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Filipina eyes woven bag business to go global

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bayong Canada, owned by April Moran, sells bayongs, handbags and cluthces made by local weavers from local raw materials. Photo courtesy of Bayong Canada" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/04/03/20220403-bayong-canada.jpg"/><figcaption>Bayong Canada, owned by April Moran, sells bayongs, handbags and cluthces made by local weavers from local raw materials. Photo courtesy of Bayong Canada</figcaption></figure></div><p>A Filipino businesswoman based in Canada has taken &quot;bayongs&quot; out of local wet markets, turning them into fashion items sold abroad.</p><p>Bayong Canada by April Moran offers original bayongs, handbags and clutch bags made by weavers in Philippine provinces from local materials, she told ABS-CBN&#x27;s TeleRadyo on Sunday.</p><p>Moran said her business&#x27; advocacy is &quot;to help our kababayans back home, especially the weavers.&quot;</p><p>&quot;My goal is to go global kasi &#x27;yong products natin, it is very competitive, kumbaga, the quality. And gusto kong ipakita sa lahat &#x27;yong galing ng mga Pilipino,&quot; Moran, who is based in British Columbia, said.</p><p>(My goal is to go global because our products are very competitive -- the quality. I want to show everyone how good Filipinos are.)</p><p>Moran&#x27;s business first gained attention after it was featured on a billboard at Times Square in New York City during New York Fashion week in February.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/03/23/22/filipino-canadians-woven-bags-showcased-at-times-square">Filipino Canadian&#x27;s woven bags showcased at Times Square</a></li></ul><p>Now, she has been busy preparing to open Bayong Canada&#x27;s first physical store in Calgary.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1985874" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Moran, who grew up in the Bicol region, said she makes the bags&#x27; designs and sends them to weavers in the Philippines. The finished products are then shipped to Canada.</p><p>The bags&#x27; designs cater to all ages, including millennials, said Moran.</p><p>Ninety percent of Bayong Canada&#x27;s customers are overseas Filipinos while the rest are foreigners.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re not only supporting the kabuhayan of our kababayan here, binubuhay din natin ang kultura natin as Filipinos,&quot; she said.</p><p>(We&#x27;re not only supporting the livelihood of our compatriots here but we&#x27;re also keeping our culture alive as Filipinos.)</p><p>Moran said Bayong Canada is also in the process of opening an office in Taguig City so she could sell her bags, which aren&#x27;t as costly as those from luxury brands, in the Philippines.</p>

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Filipina eyes woven bag business to go global

Jaehwa Bernardo,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 03, 2022 11:38 AM PHT

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Updated April 03, 2022 11:44 AM PHT

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