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Through the years, as what we can observe in our country, the number of weavers and pocket communities that uphold the tradition of weaving get smaller and smaller and consequently, more women are losing their source of livelihood. With this, the production and the usage of traditionally weaved cloths were also rapidly declining, and inabel cloth weaving has no exemption from this. The  inabel weaving  is one of the prides of the Ilocos region in the Philippines. “Abel” is the Ilocano word for weave, and “inabel” can be interpreted to mean any kind of woven fabric. However, to the Ilocanos, the  inabel  is particularly used to refer to textile that is distinctly Ilocano in origin. This type of fabric is made of cotton that are usually plain or patterned. The cloth is well known and loved by the locals for its softness,beautiful design and its durability. Ilocos' traditional weavers use hardwood pedal looms, in creating different design techniques. Behind the beau...