David Francis Furniture is experimenting with a banana fiber frame called abaca.
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Japan demanded tribute from Okinawa in the form of handicrafts, and the people were forced to produce various fabrics, including banana fiber cloth called " jofu " and " kafu ".
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Master craftsmen and women specialize in weavings, including plaited work ( kalachucha-hibiscus and banana fiber skirts, belts and burial shrouds ), and body ornamentation ( bead and shell necklaces, bracelets, earrings, belts and combs made from tortoise shells and Spondylus ).
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"They use fresh banana fibers _ they boil them and then use them to knead and squeeze your body and stomach . . . and they use a big cloth or sash tied around your stomach so that it can go back into normal shape . "-0-
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Banana plant paper . "'Banana paper "'is used in two different senses : one refers to a paper made from the bark of the banana plant and which is mainly used for artistic purposes; the other to paper made from banana fiber obtained, through an industrial process, from stems and the non-utilizable fruits.
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Tornito's dress was actually an amalgam of several Pucci dresses, cut and refashioned into a facsimile of the so-called butterfly dresses favored by Imelda Marcos . " The traditional dress is made of pineapple or banana fiber and then the stiffened sleeves are heavily embroidered, but that's not very high fashion, " said Tornito, who has similarly had Emanuel Ungaro and Roberto Cavalli dresses repurposed . " We call it the butterfly dress, " she added, " because after independence from the United States in 1947, Filipino women could really fly ."
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