RAFFY M.

DUMAGUINA Contemporary
Teacher II Philippine Arts
Tabungaw

Upo

Gourd
What is GAMABA?

GA - Gawad sa
MA - Manlilikha ng
BA - Bayan
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA)
“One who creates for the country”

- National Living Treasures Award

GAMABA
•Established in 1992
through RA No. 7355
 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
(GAMABA)

it recognize the

outstanding work of
artists in the Philippines.
 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA)
“One who creates for the country”

National Commission for Culture

1992- 2012 and the Arts (NCCA)

 Thirteen(13)  The highest policy-

individuals have making and
received this
distinction from the coordinating body for
time of establishment culture and the arts of
of the award through the State including the
Republic Act No. 7355 National Artist Award
 GAMABA Awardees

Samaon Sulaiman Masino Intaray Ginaw Bilog Uwang Ahadas

GAMABA Awardees

Darhata Sawabi Federico Caballero Lang Dulay Salinta Monon Alonzo Saclag
GAMABA Awardees

Hajja Amina Appi Eduardo Mutuc Magdalena Gamayo Teofilo Garcia

TEOFILO GARCIA
 TEOFILO GARCIA
 A 2012 awardee is a farmer in the town of San
Quintin, a municipality in Abra Province, better
known for tending a plot of land filled with enlarged
upo or gourd.
 After planting the upo in November and harvesting
the mature fruit during the summer months of March
to May, Garcia would transform the harvest into
durable hats protecting people, especially farmers
exposed for long hours under the heat of the sun.
 each upo or tabungaw(in Ilokano)
is hallowed out, polished, and
varnished, which gives the tabungaw
hat a distinctive yellow sheen.
 the varnished strengthens the
organic material to make it weather
resistant
 thin strip of rattan or uway are woven
to line the hat, while another type of
intricate weave, usually made of fern
or nito, is placed on the mouth of the
hat as decoration,
Garcia initiated training for
students at San Quintin
National High School to
pass the knowledge of
tabungaw hat making,
inspiring the youth to GAMABA Awardee Teofilo Garcia.mp4
value the tradition and
ensure its upkeep.
 EDUARDO MUTUC

awarded in 2004
a Kapampangan from
Apalit Pampanga
Expertise:
silver plating of
religious and
secular art
 has dedicated his life to creating religious and secular
art in silver, bronze and wood,
 his detailed retablos, mirrors, altars and carosas are in
churhes and private collections.
 a number of these works are quite large, some
exceeding forty feet, while some are small and feature
very fine and delicate craftsmanship.
 he discovered his talents when he was 29 years old.
 things began to change after his 5th and 6th year as a
furniture maker, when a colleague taught him the art of
hand made silver plating
 LANG DULAY
awarded in 1998
A T'boli from Lake Sebu, South
cotabato, Mindanao
EXPERTISE:

tinalak weaving
 uses abaca fiber stripped from
the trunk of the banana tree and
colored with red and black dyes
naturally extracted from roots
and leaves of plants.
She was only 12 when she first learned how to weave.
Through the years, she has dreamed that, someday
she could pass on her talent and skills to the young in
her community. Four of her grandchildren are learning
to weave.
 She knows a hundred designs, including the
bulinglangit (clouds), the bankiring (hair bangs), and
the kabangi (butterfly).
 Using red and black dyes, she spins her stories with
grace. Her textiles reflect the wisdom and the visions
of her people.
 MAGDALENA GAMAYO

