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thumb|Lang Dulay, Manlilikha ng Bayan
'''Lang Dulay''' (August 3, 1928 – April 30, 2015) was a Filipino traditional weaver who was a recipient of the National Living Treasures Award.
She is credited with preserving her people's tradition of weaving ''T'nalak'', a dyed fabric made from refined abaca fibre.<ref name="ncca"/>
==Biography== Born on August 3, 1928,<ref name="calendar">{{cite web|title=Official Calendar|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/calendar/|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|accessdate=23 October 2017}}</ref> Lang Dulay was a T'boli princess<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|last1=Francisco|first1=Abner|title=T'boli princess in a coma|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2015/04/30/Tboli-princess-in-a-coma.html|accessdate=25 October 2017|work=CNN Philippines|date=30 April 2015|archive-date=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026013335/http://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2015/04/30/Tboli-princess-in-a-coma.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> from the Lake Sebu region in South Cotabato. She first learnt weaving at the age of 12 from her mother, Luan Senig.
She is known for maintaining the use of traditional motifs in T'nalak weaving amidst commercialization of the craft which saw the introduction of more modern designs by non-T'bolis.<ref name="ncca">{{cite web|title=National Living Treasures: Lang Dulay|url=http://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/gamaba/national-living-treasures-lang-dulay/|publisher=National Commission for Culture and the Arts|accessdate=25 October 2017|date=5 May 2015}}</ref> She notably had a mental repertoire of around 100 patterns and designs:<ref name="rappler"/> some of these were based on her dreams, hence her description as a "dreamweaver".<ref name="cnn"/>
Lang Dulay set up the Manlilikha ng Bayan Center workshop in her hometown to promote the traditional art of T'nalak weaving and by 2014, five of her grandchildren had become weavers.<ref name="rappler">{{cite news|last1=Lagsa|first1=Bobby|title=Lang Dulay, living national treasure|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/65661-lang-dulay-national-treasure/|access-date=25 October 2017|work=Rappler|date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
Lang Dulay fell into a coma in early 2015<ref name="cnn"/> and died on April 30 of the same year.<ref name=philstar/>
===Recognition=== She was conferred the National Living Treasures Award in 1998.<ref name="rappler"/> That same year, her works were featured in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in the United States as part of the Philippine Independence Centennial celebrations.<ref name=philstar>{{cite news|last1=Macairan|first1=Evelyn|title=National treasure T’boli weaver Lang Dulay, 91|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/05/02/1450269/national-treasure-tboli-weaver-lang-dulay-91|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319045344/http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/05/02/1450269/national-treasure-tboli-weaver-lang-dulay-91|accessdate=25 October 2017|work=The Philippine Star|date=2 May 2015|archive-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>
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{{National Living Treasures of the Philippines}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dulay, Lang}} Category:Filipino weavers Category:National Living Treasures of the Philippines Category:People from South Cotabato Category:1928 births Category:2015 deaths Category:20th-century Filipino artists Category:21st-century Filipino artists