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GUIMARAS – To empower micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the Department of Trade and Industry – Guimaras Provincial Office’s (DTI-Guimaras) has scheduled a training on candle-making from Oct. 27 to 28 at the Philippine Science High School Research Center in Barangay Alaguisoc, Jordan town.
Twenty participants are expected to attend the training. They consist of members of the Jordan Organic Growers Association (JORGA) and the Buenavista Organic Growers Association (BOGA).
This training aims to make use of herbs and ornaments that the two groups are producing as décor and essences.
The products produced will then be sold at the Buenavista Pasalubong center as well as other similar outlets found in Guimaras.
Candle-making was developed independently in many places throughout history. Candles were made by the Romans beginning about 500 BC. These were true dipped candles and made from tallow.
Evidence for candles made from whale fat in China dates back to the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC).
In India, wax from boiling cinnamon was used for temple candles.
In parts of Europe, the Middle-East and Africa, where lamp oil made from olives was readily available, candle-making remained unknown until the early middle-ages. Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in ancient times, but have been made from spermaceti, purified animal fats (stearin) and paraffin wax in recent centuries.
Despite advances in candle-making, the candle industry declined rapidly upon the introduction of superior methods of lighting, including kerosene and lamps and the 1879 invention of the incandescent light bulb.
From this point on, candles came to be marketed as more of a decorative item. Candles became available in a broad array of sizes, shapes and colors, and consumer interest in scented candles began to grow.
During the 1990s, new types of candle waxes were being developed due to an unusually high demand for candles. Paraffin, a by-product of oil, was quickly replaced by new waxes and wax blends due to rising costs. (Marlon Julius C. Mata, DT- Iloilo/PN)
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