Kalibo is the world capital of piña — the diaphanous, ivory-white fabric woven from pineapple leaf fibre that is the formal cloth of the Philippines, used for the men's barong tagalog and women's traditional terno. Several workshops in the barangays just outside the centre take visitors who want to watch the process: the stripping of the leaf, the knotting of the threads, the slow weaving on bamboo looms.
The easiest visit is to Heritage Arts and Crafts on Bulwang Road or Raquel's Piña Cloth Products in barangay Andagao — both welcome walk-ins and sell finished cloth and barong shirts at the workshop. Allow an hour. A metre of plain piña runs ₱2,000–5,000; an embroidered men's barong is ₱8,000–25,000. The fabric is the most distinctive thing you can take home from Aklan.