During the traslacion ritual and procession of the image of the Black Nazarene of Quiapo, Manila, the image passes by San Sebastian Church, where the “Pagdungaw” ritual is enacted. Tne traslacion, held every January 9, is attended by many devotees and pilgrims from different parts of the country and is one of the biggest religious event in the Philippines.

The traslacion procession and ritual of the image of the Black Nazarene culminates at the Quiapo Church. It commemorates and re-enacts the transfer of the image from a church in Bagumbayan to its present home every January 9 in Manila, Philippines.

A weaver in the village of Amganad in the municipality Banaue, province of Ifugao, soaks the cotton threads in mud after dipping them in vegetable dyes. Mud, gathered in certain areas of the rice paddies, is used as mordant in the traditional dyeing process for the hand-woven textiles of the Ifugao people living in the upland interiors of the Cordillera region of northern Luzon Island in the Philippines.

The back-strap looms are used in traditional weaving by a group of weavers in a cooperative and weaving center in the village of Amganad in the municipality Banaue, province of Ifugao. Mud as mordant and the ikat technique are used in the dyeing process of traditional textiles of the Ifugao people living in the upland interiors of the Cordillera region of northern Luzon Island in the Philippines.

This Promotional book is a result of researches done by researchers of the Research Institute of Culture and Information and it was published by finance assistance of the International Information and Networking Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP). The Promotional book contains of elements of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Tajiks described in seven chapters with fresh and colorful illustrations.