face masks are composed of four layers: two inner hydrophilic materials, a hydrophobic material, and an outermost locally handloom-woven fabric made of 40 percent upcycled thread from factory rejects.
The enterprise has already shipped its face masks to 13 regions within the Philippines and to 16 countries abroad, including North Africa.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/dressing-up-the-filipino-table2022-02-12T12:19:52+08:002022-02-22T14:20:03+08:00Dressing up the Filipino TableLM TeamSocial media has also given brands that had previously no access to marketing platforms the chance to directly reach consumers. Likhang Maragondon is a business from Maragondon, Cavite that offers Philippine weaves and looms. Soumak has beautiful home items and accents. Acacia wooden utensils are a hit—cheap and readily available even in Dapitan. The majesticmagkonoboards, which can be used as chopping boards or steak boards, are beautiful, heavy duty boards from Mindanao, particularly in Surigao.
“Since the lockdown started and the kids can’t go out, I decided to make Sunday lunches extra special for my family. I started buying tablecloths and a variety of plates, cutlery, and glasses, so they will feel like we had lunch out like we always did pre-Covid-19,” says mom of three andManila Bulletin Lifestylesub editorJane Kingsu-Cheng. Jane’s social media feed is the stuff of aesthetic IG dreams, blooming flowers spilling over her table, with beautiful plates in elegant patterns that sometimes belie the fastfood on it. On one post, she writes, “There are days I’m just too busy or tired to whip up yummy dishes for the fam bam, and last night was one of those days.” Chinese takeout food is lovingly rearranged in her blue-and-white plates, with her table covered in delicate doilies lace.
“My helpers told me that our place looked prettiest this year,” saysJoyce Herrera Wong, an artist. “I decided to put more lights everywhere, because there is just so much darkness everywhere.” To liven up her dinner table, she uses fresh flowers with Christmas balls, and most of her Christmas ornaments are Filipino made.
“My chargers are made of capiz shells, and the napkin rings are of sea glass or polished glass—again made in the Philippines,” she says. “The centerpiece is made by a Filipina who does beautiful Christmas ornaments.”
Joyce and her husband are empty nesters in a 3,550-square-feet unit—her children are studying abroad—but she makes it a point not to have TV dinners all the time.
For Christmas, she is taking out her red capiz chargers, but playing up the contrast with silver from Cambodia. “I love going to the Manila FAME show, because you can see a wide variety of locally made products for export, and on the last day, you can just buy them. I love the American Women’s Bazaar for unique products.
Eliza Romualdez Valtosis pouring pent-up creative energy in making her Christmas arrangements look especially Filipino this year—with a twist of Covid. “I’m doing a horror folklore theme withtikbalang, tiyanak, manananggal—but Christmas,” she laughs. “That’s keeping up with Covid.” She uses handwoven placemats and local Filipino flowers to dress up her table, and coconut shell bowls to help keep the food warm. There’s a Philippine deer antler from a chandelier that has since collapsed from her parents’ house in Bicol.
“We honor Christ on Christmas Day for the sacrifice He made for us,” she says, “but also ourninunos(ancestors), who are Pinoy. Eliza haspangalayjars on her table—which sound like your run-of-the-mill Filipino earthen jar until you realize that these are associated with Philippine prehistoric burials.
“When doing tablescapes, we are driven by, unconsciously at times, certain cultural and social constructs,” the archaeologist says. “Even the belief in Christ is a social construct we can’t prove, so there should be always meaning in what we do, and when we’re decorating we fit it with the artifacts presented in that given space and time.”
Like Jane and Joyce, Eliza didn’t let the lockdown—and Covid—interfere with her love for tablescaping. “I would always do a standard tablescaping, at least,” she says. “The other day I was having a conversation with a friend about how important it is to still maintain a semblance of beauty and normalcy at home when the world outside is getting out of control. We talked about our everyday ritual of having a pretty table, of thinking what meals to cook and serve our families, and just keeping our homes aesthetically pleasing.”
Like Jane, who goes all out for her Sunday dinners to make up for limited dining out activities, Eliza says she’s doing it for her boys. “Sure, I ask myself if I am just creating a false sense of security for them,” she says. “But I am certain we are not, because they are tuned in to social media and are exposed to unfiltered reports of death, sickness, fear, and panic around them. It is all about striking a balance and as a mom. That’s all I can do right now.”
Table escapes
Tablescaping, for some, may just be aesthetics or a way to flex interior design skills. But during Covid when no one is there to appreciate and oohh and aahh over your work, and when it can even come as insensitive and out of touch, tablescaping has become therapeutic. It’s also an outlet for women who, finding that they can no longer dress themselves for places they can no longer go to, have decided to dress their tables. For Jane, it’s to give herself and her family something to look forward to. For Joyce, it’s to dispel the darkness, and for Eliza, it’s both, plus of course, a sociocultural commentary (she can’t help it).
FEAST FOR THE EYES Jane’s setup
These women, of course, are experts in tablescaping—hostesses with the mostest, but the rise ofplatitasand dinnerware and tableware sellers on social media has become testament to the intense desire of women everywhere, wherever they are in their journey, to make their houses a home, and their tables, the centerpiece of that home.
Add too, the resurgence and popularity of “Filipino first” purchases in the past few years. Filipino items are no longer a novelty. Pinoy-made items are now a badge of pride and honor. Regionalism, too, is playing a factor, as crafts and artisan products are bannered by their provinces and more SMEs are getting the support of government like the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), which has various projects under its belt to revitalize the local industry due to Covid disruption.
