January 13th, 2007, in CEBU, Philippines, the 12th ASEAN summit- focused attention net only on those Southeast Asian leaders who huddled to tackle burdensome issues of terrorism, free trade, energy security,human rights, but also on a kind of traditional Filipino formal shirt called \"barong\", an extremely thin hand-woven attire--made from banana and pineapple fiber that provided relief in the tropical heat and lent a casual air to the meetings before its opening.