{"id":2756,"date":"2016-06-28T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2021-07-04T20:54:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T12:54:54","slug":"more-than-just-a-festival-south-cotabatos-tnalak-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/06\/28\/more-than-just-a-festival-south-cotabatos-tnalak-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"More than just a festival: South Cotabato\u2019s T\u2019nalak Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most Filipinos, The province of Cotabato has always been a place that\u2019s been avoided thanks to long years of conflict. It wasn\u2019t until 1999 that the city had something to be proud of: the annual T\u2019nalak Festival.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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SENSORY OVERLOAD. By far the easiest way to describe South Cotabato\u2019s T\u2019nalak Festival. Photo grabbed from <\/em>T’nalak Festival official Facebook page<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

South Cotabato has been a province for decades, but has not had a proper reason to celebrate its founding anniversary. That all changed in 1998, when former President Fidel V. Ramos declared the late Lang Dulay from Lake Sebu as a National Living Treasure for her work as a T\u2019nalak weaver.<\/span><\/p>\n

1999 saw the T\u2019nalak Festival take the form we know of today: a celebration of South Cotabato\u2019s founding anniversary and its way of honoring the cultural heritage brought about by its cultural emblem, the T\u2019nalak.<\/span><\/p>\n

T\u2019nalak<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

T\u2019nalak is a fabric made from abaca that is hailed as the province\u2019s ultimate cultural emblem. It is woven by T\u2019boli<\/em> women, with the pattern coming to them in their dreams. This earned them the moniker of \u201cdreamweavers\u201d. Lang Dulay\u2019s work has been seen as some of the best among her people, earning her the title of Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan <\/em>or the National Living Treasure Award. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The T\u2019nalak Festival is seen as an overload for the senses. It follows the trend of having colorful and vibrant festivals seen all over the country, all while having its own identity. Koronadal City is the setting for the festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two of the most anticipated events are the Tri-People Grand Parade and the Street Dancing Showdown, held during the last day of the festival. There\u2019s also a Bahay Kubo Competition, where groups pit themselves against each other in decorating the traditional home of Filipinos.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to get there<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Getting to South Cotabato is made easy with daily flights from Manila to Gen. Santos City, also known as GenSan. From GenSan, you\u2019ll need to take a 45-minute bus ride to Koronadal City, where the festival is held. You can also opt for land transport throughout the trip, though it would take you 3 days going through Davao City.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where to stay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A trip to South Cotabato is generally a multi-day trip. South Cotabato\u2019s provincial tourism office has a handy list of hotels and resorts for you to stay in through this link<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What to do<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Make your trip to South Cotabato worthwhile! Visit the T\u2019boli Museum to know more about the culture of the people whose work have inspired the festival. Drop by the late Lang Dulay\u2019s Manlilikha ng Bayan<\/em> Center in Lake Sebu, where the next generation of dreamweavers train. There\u2019s also Mt. Matutum, a dormant volcano that\u2019s home to the Philippine Eagle and the world\u2019s smallest primate \u2013 the Philippine Tarsier.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source:<\/em> The Provincial Government of South Cotabato official website<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For most Filipinos, The province of Cotabato has always been a place that\u2019s been avoided thanks to long years of conflict. It wasn\u2019t until 1999 that the city had something to be proud of: the annual T\u2019nalak Festival.   SENSORY OVERLOAD. By far the easiest way to describe South Cotabato\u2019s T\u2019nalak Festival. Photo grabbed from T’nalak Festival official Facebook page. \u00a0 History South Cotabato has been a province for decades, but has not had a proper reason to celebrate its founding anniversary. That all changed in 1998, when former President Fidel V. Ramos declared the late Lang Dulay from Lake Sebu as a National Living Treasure for her work as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-history"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9291,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions\/9291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}