FESTIVE LAYOUT Joyce’s setup
DTI has been championing MSMEs through programs like Shared Service Facilities Project, and the Kapatid Mentor Me Program. (For Christmas, DTI also has a microsite called Pasalove, where you can choose which gift item you want from which region—and these items are handmade crafts or local products chosen by DTI’s provincial offices.)
Social media has also given brands that had previously no access to marketing platforms the chance to directly reach consumers. Likhang Maragondon is a business from Maragondon, Cavite that offers Philippine weaves and looms. Soumak has beautiful home items and accents. Acacia wooden utensils are a hit—cheap and readily available even in Dapitan. The majesticmagkonoboards, which can be used as chopping boards or steak boards, are beautiful, heavy duty boards from Mindanao, particularly in Surigao.
TRADITIONAL AESTHETIC Eliza’s setup
More and more Filipinos are showing patriotism and pride on their tables. Thanks to these options, Filipino elements can now be readily incorporated into your holiday tables.
Here are tips from the ladies on how you can add Filipino touches to your holiday setting.
Jane’s tips
I love gold accents, and thesecapizplacemats (with gold trimming) mimic our beautiful pearls. The set comes with matching coasters and embroidered napkins. This type of placemat is easy to take care of because it is waterproof, and it looks very elegant, too!
I grew up withinabelblankets. They bring back so many fond memories, and I love the idea that we can use them as table cloth. This one is by Lechoneria Belly and made by Abel Philippines. Why use a table cloth? It makes it easier to clean the table after. Just fold it, put it in the washing machine, and you’re done!
I play with the height of the dishes served on the table, and I do this by using different sizes of acacia wooden boards. I placed the lechon belly on top of this to highlight it as the main dish.
I love fresh flowers, but I also try to keep the beautiful dried ones. If I don’t have time to buy fresh ones, I use the colorful dried ones as the floral centerpiece.
Eliza’s tips
Pick Filipiniana pieces already at home. Easiest to do—plants or leaves. I love Filipino themed decor (palayok, coconut bowls, placemats,santos, bulols, etc.) and souvenirs (shells bought when they were not illegal to do so and man in the barrel even!). If you don’t have one at home, then go to your nearest public market and buy. There are very inexpensivepalayoks, Pinoy children’s toys. baskets,bayongs. These are very easy to spruce up by painting them with a color theme. There are so many colors to choose from.
If you don’t have enough pieces to create a theme based on design like allsantos, allbulols, allpalayoks, you can pull items together by using pain or spray paint. I find a paint spray can very useful for instance for painting leaves gold—especially for the Christmas season. One time I usedpalayoksand spray painted them too.
Use fresh plants or fake plants/leaves (they are so well made now) along with your Filipiniana items. I find stuff in my garden all the time.Kalachuchi, banana leaves,anahaw, trips of coconut leaves that I weave into fresh placemats. One dinner I usedpalayoksand a number of Venus fly traps.
Joyce’s tips
We have beautiful Made in the Philippines capiz shell chargers, which are available in different colors—blue, green, red, white, and beige. They also come in different sizes—round, rectangular, or fan shaped.
We have a variety of embroidered table cloth, runners, placemats, and napkins, which are either made of cotton, polyester, orpiña(pineapple fiber).
Ilocos is known for their Inabel products (handwoven textiles). Table runners, placements, and table napkins come in a variety of patterns or just plain colors.
We also have wooden bowls, which are great for a Filipino-themed party. Thelechontray, banana leaf-shaped placemats painted green, and different kinds of carabao horn servers for salad, rice, soup, and other dishes.
Buy napkin rings using materials like sea glass, coconut shell, silver from Baguio, capiz, and nautilus shells, and mother-of-pearl. There are also some beautiful mother-of-pearl serving trays.
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/filipino-japanese-journal2022-02-10T13:02:11+08:002022-02-22T15:04:32+08:00Filipino-Japanese JournalLM Team
Filipino-Japanese Journal
November 22, 2020
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Kalesang Pinoy
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https://www.likhangmaragondon.com/blogs/features/lakwatsero-caviteno-feature2022-02-10T11:53:49+08:002022-02-22T14:47:19+08:00Lakwatsero Caviteño FeatureLM Team
Original Article by Lakwatsero Caviteño
Ang Likhang Maragondon ay isang Pasalubong Center na Matatagpuan sa Garita A,Maragondon,Cavite itinatag ito ni Miss Therine Diquit na nag lalayong ipakilala ang Ibat ibang Produkto na Gawa sa Maragondon Tulad ng Habi Cloth/Products at Bamboo Crafts Upang mabigyan ng kabuhayan ang ating mga kababayan sa Maragondon.
Isa pang Layunin nito ay ang buhayin ang Tradisyonal na pag hahabi
Na minana pa ng mga taga maragondon sa kanilang mga ninuno
Ibat ibang produkto ang makikita dito tulad ng FaceMask,Shawl,Bags,Ear Saver,Table Cloth,Towel,kumot,punda at iba pa na gawa sa Habi,
Christmas at Home Decor,Hand Sanitizer at marami pang Iba na gawa naman sa Kawayan.
Kaya Pis kung ikay Magawi sa Maragondon wag kakalimutang Dumaan at bumili sa Likhang Maragondon Bilang Pag suporta sa magandang Adbokasiya nito .
Available din sila Online for delivery Mag Chat lang Sa kanilang fb Page na Likhang Maragondon