Estelita Bantilan
Filipino textile weaver
Bai Estelita Bantilan | |
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![]() Estelita Bantilan (right) and Resil B. Mojares (left) during the 2018 conferment of GAMABA Awards | |
Born | Labnai Tumndan (1940-10-17) October 17, 1940 (age 83) |
Nationality | Filipino |
Known for | Textile |
Style | Blaan traditional weaving |
Awards | National Living Treasure Award 2016 |
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.[1]
Bantilan opened a mat weaving center in Malapatan to preserve and promote the tradition of Blaan weaving.[2]
References
- ^ a b Pastor Roces, Marian. "National Living Treasures: Estelita Bantilan". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Archived from the original on February 25, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ Sembrano, Edgar Allan (2019-06-16). "National living treasure Estelita Bantilan, NCCA inaugurate weaving center in Sarangani". Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-12-05.