Our 314th entry in our digital diary is our first time visit to Binuatan Creations in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. This is part of our City Tour package for Puerto Princesa.

Binuatan Creations, also known as Binuatan Weaving Creations Center, is a celebrated handicraft and pasalubong (souvenir) destination in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. It showcases centuries-old handloom weaving techniques using indigenous fibers such as abaca, buri, pandan, tikog, vetiver, buntal, and more.

“Binuatan” comes from a local Palawan dialect and translates roughly to “creation” or “that which is made,” reflecting the craftsmanship at its core. In Cebuano, this may be termed as Binuhatan.

You can observe skilled local artisans at work using traditional foot-treadle looms, seeing their hands and feet move in perfect harmony is like watching a dance. Visitors are also invited to try weaving themselves, often for free and with gentle guidance. We tried making our own placemat but we are so slow. haha. You can see the actual workers or weavers in there and they are like flash doing the weaving process. 🙂

The souvenir shop adjacent to the workshop offers a delightful range of products: bags, coin purses, wallets, keychains, placemats, table runners, blinds, curtains, slippers, hats, baskets, coasters, mats, bookmarks, and more, each carefully handcrafted with local materials.

And that was our quick visit to Binuatan Creations. Ate Rei and Sai are happy to have actually seen how these native bags are being made. They say that they have read about it in their civics books and are so happy to have actually witnessed it. Until next time Binuatan. 🙂