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11/08/2024

11/08/2024

Happy moments with my daughter Mally 🥰

11/08/2024

Me and my daughter Mally ☺️❤️😃

12/09/2022

Family pics summer 2022! 😀

31/01/2021

Come and grab yourself a bargain this summer. 🌞

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31/01/2021

Beautiful handcrafted abaca storage baskets.
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02/11/2020

New Planter/storage baskets coming soon..
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16/10/2020

Coming soon.. stylish 5"x 5" abaca basket.

09/08/2020

OPHIR.

Story behind the name.

Biblical references
Ophir in Genesis 10 (the Table of Nations) is said to be the name of one of the sons of Joktan.[Note 1] The Books of Kings and Chronicles tell of a joint expedition to Ophir by King Solomon and the Tyrian king Hiram I from Ezion-Geber, a port on the Red Sea, that brought back large amounts of gold, precious stones and 'algum wood' and of a later failed expedition by king Jehoshaphat of Judah.[Note 2] The famous 'gold of Ophir' is referenced in several other books of the Hebrew Bible.[Note 3]

In a book found in Spain entitled Colección General de Documentos Relativos a las Islas Filipinas (General Collection of Philippine Islands related Documents), the author has described how to locate Ophir. According to the section "Document No. 98", dated 1519-1522, Ophir can be found by travelling from the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, to India, to Burma, to Sumatra, to Moluccas, to Borneo, to Sulu, then finally Ophir facing the Pacific Ocean , occasionally, to Taiwan (China) and some other Polynesian Islands to collect precious stones and commodities, and then back to Ophir and eventually to Israel using the same route. Ophir was said to be "[...] in front of China towards the sea, of many islands where the Moluccans, Chinese, and Lequios met to trade..." this group of islands could not be Japan because the Moluccans did not get there, nor Taiwan, since it is not composed of "many islands." Only the present-day Philippines, could fit the description. Spanish records also mention the presence of Lequios (big, bearded men, probably descendants of the Phoenicians, whose ships were always laden with gold and silver) in the Islands to gather gold and silver.Some historians believe that the seat of Ophir in the Philippines is the Pacific Ocean side of the Island of Samar which was led once upon a time by a Samaritan Hadi Iberein (according to historian Henry Scott). Datu Iberein is a staunch ally of the Kingdom of Tondo. The Pacific side of Samar is also recognized by some historians as the ancestral homeland of the Polynesians/Austronesians. Ophir is more formally called by some historians as the Lakanate of Lawan. According to Hebrew scholars like Dr. Narag, the original inhabitants of Lawan, the Lequios Waray Tribe, named the place after Awan or Aklia, the daughter of Adam. It also means in Hebrew as white beach which pointed to the golden white beach named Onay, in Lawan. In a note to the head of the Principalia Council, Dr. Narag said: "What I discovered is that Lawan is the center of Ophir." In 726–722 BC, the new king of Assyria, Shalmaneser V, invaded the land and besieged the city of Samaria. After an assault of three years, the city fell and much of its population was taken into captivity and deported.They settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes and in far away pacific island, using the Ophir route, whom he named as Samar. Their growing tribe is known as lequios tribe, or waray hadlok, in local dialect of the Philippines.

08/08/2020

Beautifully handcrafted Philippine baskets, bags and giftware. Come on find us at Hitchin market, a lovely old market town, just 30 miles drive from London. Voted 2nd best high street in U.K. Stay safe! 😀

05/08/2020

Latest range of stylish bags at OphirNatives.
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A splash of colour and a touch of class to your look this summer.
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02/08/2020

Grab your self a real bargain this summer! 🌞

Stylish handcrafted abaca and jute purses.

Small- card size £5.99 each (free delivery in U.K.)

Long- mobile size £7.99 each (free delivery in U.K.)

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