BUTUAN CRAFT
Maylene Cutor of Ivory.07 Arts and Craft from Butuan City, demonstrates how to weave dried water lily into a pair of sandals which they are displaying now in the Mindanao Trade Expo 2013 at Abreeza Ayala Mall until August 25. Cutor said they can produce a maximum of seven pairs of sandals a day. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)
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Cutor’s story belies the optimism of the expo organizers, the Mindanao Trade Expo (MTE) Foundation, who remained confident that exports of handicrafts and furniture from the island will thrive.