AKLAN, Philippines – Aklan’s piña handloom weaving has received official recognition from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The province’s unique craft ...

The piña cloth is a light fabric popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is unique to the Philippines and has been used to make traditional garments for centuries. The fabric is ...

The NCCA calendar features the different steps and stages in making the textile—from cultivating the pineapples and extracting the fibers to weaving the fine threads using the handloom and ...

AKLAN, Philippines — In a significant cultural milestone, the ancient craft of handwoven piña, or pineapple textile, hailing from the province of Aklan in the Philippines, has secured its place on the ...

KALIBO, Aklan (PIA) — The Provincial Government of Aklan brought for the first time the “Hinuguran it Akeanon” (the Aklanon’s labor) to the prestigious ArteFino Fair – a premier trade platform that ...