Narda Capuyan

NARDA CAPUYAN has left us with an aching void in our heart. She was an institution, an icon, an inspiration. She achieved fame and commercial success by going back to the culture that raised her, the way of life where weaving was a mark of achievement, success and all-around utility. And she brought along the women, giving their skill in weaving an upliftment that empowered them in more ways than one.

From Bontoc in the Cordilleras, she was raised an Episcopalian but along with the native ethos of the Mountain Province, an ethos of hard work, skills learned early and well, respect for tradition coupled with the ambition to acquire education and then give back.