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The B'laan are a Filipino indigenous tribe that mostly lives in South Cotabato towns of Lake Sebu and T'boli, Sarangani, General Santos City, the southeastern portion of Davao, and around Lake Buluan in North Cotabatolive in Southern Mindanao.
In the Blaan term, the famous abaca process of weaving is called ‘mabal’ and ‘tabih’ is the term for the finished hand woven cloth. The textile of this indigenous group also has a diverse range of colors and designs of this indigenous cloth come from natural dyes made from native plant species in the community.
B'laan Blouse
B'laan Blouse
Look at the B’laan Blouse, you can see that the front and sleeves of the shirt are embellished with frieze motifs.
In the neck section of the blouse, M1 symmetry group was evident since it uses Anthropomorphic forms to make up the frieze pattern of stitched beads including the vertical reflections that are separated half the length of the translation.
Addition to that, the frieze pattern, ( decorated with leaf designs ) also in the topmost layer is in the M1 symmetry group.
However, in the bottom part of the blouse, Mg symmetry group is being observed since it shows vertical reflections, 180° rotations, and a gliding reflection are symmetries in the frieze patterns (see below) consisting of "v" designs. mg is the symmetry group.
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