The two-day stakeholders’ meeting and workshop for the “Pagrara: Exploring Northwestern Panay Weaving Heritage” was held at the UP Visayas Extension Campus in the town of Pandan, Antique from September 28-29, 2024. This activity is part of the Panay Weaving and Culinary Heritage Program of the UP Visayas Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS), funded by the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS). Among the participants were handicraft weavers and officers of local weaving cooperatives, local tourism officers, and representatives from local government units (LGUs) in Aklan and Antique, specifically from the municipalities of Ibajay, Nabas, Pandan, and Libertad, where handicrafts were made and the focus areas of the project.
