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SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique—An Antique craftsman has found a viable livelihood by making use of coconut waste materials.
De Asis was invited by the Department of Trade and Industry Antique provincial office to do a coconut craft demonstration at their Obra Antiqueño Trade Fair at the Robinsons Mall recently. “It was my first time to join in the DTI’s Panubli-on Heritage Fair and I did not expect that the lamp shape would get the award,” he said.
De Asis also said that he was inspired to form the lampshade into an ant shape in honor of his home province of Antique, where its name was derived from.He said craft makers like him need the support of the national government, through the DTI and the Department of Social Welfare and Development , to have their start-up capital and training.
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