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00:00NATSAN
00:09It's usually just for cleaning, but did you know that
00:13washers are socially rational nowadays.
00:15This is what the fellow citizens earn here.
00:19So you don't get married test.
00:21You're right, I get married test.
00:23This and this.
00:26It looks like you won't finish the whole week.
00:30The fabric makers have a way to make it more interesting.
00:35They say that they can not only make fabrics out of wet fabrics,
00:43but they also make this skirt that they wear while performing Zumba.
00:55Bag Collection Reveal!
00:57Let's find out the bag collections of the businesswoman and vlogger, Anna Magkawas.
01:06There are expensive, unique, and new additions to the price range.
01:14On the other hand, instead of a graduation cap,
01:16the students are wearing sombrero made of upo.
01:19It's elegant.
01:24When it comes to fashion and fashion,
01:28Juan will not be defeated.
01:31We have products that will make us proud all over the world.
01:37That's why tonight, I wonder what are the certified products of TINOL.
01:44TINOL
01:47When it comes to wetting, the first thing that comes to our mind is dirt.
01:51But now, the wetting has leveled up.
01:54It's literally rags to riches.
01:56Because it's not just for cleaning the dirt in the house.
02:01Seat cover, blankets, clothes.
02:04These are just a few of the designs of the American designer, Elise McMahon.
02:08Her designs were featured in the popular fashion and lifestyle magazine, Vogue, in 2022.
02:16Elise's goal is to reduce textile waste in her designs.
02:22That's why she used retassed fabrics,
02:24and it's like the one we read in the Filipino version.
02:32In a tent in Payatas, Quezon City,
02:35the neighbors banded together,
02:37not to get married,
02:39but to make wetting.
02:42Wetting is not just about experiencing it.
02:45It's important, and it's their livelihood.
02:52One of the oldest wetting makers here is Mang Renato, 64 years old.
02:57He's been a certified wetting maker since 2005.
03:02We started this when my eldest son started working.
03:06We were able to save P7,000.
03:09That's how my wife and I started.
03:15I followed her.
03:17I helped her until she got better.
03:22Wetting is now priced at P10 to P20.
03:25In addition to the income,
03:27his neighbors are also engaged in making wetting.
03:32They learned how to make wetting from us.
03:37They're getting closer to us
03:40because they see that this is a profitable business.
03:46His wife passed away in 2018.
03:49He passed on the unique method of making wetting to his neighbors.
03:55Until recently,
03:56they were led by PBM or Payatas Basahan Makers,
04:00which now has more than 100 members.
04:04This has helped us a lot.
04:06We have a wife and we're looking for a job.
04:10We need to help our wives.
04:15When my children were studying,
04:18if they don't have money,
04:20I made P10,000,
04:22and the next day, they have no money.
04:25The industry of making wetting
04:27is a big help in textile waste management.
04:30Their fabrics are made of retasson fabric.
04:37And of course, I won't be the last one.
04:39I went to Payatas to try the traditional method of making wetting.
04:45Kawander, we're with the wetting makers
04:49here in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City.
04:51And my challenge today is to make wetting,
04:55just like what they're doing.
04:57Let's see how far my powers will take me.
05:00We're here with Mommy Corazon,
05:03who will teach me.
05:04I'll just start and finish it.
05:09For the first step,
05:10the fabric will be placed in the hole.
05:13Alternate.
05:14Alternate.
05:15Okay.
05:17Where are your fabrics from?
05:19From Taytay.
05:20Where are the pieces from?
05:21Yes, those are woven.
05:23The fabrics are woven.
05:24This is the first income of the residents here in the village.
05:28So, they don't get marites.
05:29While getting marites,
05:32the marites won't disappear.
05:34Oh, really?
05:35So, while the mouth is being handled,
05:38the hands are also being handled.
05:39You know, we don't know your farm.
05:43What do you do?
05:44Those who don't die, is that Langka?
05:47Okay, the marites are done.
05:49I will now try to place the fabric in the hole.
05:53Can you follow me?
05:54Of course.
05:59It hurts when I walk.
06:00When I walk, my fingers get swollen.
06:03It hurts too, right?
