Tnalak, is a weaving tradition of the Tboli people of South Cotabato, Philippines. T'nalak cloth is woven exclusively by women who have received the designs for the weave in their dreams, which they believe are a gift from Fu Dalu, the T'boli Goddess of abacá.
Various types of tnalak cloth
T'boli weavers in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
The Tboli people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to South Cotabato in southern Mindanao in the Philippines.
An elderly Tboli woman in Tboli attire.
A Tboli sculpture, on display in the Tboli museum near Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Philippines.
A Tboli rural residence.
Tnalak cloth of Tboli dream weavers have patterns inspired by dreams and blessed by Fu Dalu, the Tboli god of abacá