Estelita Bantilan Explained

Honorific Prefix:Bai
Estelita Bantilan
Birth Name:Labnai Tumndan
Birth Date:17 October 1940
Nationality:Filipino
Known For:Textile
Style:Blaan traditional weaving

Bai Estelita Tumandan Bantilan (born Labnai Tumndan; October 17, 1940) is a Filipino textile weaver from the municipality of Malapatan, Sarangani. She is credited with creating "some of the biggest, most subtly beautiful mats to be seen anywhere in Southeast Asia."[1] She was given the National Living Treasure Award by the Philippines through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2016.

Bantilan opened a mat weaving center in Malapatan to preserve and promote the tradition of Blaan weaving.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Pastor Roces. Marian. National Living Treasures: Estelita Bantilan. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225163323/https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/gamaba/estelita-bantilan/. February 25, 2022. December 5, 2020. National Commission for Culture and the Arts. dead.
  2. Web site: Sembrano. Edgar Allan. 2019-06-16. National living treasure Estelita Bantilan, NCCA inaugurate weaving center in Sarangani. 2020-12-05. Inquirer. en-US.