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Lapu-lapu City is known as one of the main contributor of rope. The team behind the �IMPETUS: Weaving Towards Progress� went to the home of rope-making in Lapu-lapu, bringing their objectives with them to help the people understand how a thin strap of rope can make a big difference in their city.

• September 2008, Suba-Masulog, Lapu-Lapu City , An interview with one of the Rope-makers, Mr.Willie Casul

Interviewer: How long have you been weaving ropes?

Mr. Willie Casul: More than two years.

Interviewer: How many ropes can you weave in a day?

Mr. Willie Casul: Approximately 200 a day.

Interviewer: After weaving it where will be these ropes distributed?

Mr. Willie Casul: The ropes are exported outside the country like United States , Germany and other Asian countries.

Rope-making Process

Interviewer: How many people does it need to make a rope?

Mr. Willie Casul: The creation of opak ropes requires three people: the first one turns the tursihan, the second one guides the rope through a block of wood and the third one turns the other side of the tursihan.

Interviewer: So let's start. What's the first step in making rope?

Mr. Willie Casul: First, The opak (material used in rope-making) is first moistened to strengthen its fibers. Next, the Opak strands are twirled using the tursihan, a device used to twirl the strands and make into a rope, and a thin opak rope is formed.

Interviewer: So you're using two thin Opak to form one thick rope, how do you that?

Mr. Willie Casul: Two opak ropes are joined together by a much larger tursihan to form the real Opak rope. (While twirling the rope, Mr. Willie's daughter used a specialized cylinder bamboo to guide the rope as it twirls.)