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'''Barbara Kibed Ofong''' (born May 16, 1956<ref>{{cite web |title=Pagbati sa Ika-68 na Kaarawan ni Manlilikha ng Bayan Barbara Ofong! |trans-title=Greeting for the 68th birthday of National Living Treasure Barbara Ofong|url=https://www.instagram.com/nccaofficial/p/C7Auwk5Bi28/?hl=en|website=Instagram |publisher=National Commission for Culture and the Arts |access-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241115062855/https://www.instagram.com/nccaofficial/p/C7Auwk5Bi28/?hl=en |archive-date=15 November 2024|language=fil}}</ref>) is a Filipino master textile weaver who specialize in ''T'nalak''.
==Background== Ofong is a Tboli woman from Lake Sebu, South Cotabato and is known for the traditional abaca weaving art of ''T'nalak''.<ref name=hail>{{cite news |last1=Manipon |first1=Roel Hoang |title=Hail the newly declared National Living Treasures |url=https://lifestyle.tribune.net.ph/hail-the-newly-declared-national-living-treasures/ |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=Daily Tribune Lifestyle |date=1 January 2024}}</ref> Ofong created at least 90 patterns purportedly through the influence of the spirit of abaca, ''Fu Dalu'' via dreams.<ref name="philstar1">{{cite news |last1=Florendo |first1=Margie Moran |title=Proudly T'boli, proudly Filipino |url=https://philstarlife.com/geeky/501818-proudly-t-boli-proudly-filipino?page=5 |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=Philstar Life |date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts conferred Ofong the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan award in December 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=9 ‘Manlilikha ng Bayan’ named |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1878210/9-manlilikha-ng-bayan-named |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=22 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> She is the second ''T'nalak'' weaver to receive the recognition after Lang Dulay<ref name=hail/>
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{{National Living Treasures of the Philippines}}
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