awarded in 2012
An Ilocano from Pinil`i Ilocos Norte
EXPERTISE:
 INABEL WEAVING
Inabel or Abel Iloko is a kind
of fabric that is handwoven on
large antique wooden looms
via a weaving process called
Abel, by the women of Ilocos. GAMABA Awardee Magdalena Gamayo.mp4
 starting at the age 16, when she learned the art of
weaving from her aunt.She was never formally
taught, but picked up the art on her own.
 Her father bought her first loom at the age of 19,.
Her first loom lasted her atleast 30 years.
 Even though Magdalena is already 88 years old,
her eyesight still holds true and still takes care of
arranging the threads on the loom.
 SALINTA MONON
awarded in 1998
A Tagabawa Bagobo from
Bansalan, Davao del Sur,
Southern Mindanao
Expertise:
INABAL WEAVING
a traditional cloth
used by Bagobo-
Tagabawa ancestral
royalty.
 Salinta Monon had watched her mother's nimble
hands glide over the loom weaving.
 At 12, she presented herself to her mother, to be
taught how to weave herself
 She developed a keen eye,for the traditional
design, and now, at the age of 65, She can identify
the design as well as the author
 DARHATA SAWABI
AWARDED IN 2004
a Tausug from Parang, Sulu
Expertise:
PIS SIYABIT WEAVING
Tausug woven head
covering,a multi-purpose
headdress may worn on the
sword or tied around the
head among the Tausug
men.
 DARHATA SAWABI
 Pis siyabit weaving is a difficult art. Preparing the
wrap alone already takes three days
 It is a very mechanical task, consisting of stringing
black and red threads across a banana and
bamboo frame to form the base of tapestry.
 At 48, and burdened by years of hardwork, Sawabi
no longer has the strength or the stamina for this.
 HAJA AMINA APPI
awarded in 2004
A Sama from Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi
Expertise:
MAT WEAVING
 She made unique colorful mats with
complex geometric patterns, which shows
her precise sense of design, proportion and
symmetry, and sensitivity to color. The
unique multi-colored mats she makes are
covered with plain white outer mat that
serves as the mat’s backing.
Is recognized as the master mat weaver among
the SAMA indigenous community.
Her unique multi-colored mats are protected by a
plain white outer mat that serves as the mat
backing.
The art of mat weaving is handed down, as men
in the Sama culture do not take up the craft.
The whole process from harvesting and stripping
down the pandan leaves to the actual execution
of the desgn, is exclusive to women
 SAMAON SULAIMAN

awarded in 1993
A Magindanao from Mama
sa Pano, Maguindanao
Expertise:playing the
kudyapi
 a three-stringed guitar
SAMAON SULAIMAN

 Learning to play the kudyapi from his uncle when

he was 13 years old, he has since, at 35 become
the most acclaimed kudyapi master and teacher of
his instrument
 Samaom is also proficient in kulintang,
AGONG(suspended bossed gong with wide rim),
gandingan(bossed gong with narrow rim,
palendag(lip-valley flute and tambul
 UWANG AHADAS

awarded in 2000
A Yakan from
Lamitan, Basilan
island
Expertise: playing
Yakan musical
instruments
 Music was to become his constant companion.He is a
YAKAN, a people to whom instrumental music is of much
significance connected as it with .
 Uwang's teaching style is essentially hands-on.He teaches
by showing; his students learn by doing. His hands
constantly keep a firm hold on those of his students, the
gentle pressure encouraging them to tap out music from the
bamboo blades and the splendid brass gong.
 His soft voice sings praises when merited and lightly
censures when necessary and each student receives his full
attention while the others persevere in learning and
perfecting the art
 ALONZO SACLAG
Awarded in 2000
A Kalinga from Lubuagan,
Kalinga
Expertise: Playing Kalinga
musical intsruments;
dance patterns and
movements associated
with rituals
 As a young boy in Lubuagan, Kalinga, He found
endless fascination in the sights and sounds of
day-to-day village life and ritual.
 He mastered not only Kalinga musical instruments
but also the dance patterns and movements
associated with his people's rituals.
 his tool was based on oberservation, his teacher,
experience
 FEDERICO CABALLERO

Awarded in 2000
A Sulod Bukidnon
from Calinog, Iloilo,
Panay
Expertise: chanting
the sugidanon epic
of Panay Bukidnon
His own love for his people's folklore began when he
was a small child.His mother lull his brothers and sisters
to sleep, chanting an episode in time to the gentle
swaying of the hammock.Sometimes it was his great-
great-grandmother, Anngoy Omil, who would chant the
epics.
Nong Pedring remembers how he would press against
them as they cuddled his younger siblings, his
imaginator recreating the heroes and beautiful maidens
of their tales.
His fascination naturally grew into a desire to learn to
chant the epics himself
 MASINO INTARAY

awarded in 1993
A Pala'wan from Brookes
Point, Palawan
Expertise: Musician and
Storyteller
An outstanding master of basal, kulilal and bagit is Masino, a
gifted poet, bard artist and musician who was born near the
head of the river in Makagwa Valley on the foothill of
Mantalingayan mountain.
Masino is not only well-versed in the instruments and
traditions of the basal, kulilal and bagit but also plays
aroding(mouth harp) and babarak(ring flute) and above all is
a prolific and epic chanter and story teller.
He has the creative memory, endurance, clarity of intellect
and spiritual purpose that enable him to chant all through the
night, for successive nights, countless tultul(epics),
sudsungit(narratives) and tuturan(myths of origin and
teachings of ancestors
 GINAW BILOG

Awarded in 1993
A Hanunoo mangyan
from Mansalay, Oriental
Mindoro
Expertise:
surat Mangyan and
ambahan poetry
 AMBAHAN
a poetic literacy form composed of seven syllable lines
used to convey messages through metaphors and
images
is sung and its messages range from courtship, giving
advice to the young, asking for a place to stay, saying
goodbye to a dear friend and so on.