06:08Once the fabric is placed in the hole,
06:10it will be folded.
06:16This one?
06:17Yes.
06:18And this one?
06:19Yes.
06:20It looks like you won't be able to finish this in a week.
06:24I'm just joking.
06:25You're so funny.
06:26You're so funny.
06:27I think we won't earn anything here.
06:30Where is it?
06:31Is it right?
06:32It looks like even buying milk is not enough.
06:37And for the last process,
06:39the fabric will be locked using a hook.
06:41Kung pa,
06:43pa sok.
06:48She's still in the next trick.
06:49Oh, is she not?
06:52Next trick, we're done.
06:54My fellow Wanderers,
06:55I was really challenged to lock a fabric.
06:59Why is it not going through?
07:01It's like it's going back and forth.
07:09Will it finish?
07:11Wait, wait.
07:15Wait.
07:16Wait, Charlie.
07:19I'm still finishing.
07:23So, this is it.
07:24It's done.
07:26This is what we did.
07:28It's obvious that I did it.
07:31This is the result.
07:33It's great, right?
07:35Who would have thought that this is just a retassel?
07:37This is the original fabric that I'm making.
07:42It's like this.
07:45There's a disclaimer.
07:48This is what Ma'am Susan made,
07:49and this is what Cora made.
07:51Yes, Cora made it.
07:52I don't know why this happened to me.
07:57Let's give a round of applause to Ma'am Susan.
08:02The fabric makers have a trick.
08:05It's not just the fabric that they can make
08:07with the retassel fabric.
08:09They also make this skirt,
08:11which they wear when they do Zumba.
08:14Aside from making fabrics,
08:17another thing that mothers do here is Zumba.
08:21They still use this retassel fabric.
08:25So, let's go ladies!
08:31They say that making fabrics is not just considered as earning money.
08:35This is their life.
08:37Because they are from the same barangay,
08:39they already have a family that they can rely on every day.
08:47Yay!
08:48She's good.
08:49She's good.
08:51She's used to it.
08:54She's used to it.
08:55Especially Coach.
08:57It's like a lot of people are rushing.
09:07The center of culture and tradition,
09:09this is the face of the completion of the high school of San Quintin.
09:14But instead of the traditional Toga and graduation cap,
09:17their uniform is the Katukong.
09:21This is a traditional headgear of the Abra people,
09:24made of Upong Bilog or Tabungaw.
09:27Jeremy is proud that it's completed,
09:29and he's even more proud because he made the Katukong himself.
09:37In grade 9, Lolo Pilo taught us how to weave.
09:42Here in weaving, we use bamboo.
09:45If given a chance, I would like to learn how to make a Katukong
09:51so that Lolo Pilo can continue.
09:56The making of the Katukong started in Abra.
09:59In fact, 1821 or 203 years ago,
10:02there's a history in the culture of using the Katukong.
10:08This can be seen in the work of Esteban Villanueva,
10:12who is currently in the National Museum of the Philippines.
10:16While the monument of Bayani ng Norte by Diego Silang
10:19is wearing the Katukong.
10:24As time passed,
10:26along with the graduation of the students,
10:28the Katukong of the Abra people also graduated.
10:33Ginoong Tiofilo Nalangdaw is the head of the Katukong
10:35in the whole province.
10:52It seems that this tradition is slowly disappearing
10:54because Ila Nalangdaw is the only one who knows how to do it.
10:58And so that the Katukong doesn't graduate,
11:01the Katukong Museum is now filled with students
11:05of San Quintin National High School.
11:08Under the Techno Transfer Training Program,
11:10every Friday he goes to school to teach,
11:14but of course with our assistance as teacher facilitators.
11:18The students are very active and participative.
11:23The production and purchase of the Katukong
11:25is done in the house of Ginoong Tiofilo.
11:28We are here to buy the Katukong
11:31to use in our upcoming competition for international.
11:37These are the things that seem to be lost to us.
11:40We want to be known, to be recognized,
11:43not only here in the Philippines, in our country,
11:46but in the whole world.
11:49But Ginoong Tiofilo remembers something
11:51when making the Katukong.
