Matigsalog bracelets showcased at Iligan’s Diyandi Festival
ILIGAN CITY – Two women of the Matigsalog ethnic group traveled more than eight hours to sell handmade native bracelets at the Diyandi Festival, the patronal fiesta celebration honoring St. Michael the Archangel.
Aida Ababon, 47, and Sheila Batal, both from the Matigsalog tribe in Marilog District, Davao City, traveled by bus and arrived Saturday evening at the Tambo public terminal, where they stayed overnight.
During Sunday’s Diyandi Festival, the duo sold bracelets of various designs for only P20 each.
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They displayed their wares on a sidewalk where one of the festival highlights, the Kasadya Street Dancing and Showdown Competition, was held.
“We have been taught by our parents how to make bracelets from indigenous vines since our childhood,” Ababon said in Cebuano.
“This knowledge was passed on from generation to generation,” Batal added.
Diyandi is a traditional dance performance that depicts the triumph of good over evil.
Residents called upon St. Michael the Archangel, the city’s patron saint, to help ward off Satan./coa
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