The festival of the whole province, named after t'nalak, a cloth the T'boli weave from abaca fibre. T'boli women called dreamweavers make it, and they say the patterns come to them in dreams sent by Fu Dalu, the goddess of abaca. The festival marks what the B'laan, the …
The town festival of Isulan, held on 30 August for the day the town was founded. It doubles as a harvest thanksgiving: most people here farm rice, corn and vegetables, and the African palm, whose woven kalakat board is known across Mindanao. The dancing comes in two parts. …