POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato — Yabing Masalon Dulo, Blaan master weaver, lived beyond a century and left a legacy that inscribed her far-flung tribal community in the country’s culture and arts landscape.
Fondly called Fu Yabing, she was a revered bai or princess in their tribal community that thrived for centuries in an enclave at the foot of Mt. Matutum. That is where she honed her craft. (Fu is an endearment used by a nonfamily member to address an old Blaan woman, like lola for Tagalogs.)
She peacefully died in her sleep before dawn on Jan. 26, at her home in Sitio Amgu-o, Barangay Landan. She was 106.
The passing of Fu Yabing, who was born on Aug. 8, 1914, was mourned no…
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