MANGYAN
 a common cultural aspect among cultural
communities, is the oral tradition characterized by
poetic verses which are either sung or chanted.
What are the incentives received by the
awardee?

 A Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee receives:

 especially designed gold medallion
 an initial grant of P100,000
 P10,000 monthly stipend for life.
 AMBALANG AUSALIN

2016
Yakan Textile Weaver from Basilan
Known as the "Weaver of Peace",
Parangbasak, Lamitan, Basilan.
She is a Yakan Tennun Weaver who
mastered two weaving techniques -
suwah bekkat (cross-stitch like
embellisment) and suwah pendan
(embroidery like embellishment).
 ESTELITA BANTILAN

2016
 October 17, 1940 (age 81 years)
Mat Weaver
Yakan textile weaver
Parangbasak, Lamitan,
Basilan
Expertise:Yakan ‘tennun’ or weaving
techniques.
 YABING MASALON DULO

2016
 August 8,1914
South Cotabato
Expertise:IKAT Weaver
Blaan traditional mabal tabih
weaving and dying
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES OF
AN AWARDEE?
 HOW DOES ONE BECOME A MANLILIKHA NG
BAYAN?
• To become a Manlilikha ng Bayan, an individual or group candidate must:
– Possess a mastery of tools and materials needed for the traditional, folk art and be a
maker of works of extraordinary technical quality;
– Have consistently produced works of superior quality over significant period;
– Have engaged in a traditional and folk art which has been in existence and
documented for at least fifty (50) years;
– Command respect and inspire admiration of the country with his character and integrity;
– Must have transferred and/or willing to transfer to other members of the community the
skills in the traditional and folk arts for which the community has become nationally
known.
– However, a candidate who, due to age or infirmity, has left him/her/them incapable of
teaching further his/her/their craft, may still be recognized provided that he/she/they
must possess the qualifications as enumerated above.
For the individual awardee:

– The rank and title of Manlilikha ng Bayan, as proclaimed by the President of the Philippines
in accordance with Executive Order No. 236 or Honors Code of the Philippines;
– The GAMABA gold-plated medallion minted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and
citation;
– A lifetime emolument and materials and physical benefits comparable in value to those
received by the highest officers of the land such as:
• A minimum cash award of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 200,000.00), net of
taxes.
• A minimum lifetime personal monthly stipend of Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php 50,000.00).
• Medical and hospitalization benefits not exceeding Php 750,000.00 per year.
– A state funeral, the arrangements for and the expenses of which shall be borne by the
Government, upon the death of the Manlilikha ng Bayan; and
– A place of honor, in line with protocol precedence, in state functions, national
commemoration ceremonies and all other cultural presentations.
For the group awardee:
– The rank and title of Manlilikha ng Bayan, as proclaimed by the
President of the Philippines in accordance with Executive Order
No. 236 or Honors Code of the Philippines;
– The GAMABA plaque for the group;
– A one-time award of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php
200,000.00), net of taxes;
– The group shall designate its leader who will represent and
attend events and functions on behalf of the group. The said
representative will also have a place of honor, in line with
protocol precedence, in state functions, national commemoration
ceremonies and all other cultural presentations.
TMLS
To Make Lesson Short
 GAMABA AWARDEES

1. TEOFILO GARCIA 9.UWANG AHADAS

2. EDUARDO MUTUC 10.ALONZO SACLAG
3. LANG DULAY 11.FEDERICO CABALLERO
4. MAGDALENA GAMAYO 12. MASINO INTARAY
5. SALINTA MONON 13. GINAW BILOG
6. DARHATA SAWABI 14.AMBALANG AUSALIN
7. HAJA AMINA APPI 15. ESTELITA BANTILAN
8. SAMAON SULAIMAN 16. YABING MASALON DULO
ACTIVITY
ASSIGNMENT: Notebook

How does one become a

Manlilikha ng Bayan?

What are the issues related

to awards?