Gawad Sa Mga Manlilikha NG Bayan (Gamaba)

GAWAD SA MGA MANLILIKHA
NG BAYAN (GAMABA)
NATIONAL LIVING TREASURES
 1988 National Folk Artists award –

initiated by the Rotary Organization, gave
recognition to outstanding Filipino artists
(music and poetry)
 Highlights the diversity in our heritage and

cultural traditions
 Traditional art allows us to envision

ourselves as one nature and a people of
distinct culture.
 The search for the excellent traditional

artists was carried out by NCCA
 Institutionalized in April 1992

 Republic Act No. 7355 – promotes the

transfer of the unique skill of the living
treasures to others to further the
appreciation and to show pride about the
masters of these crafts
MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN
 Defined as:
A citizen engaged in any traditional art
(uniquely Filipino)
 With distinctive skills that have reached such a
high level of technical and artistic excellence
 Skills have been passed on to and widely
practiced by the present generation in his
community with the same degree of technical
and artistic competence.
QUALIFICATIONS
 He/she is an inhabitant of an
indigenous/traditional cultural community
anywhere in the Philippines that has
preserved indigenous customs, beliefs,
rituals, and traditions and/or has
syncretized whatever external elements that
have influenced it.
QUALIFICATIONS
 Must have engaged in folk art tradition that

has been in existence and documented for at
least 50 years.
 Must have consistently performed or

produced works that are of superior and
distinctive quality over a significant
period of time.
QUALIFICATIONS
 Must possess a mastery of tools and

materials needed by the art, and must have
an established reputation in the art as
master and maker of works of extraordinary
technical quality.
QUALIFICATIONS
 Must have passed on or will pass on to

other members of the community their skills
in the folk art for which the community is
traditionally known.
CATEGORIES
 Folk architecture
 Maritime transport
 Weaving
 Performing arts
 Literature
 Graphic and plastic arts
 Ornament
CATEGORIES
 Textile or fiber art

 Pottery
 Other artistic expressions of traditional
culture
REWARDS
 Specially designed gold medallion

REWARDS

 An initial grant of Php. 100, 000
 A Php. 24, 000 monthly stipend for a lifetime
(may increase whenever circumstances so
warrant, RA. 7355)
 A maximum cumulative amount of
Php. 750, 000 medical and hospitalization
benefits
 Funeral assistance amounting to Php. 500, 000
WHO MAY NOMINATE

 An initial grant of Php. 100, 000
 A Php. 14, 000 monthly stipend for a
lifetime (living)
 A maximum cumulative amount of
Php. 750, 000 medical and hospitalization
benefits
 Funeral assistance amounting to
Php. 500, 000
GINAW BILOG
 Hanunoo, Mangyan from Mansalay, Mindoro

 Preservation of the Ambahan poetry
(courtship, advice, saying goodbye, etc.)
 Master of the Ambahan, recorded on bamboo
tubes
 School of Living Traditions – younger
group of people are taught the skills and
techniques of doing traditional arts and crafts
GINAW BILOG
 Ambahan - poetry about courtship, advice,

saying goodbye, etc.
- Written in Baybayin
- Pre-colonial script usually engraved in a
bamboo tube with the use of a stylus or a
knife
- Guide for travelers along the trails
MASINO INTARAY
 A poet, epic-chanter, story-teller and a

musician from Palawan
 A master of playing traditional music
instruments such as basal, aroding (mouth
harp), and babarak (ring flute).
 Traditional songs such as kulilal and bagit
(vocal music)
 Chants tultul (epics), sudsungit (narratives),
and tuturan (myths)
SAMAON SULAIMAN
 Most honored kudyapi master and teacher

in Maganoy, Mindanao at age 35
 Proficient in playing kulintang, agong,
tambul gandingan, and palendag (lip-valley
flute)
 An Imam
LANG DULAY
 Master dreamweaver (textile weaver) from

