Bai Estelita Bantilan | |
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Born | Labnai Tumndan October 17, 1940 |
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]