The embroidery these days is much made by machines, hand-woven and hand-embroidered material is still much in demand not only locally but also in many countries. In 1955, Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay chose to wear the “Barong Tagalog” in his inauguration as a president, and also in all official and social functions. It was then President Ferdinand Marcos issued a decree and designated the barong tagalog as the national attire of the Filipino.

Barong Tagalog is the most versatile apparel of the Filipino people commonly used in formal affairs. It is comfortable to wear as a formal outfit to use in in weddings it’s either jusi (natural fiber from banana leaves), or piña (superior kind in pineapple leaves which is embroidered and hand woven.

It would take around 4 months for the piña cloth to produce of around 20 meters of fabric.  Barong Tagalog is labor-intensive and time-consuming, the embroidered cloth is naturally expensive.

One of the origin of barong tagalog was a long time before the Spanish arrived in the Philippines, the Tagalog people in Luzon island already wore a dress that  can be seen a dress reached slightly below the waist, it was colourless and had a opening in front.During the Spanish era, the rulers required that the baro of the indio be made of flimsy material so he could cannot conceal weapons and also to designate his low ranks, the indio was prohibited to tuck in they shirts to tell him apart from the mestizaje and insulares.

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