T’boli, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
 At age 12 learned how to weave using Abaca
fibers
 Mastered her abaca to be pure and become
as fine as hair.
SALINTA MONON
 A Bagobo born in Bansalan, Davao del Sur

 A master weaver of the abaca plant
 She taught women in her community the art
of weaving
 Her favorite design was called the
“binuwaya” (crocodile)
ALONZO SACLAG
 From Lubuagan, Kalinga

 Preserved artifacts such as the kalinga gong
(gangsa)
 A master of dance and the performing arts
 He was an artist who mainly relied on his
experiences concerning performing art
 Established the Kalinga Budong Dance
Troupe travelling the world to represent and
educate the people about the Kalinga
performing art
FREDERICO CABALLERO
 An epic-chanter from Kalinog, Iloilo

 Worked for the documentation of the epics
and oral literature of his people
 He is considered a bantugan or a person
who has attained distinction in his
community.
 Now, 79 years old
UWANG AHADAS
 A Yakan from Lamitan, Basilan

 73 yrs. Old
 Taught young people how to play
kwintangan kayo, and tuntungan
 Became a teacher of playing kwintangan
outside Lamitan
 He teaches hands-on applying the method of
learning-by-doing
DARHATA SAWABI
 A weaver of pis syabit, a traditional cloth

tapestry worn as a head cover by the
Tausugs of Jolo, Sulu
 Taught women in her community the art of
weaving
EDUARDO MUTUC
 From Apalit, Pampanga who dedicated his

life to creating religious and secular art in
silver, bronze, and wood
 Retablos, mirrors, altars, carozas
HAJA AMINA APPI
 Born in Tawi-Tawi
 Master mat weaver among the Sama
indigenous community
 Colorful mats with complex geometric
patterns exhibited precise proportion and
symmetry
TEOFILO GARCIA
 Born in San Quintin, Abra

 Known for making the tabungaw, an all-
weather head gear made from an upo
gourd and has a rattan lining
 If properly handled, it can last upto 3-4
generations
MAGDALENA GAMAYO
 From Pinili, Ilocos Norte

 A master weaver of inabel, a handwoven
cloth of the Ilocanos
 Traditional patterns such as binakol,
inuritan (geometric), kusikos (spirals), and
sinan-sabong (flowers)
 At 92, she still works at the Manlilikha ng
Bayan weaving center
NEWLY CONFERRED
 Duterte administration
 October 2018
AMBALANG AUSALIN
 A Yakan in Basilan
 Yakans are known to be among the finest
weavers in Southern Philippines
ESTELITA BANTILAN
 Master mat weaver (Igem)

 Igem weaving – made from a leaf of Pandan
variety called Romblon
YABING MASALON DULO
 Ikat weaver
 Blaan tribe, Southern Mindanao

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GAWAD SA MGA MANLILIKHA

 1988 National Folk Artists award –

 Highlights the diversity in our heritage and

 Traditional art allows us to envision

 The search for the excellent traditional

 Institutionalized in April 1992

 Republic Act No. 7355 – promotes the

 Must have engaged in folk art tradition that

 Must have consistently performed or

 Must possess a mastery of tools and

 Must have passed on or will pass on to

 Textile or fiber art

 Specially designed gold medallion

 Specially designed gold medallion

 Specially designed gold medallion

 Hanunoo, Mangyan from Mansalay, Mindoro

 Ambahan - poetry about courtship, advice,

 A poet, epic-chanter, story-teller and a

 Most honored kudyapi master and teacher

 Master dreamweaver (textile weaver) from

 A Bagobo born in Bansalan, Davao del Sur

 From Lubuagan, Kalinga

 An epic-chanter from Kalinog, Iloilo

 A Yakan from Lamitan, Basilan

 A weaver of pis syabit, a traditional cloth

 From Apalit, Pampanga who dedicated his

 Born in San Quintin, Abra

 From Pinili, Ilocos Norte

 Master mat weaver (Igem)

 Blaan tribe, Southern Mindanao

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