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SAROK WEAVING: Preserving the dying industry of Consolacion

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Even without looking, Guillerma Balaba’s hands seem to know where to fit and where to pull the thin bamboo strips as she weaved them to form a layer of sarok. The 78-year-old grandmother, however, says this skill is no longer surprising for someone like her, who started weaving since she was […]

78-year-old Guillerma Balaba is one of only at least 30 surviving residents who still practice sarok-weaving in Consolacion town, Cebu. CDN Digital photo | Rosalie Abatayo

Balaba, a native of the mountain barangay of Tulo-Tulo in Consolacion, says weaving sarok has been her family’s livelihood while she was growing up. This was also how she raised her five children. “Mao ra gyud ni akong pangita sukad pa sa una. Upat kabuok akong anak. Tungod sa kalisod, wala gyud intawo sila makalampos,” Balaba recalled.

“We are organizing our native sarok weavers because there is quite a few only who are still surviving nowadays. We are trying to keep the tradition,” said Consolacion Mayor Joannes Alegado in a separate interview.

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