BOLINAO, Pangasinan, Philippines — Every day, Betty Carolino, 54, would weave buri strips into different shapes of bags, planters, and mats. Her husband would assist her by stripping the buri and ...
SAN JUAN, Ilocos Sur: A four-kilometer sleeping mat made from a local palm called buri (silag to the Ilocanos) will be paraded by the townspeople on December 27 for the celebration of the “Buri ...
SAN JUAN, Ilocos Sur: Local folks here are trying to land a place in the Guinness Book of World Records on before year-end by weaving the world’s longest buri mat (palm leaf thatch). Mayor Benjamin ...
THEY ARE NOT dream weavers, but residents of two islands hundreds of kilometers apart, weave sleeping mats on which people may experience wonderful dreams. This is because the islands—Anda in ...
Bag made from buri leaves woven by women from Sorsogon —MANDY NAVASERO There is a palm tree commonly growing by the roadside in remote villages. It is called buri. No one actually cultivates it for ...