GAWAD SA MANLILIKHA NG
BAYAN[GAMABA AWARDEES]
WHAT IS GAMABA?
• Gamaba was recognize the outstanding work of artists in the Philippines.
• It is the National Living Treasures Award, alternatively known as the GAWAD
Manlilikha ng Bayan ‘Award for the creators of the country’, is conferred to a person or
group of artists recognized by the Government of the Philippines for their contributions to
the country’s intangible cultural heritage.
THREE FORM’S OF GAMABA
AWARDEES
1.WEAVING
2.LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
3.PLASTIC ARTS
WHO ARE THE GAMABA
AWARDEES?
WEAVING FORM
• Lang Dulay
Born: August 3,1928
Year of Conferment: 1998
Died: April 30,2015
Ethnicity/Location: T’boli/Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Mindanao. Southern
Philippines
Expertise: T’nalak weaving
-Lang Dulay was a recipient of the traditional weaver who was a recipient of
the National Living Treasures Award. She is credited with preserving her
people’s tradition of weaving T’nalak, a dyed fabric made from refined abaca
fiber.
WEAVING FORM
Salinta Monon
Born: December 12,1920
Year of Conferment:1998
Died: June 4,2009
Ethnicity/ Location: Tagabawa Bagobo/ Bansalan, Davao del Sur, southeastern
Mindanao island, southern Philippines
Expertise: Inabal weaving
- Salinta Monon was a Filipino textile weaver who was the one of two recipients of the
National Living Treasures Award in 1998. She was known for her Bagobo-Tagabawa
textiles and was known as the “last Bagobo weaver”.
WEAVING FORM
• Darhata Sawabi
Year of Conferment: 2004
Died: March 12,2005
Ethnicity/ Location: Tausog/ Parang, Sulu, southern Philippines
Expertise: pis siyabit weaving
-Darhata Sawabi is a Filipino weaver from Parang, Sulu known for pis syabit, a
traditional Tausug cloth tapestry worn as a head covering by the people of Jolo.
She is a recipient of the National Living Treasures Award, having given the
distinction in 2004.
WEAVING FORM
• Haja Amina Appi
Born: June 25,1925
Year of Conferment: 2004
Died: April 2,2013
Ethnicity/ Location: Sama/ Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi, southern Philippines
Expertise: mat weaving
- Haja Amina Appi was a Filipino master mat weaver and teacher from the
Sama indigenous people of Ungos Matata, Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi. She was
credited for creating colorful pandan mats with complex geometric patterns.
WEAVING FORM
• Magdalena Gamayo
Born: August 13,1924
Year of Conferment:2012
Ethnicity/ Location: Ilocano/ Pinili, Ilocos Norte, northern Luzon island,
northern Philippines
Expertise: inable weaving
- Magdalena Gamayo is a Filipino weaver who is lead-practitioner of the
Ilocano tradition of pinagabel.
LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
• Ginaw Bilog
Born: January 3,1953
Year of Conferment: 1993
Died: June 3,2003
Ethnicity/ Location: Hanunoo Mangyan/ Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, central
Philippines
Expertise: surat Mangyan and ambahan poetry
- Ginaw Bilog was a Filipino poet who was recognized as a National Living
Treasure by the Philippine government. Bilog was a Hanunuo Mangyan who
was a native of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. He was known for his efforts in
preserving the Mangyan poetry tradition of ambahan.
LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
• Masino Intaray
Born: April 10,1943
Year of Conferment: 1993
Died: November 30,2013
Ethnicity/ Location: Pala’wan/ Brookes Point, Palawan island, central
Philippines
Expertise: lyrical poems (kulilal, basal, and bagit) and playing their
accompanying instruments; epic chanting and story telling.
- Masino Intaray was a Filipino poet, bard artist, and musician who is a Palawan
native known for his performance of the local traditions of basal, kulilal and
bagit. He is also a recipient of the tinapa hoy maerich dine National Living
Treasure recognition .
LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
• Samaon Sulaiman
Born: March 3,1953
Year of Conferment: 1993
Died: May 21,2011
Ethnicity/ Location: Magindanao/ Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao island,
southern Philippines
Expertise: playing the Kudyapi
- Samaon was a Filipino musician who is a recipient of the National Living
Treasure award. The Maguindanaon is known for his mastery of the indigenous
kutyapi instrument. Sulaimon first learned playing kutyapi at around 13 years
old from his uncle.
LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
• Alonzo Saclag
Born: August 4,1942
Year of Conferment:2000
Ethnicity/ Location: Kalinga/ Lubuangan, Kalinga, northern Luzon island,
Philippines
Expertise: playing Kalinga musical instruments; dance patterns and movements
associated with rituals.
- Alonzo is a Filipino musician and dancer who is a recipient of the National
Living Treasures Award.
LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
• Federico Caballero
Born: December 25,1938
Year of Conferment: 2000
Expertise: chanting the sugidanon epic of the Panay Bukidnon
Ethnicity/Location: Sulod Bukidnon/ Calinog, Iloilo, Panay island, central
Philippines
- Federico is a Filipino chanter of Philippine epic poetry. Federico is a recipient
of the National Living Treasures Award.
LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
• Uwang Ahadas
Born: February 15,1945
Year of Conferment: 2000
Died: October 29,2022
Ethnicity/Location: Yakan/ Lamitan, Basilan island, southern Philippines
Expertise: playing Yakan musical instruments
- Uwang Ahadas was a Filipino folk musician of the Yakan people who was a
recipient of the National Living Treasures Award
PLASTIC ARTS
• Eduardo Mutuc
Born: October 12,1949
Year of Conferment:2004
Ethnicity/Location: Kapampangan/ Apalit Pampanga, central Luzon island,
northern Philippines
Expertise: Silver plating of religious and secular art
- Eduardo Mutuc is a Filipino metalsmith and sculptor. He is a known to be a
practitioner of the craft of pinukpuk which involved the stamping of
embellishments on metal sheets. Mutuc create works of both secular and
religious nature using silver, wood and bronze mediums.
PLASTIC ARTS
• Teofilo Garcia
Born: March 27,1941
Year of Conferment: 2012
Known for: Tabunggaw (guard) hat
Ethnicity/Location: Ilocano/ San Quintin, Abra, Northern Luzon Island,
Philippines
Expertise: Gourd Casque making
- Teofilo Garcia is a Filipino hatter who is regarded as a National Living
Treasure in the PHILIPPINES for making tabungaw hats, a type of Ilocano
headwear.
THANKYOU
