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Raffia


raffia plant

… it is the processing that is important and weavers in the Philippines have perfected the art of extracting the right texture and the right color.

Raffia is a textured straw extracted from the leaves of vine palms and used extensively in Madagascar, the Philippines and some other countries.

In the Philippines, the fiber is extracted from the skin of the unopened leaf of the variety of palm locally called buri. You can find the leaves atop the buri trunk sprouting like a folded fan. raffia handbags Each fold consists of two sides called a leaf segment. Raffia is the skin pulled off from the outer surface of the leaf. Some weavers prefer the material gathered from the inner surface.

The application of the straw-like raffia includes weave raffia textile, creating a wide range of handicrafts, weaving material for cloth, pillow and part of various gift and holiday decors.


Buri

A slow-growing palm specie that has very large, fan-shaped leaves that are circular in outline and reaches up to 3 meters in length. The palm bears flowers and fruits only once, when it is from 25 to 40 years old and then the plant dies.


Buntal

A cylindrical filament extracted manually from the petiole of buri palm by hand through pulling of individual fibrous materials.