THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional office in Iloilo City sent two DTI-assisted enterprises in Western Visayas that specialized in hand-woven fabrics to join the more than 2,800 producers from other parts of the world in the Thailand Otop Fair (Otop Silapacheep 2016) in Bangkok, Thailand which runs from August 12 to 20.
DTI Regional Director Rebecca Rascon said that chairperson Marjorie Segurigan of the Indag-an Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative from Barangay Indag-an, Miag-ao, Iloilo, and owner Juler Fernandez of the JAF Handicraft and Piña Industry from Barangay Old Buswang in Kalibo, Aklan displayed their best products at the Otop Silapacheep 2016.
Indag-an Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative produces “hablon” fabrics, shawls, placemats, scarves and barong, among others. “Hablon” is a hand-loomed fabric made from cotton, abaca or other indigenous fibers.
JAF is a producer of hand-woven fabrics for men and women such as barong, gowns, shawls, scarves, wraps, and among others made from hand-woven fabrics from indigenous fibers like pineapple, abaca, silk or cotton.
Event organizer Community Development Department of Thailand is celebrating the activity in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s seventh cycle birthday anniversary on August 12, 2016.