Asia and Australia 2025

Manila

Owes (sinankusikos), blanket, Tingulan / Abra. Commercial cotton and dyes.
Kusikos pattern represents the constant movement of whirlpools and whirlwinds, wherein the wind god dwells according to Ilokano belief. The design consists of positive and negative outlines of squares and rectangles of varied sizes, which is believed to help soothe and defuse the power of the wind god. This was also commonly used as mast designs for boats during the colonial period.

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