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Originally Posted by Battara
First to the moderators - salamat po! 
Secondly, Zelbone, I do wish you would post more. I and others with whom I speak learn much from you and others like yourself on this forum. 
Third, Zamboanga, I'm curious what the Yakan and Tausugs do say about these that come on the market.  |
Maybe I can sum up their thoughts as follows:
To them these are simply barong wannabees. The blade profile is wrong; the puhan profile is wrong; no ukkil on the puhan; the blade is usually thin and not laminated, etc. And mostly of all, these are not made or produced by people who are historically associated with the barong.
In essence: paraded as barongs, now that makes them laugh. To attract such a high price because of this pretension, that makes them cry.