This account was not intended to destroy or defame the personality of the town proper! This was made as a source of information about the facts, cultures, history, and happenings of the place itself! Thank you so much!

CAOAYAN, ILOCOS SUR PHILIPPINES

During pre-Spanish times the port of Pandan was an important trading post for Chinese and interisland vessels, and one of the commodities once traded there was bamboo. With the arrival of the Spaniards came the project to identify the names of places in the Philippines. A Spaniard came to Pandan and asked the name of the place. Thinking that the Spaniard wanted to know the name of the bamboo floating in rafts on the Baggoc River waiting to be traded, they answered "kawayan." The Spaniard then listed the place's name as Caoayan.

The town of Caoayan Ilocos Sur was believed to have been established and created as a separate municipality in 1824. Records of the town from the mid 1800 up to 1991 are not available due to the great conflagration that happened in 1991, which damaged the Old Spanish convent, were records had been kept.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

The Abel (Loamweaving)


Abel-weaving involves the use of a wooden handloom and cotton yarn (sagut) made from local cotton plants. It follows a very intricate process - from preparing and dyeing the yarn, to arranging different colors of yarn to produce the desired pattern, and operating the wooden handloom with synchronized movement of hands and feet.

Abel Iloco products include blankets, bed linens, bath towels and robes, hand towels, place mats, table napkins, runners and fabric for clothing material.

Imagine what YOU can do with Abel Iloco! :)
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