GAMABA Awardees

GAMABA Awardees
and their contributions

to Philippine Arts
ARTIFICIO, RAYMART E.
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I. DARHATA SAWABI(MARCH 12, 2005)
Darhata Sawabi, a Tausug from Parang Jolo, Sulu, was
honored for her dedication to the art of pis syabit weaving.
Her strokes were forceful and sure, her color awareness
was sharp, and her commitment to the quality of her pis
syabit was steadfast. Generations of traditional Tausug
designs have been conserved as a result of her commitment
to her craft, and they are now available for modern enjoyment
and future study. Pis is a geometric design thought to be originated from the Indic
mandala, while siyabit is the hook and method. Pis syabit weaving is a tough skill to
master. It already takes three days to prepare the warp. Stringing black and red threads
over a banana and bamboo frame to make the tapestry's basis is a fairly mechanical
operation.
II. ALONZO SACLAG

His particular understanding of Kalinga dance and
performing arts, as well as his tireless efforts to raise
awareness for his fellow Kalingas and even other
Filipinos. Saclag had no formal education in musical
instruments or dances associated with their practices.
Despite this, he was able to become an expert in it by
meticulous observation and experience, as well as a strong
desire to study these techniques. He founded the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe, a group
of young men and women who learned their ancestors' dance and music.
III. LANG DULAY

Lang Dulay communicates more eloquently than words can
with abaca fibers as delicate as hair. Her quick hands
reproduce images from her people's distant past - the
crocodiles, butterflies, and flowers, as well as the
mountains and streams of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato,
where she and her ancestors were born - and fill the fabric
with their wish to be remembered. Lang Dulay does her part to
preserve her people's customs via weaving. She was just 12 when she first began to
weave. She had hoped over the years that one day she will be able to pass on her gift and
talents to the young people in her community. Four of her grandkids have picked up the
shuttle and are learning to weave.
III. GINAW BILOG

Ginaw, already ingrained in the knowledge that ambahan poetry is a key to
recognizing the Mangyan spirit, took it upon himself to preserve hundreds of
ambahan poetry documented, not only on bamboo tubes but also on ancient,
dog-eared notebooks provided to him by friends. Ginaw Bilog, a poet,
contributed to the preservation of Ambahan, or Hanunuo Mangyan traditional poetry, in Oriental
Mindoro. Ginaw continues to share old and new ambahans with his fellow Mangyans and promotes this
poetry genre on any given occasion. Ginaw Bilog's work has been critical to the preservation of the
Mangyan script, one of the country's four extant syllabic scripts. The poems, which were frequently read
with music at social occasions and used to express messages among the Hanunuo Mangyan, included
issues such as instructing the young, saying farewell to a friend, and asking for a place to stay.
IV. SALINTA MONON

Salinta Monon learnt to weave the inabal from her mother when she was
12 years old. Before her death in 2009, she and her younger sister were
the last Bagobo weavers left. The inabal are seen as emblems of
riches, sacrifices to deities, and presents to individuals who conduct
rites in Bagobo society. When these highly woven textiles are
inherited, they become ikut, or sacred artifacts, and are utilized as
protective charms to ensure the construction of dwellings. She had
mastered the binuwaya (crocodile), one of the most difficult and popular patterns. Her
attention to detail in weaving allowed her to quickly identify the designs as well as the weaver of
a particular piece. She helped create the School of Living Tradition in Bansalan, Davao del Sur,
after obtaining the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan in 1998, where she taught the craft of weaving
to the younger generations in her community.
V. REFERENCES
i) Darhata Sawabi - Bangsamoro Commission for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage -
BARMM. (2022, November 24). Retrieved from https://bcpch.bangsamoro.gov.ph/darhata-
sawabi/#:~:text=During%20this%20time%2C%20Sawabi%20supported,contemporary%20
ii) Saclag, Alonzo. (2015). In V. Almario (Ed.), Sagisag Kultura (Vol 1). Manila: National
Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved from
https://philippineculturaleducation.com.ph/saclag-alonzo/
iii) BIO | Ginaw Bilog. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://cathfaith15.wixsite.com/ginawbilog/bio
iv) Manlilikha ng Bayan Salinta Monon – National Museum. (2021, December 12). Retrieved
from https://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/2021/12/12/manlilikha-ng-bayan-salinta-monon/

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