"The protective wear for women in the Batanes is a signal image: vakúl in Ivatan, suut in Sabtang and Itbayat. Like other attire memorable for its visual aspect, vakúl is not only about the material it has been created from and its use, but also about the processes, competence, and commitment with which the modeling of the object of wear is invested."
-Excerpt from A Delicate Balance: Batanes Food, Ecology and Community
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