On October 23, Senator Loren Legarda led the opening of the first Hibla ng Lahing Filipino Travelling Exhibition at the Philippine Embassy in London, featuring “Piña-Seda: Pineapple and Silk Cloth from the Tropics.”
The Hibla Travelling Exhibition, which features lectures on piña-seda and demonstrations from weavers from Kalibo, Aklan and embroiderers from Lumban, Laguna, was organized by the National Museum of the Philippines, the Office of Senator Loren Legarda, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Philippine Embassy in London, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)-University of London, and the municipalities of Lumban in Laguna, Kalibo in Aklan, and Bacnotan in La Union.
Exhibition viewing at the Philippine Embassy in London will be from October 24 to November 22, 2017, 10:00am to 5:00pm.