11:58When I was young,
12:01I was lucky to have a Katukong student.
12:06We were two, not many.
12:09We were lucky to be able to order.
12:15This student, 22 years old, is Emilio,
12:18a former student of Ginoong Tiofilo in San Quintin.
12:22There was a time when my grandfather was not with us
12:25because he was sick.
12:27He told me to go to school to teach the students.
12:33The students told me that they would be used to it.
12:40And now, he has a hand in making the Katukong of Ginoong Tiofilo.
12:45In the whole process,
12:48there are parts that are difficult, but I can do it.
12:52One of the reasons I helped my grandfather
12:56in making the Katukong was to help my family.
13:00I was able to fix our house.
13:03I was able to buy my own motorcycle.
13:08During vacation, Emilio visits the school
13:10to help the students make the Katukong.
13:14That's why Ginoong Tiofilo wanted to teach us
13:16how to make the Katukong
13:18with Emilio.
13:22In November, the seeds are planted
13:24and they can be harvested in March.
13:27These seeds are planted just for the Katukong.
13:31The common seeds planted by farmers
13:34are the long seeds that we use for vegetables.
13:38But these round seeds are planted
13:42just for the purpose of making a tool.
13:46It's a very specialized tool.
13:49He will roll the seedlings to make the skin harder.
13:53When the weight is light,
13:54he will use varnish to make the Katukong.
13:59He will place the seedlings in the middle
14:01and put the rolled seeds aside.
14:03Then, he will clean it.
14:04For the Katukong,
14:06he will use bamboo or thin bamboo.
14:19He will wet the bamboo and place it on the seat.
14:23To make the Katukong more durable,
14:25he will make a hole around it and tie it.
14:48He will tie it with a string
14:50to make it more durable.
14:54Chofilo and Emilio are not tired
14:57of continuing the tradition
14:59of making the Katukong.
15:01If I have a chance
15:04to continue making the Katukong,
15:08I will not hesitate
15:10to continue making the Katukong.
15:15Hopefully,
15:16when the time comes
15:17for Juan to become rich,
15:19we will be able to see him
15:21in the history books.
15:24That's why
15:27there are no sorcerers
15:32who can teach the Ilocano culture.
15:41Have this online seller
15:43visited your social media accounts?
15:47The bags are worth millions.
15:53Wanderers, meet Anna Magkawas.
15:58I became fond of bags
16:00when it became my business.
16:03The bags you see here
16:05are the ones available for sale
16:07and consigned by our clients.
16:11Her bags are considered her babies.
16:14This is one of my favorites
16:16that I always use
16:17when I leave the house.
16:18I want it to be open
16:19so that I can easily
16:21take my things inside.
16:24And her favorite
16:25is a mini kelly
16:27made of exotic leather material.
16:30Actually, I dreamed of this bag.
16:32It's small,
16:33but you can consider this bag
16:35as an investment bag.
16:39But in the dynamics of these bags,
16:41there is one that is close to her heart.
16:43I really like locally made products.
16:46I have a bag here.
16:48This is a hand-painted picture
16:52that you can see here.
16:54Of course, for me,
16:55we support local bags
16:58because this is our own creation.
17:01Something that we can expand.
17:04But it seems like there's something missing
17:05in Anna's collection.
17:10Here in the province of South Cotabato,
17:12do you believe
17:13that a bag that's just for carrying birds
17:15can be transformed
17:17into an eco-friendly bag?
17:21This is where we found Mang Jetnel.
17:24In 2012, I went to Japan
17:27for training
17:28in organic agriculture.
17:30I saw there
17:32how they handle
17:35their organic products.
17:37I saw that all of their organic products,
17:40especially rice,
17:42are wrapped in paper.
17:50And even if there's a lack of machinery,
17:52they discard it
17:53and help each other.
17:56It's amazing
17:57what these diamond bags can do.
17:59They're not fashion designers,
18:01but they're the wives
18:03of farmers.
18:07It's not a problem
18:08to get diamonds.
18:10Because it's easily available
18:11in their fields.
18:16And every now and then,
18:17they don't just wait
18:18for the harvest.
18:21One bag of diamonds
18:23can make 40 sheets
18:25of Manila paper size.
18:27Most of our clients
18:29are in Metro Manila.
18:33They also don't hesitate
18:34in their creativity
18:36because they also make
18:37customized paper products.
18:40Back to iWonder!
18:46They also don't hesitate
18:47in their creativity
18:52because they also make
18:53customized paper products.
18:57One of their sous-chefs
18:58is Rosalie.
18:59The envelope made of rice
19:01is made of diamonds.
19:03When I ordered it from them,
19:04they brought it to me.
19:05It's really an envelope.
19:10Because of the diamonds,
19:11high-quality packaging is achieved.
19:16Are you looking for a bag for all?
19:19The diamond bag can go.
19:22Jet Nail,
19:23please share with us
19:24how to make it.
19:26Good day, Kawander.
19:27I will show you
19:28how to make
19:30a handmade paper bag.
19:33Let's go!
19:39First, boil the diamonds
19:40for 4 hours.
19:44When it's sticky,
19:45remove it.
19:50Then, wash it
19:51and dry it manually
19:55in the grinder
19:56of the disintegrator machine.
19:58After 10 to 15 minutes of grinding,
20:00this is the result.
20:02This is the result
20:03of the ground diamonds.
20:07The ground diamonds
20:08will be transferred
20:09to the same bag.
20:11We will put it
20:12in a bag,
20:13what we call a bag.
20:16And then,
20:17it will be cut as paper.
20:22The diamonds
20:23will be completely
20:24put in the bag.
20:27Be careful
20:28to place it
20:29and transfer it
20:31to the bag.
20:37Then,
20:38it will be sun-dried.
20:43After 1 hour,
20:44the paper
20:45for the diamond bag
20:46is ready.
20:51The dimensions,
20:52thickness,
20:53and design
20:54of the diamond bag
20:55are also perfect.
20:58Jet Nail admitted
20:59that their income
21:00is not that big.
21:01But,
21:02they are proud
21:03of their contribution
21:04in agriculture.
21:05When it comes
21:06to environmental protection,
21:09our contribution
21:10is one.
21:12It's big
21:13even if it's small.
21:14Outside Metro Manila,
21:15there are many rice fields.
21:16If they do that,
21:17they can contribute.
21:18They are closer
21:19to Metro Manila.
21:20They just need
21:22patience
21:23and initiative
21:25to be able
21:26to grow.
21:28Next in iWonder,
21:30Jet Nail has a special
21:31diamond bag
21:32for Ana.
21:34I hope you like
21:36the bag
21:37from Palay
21:38Handmade Bag.
21:43Since we have
21:44a special guest,
21:45we showed Ana
21:47how to make
21:48a diamond bag.
21:50But,
21:51you can't just watch
21:52those bags
21:53because
21:54we have a special
21:55diamond bag
21:56from Palay
21:57Handmade Paper Industry.
22:02I hope you like
22:04the bag
22:05from Palay
22:06Handmade Bag.
22:09Wow!
22:10It's beautiful.
22:11It's great, right?
22:12Because
22:13it can be a gift bag.
22:14We didn't expect
22:16that the rice fields
22:17that are about to be
22:18plowed
22:19can still be done
22:20or be made
22:21by our countrymen.
22:23Thank you so much
22:24to our countrymen
22:25from South Cotabato
22:27for sending us
22:29and sharing
22:31your diamond bags.
22:33I can use this
22:34as a gift.
22:35And,
22:36the design
22:37of the paper bag
22:38from Palay
22:39is really
22:40authentic
22:41Filipino.
22:46Ka-Wonder,
22:47you know,
22:48one of the
22:49characteristics
22:50of Filipinos
22:51is that
22:52they are
22:53very
22:54smart,
22:55right?
22:56We are really
22:57doing things
22:58that
22:59from being
23:00simple
23:01can be
23:02very expensive.
23:03So,
23:04we don't want
23:05the time to come
23:06when these
23:07products that
23:08we can sell
23:09in other
23:10countries
23:11will be
23:12forgotten
23:13and forgotten
23:14in our
23:15history.
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23:33questions,
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