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INTENTIONS
Arts
1.Understand the National Living
Treasure Award
2. Cite Gawad sa Manlilikhang Bayan
or the National Living Treasure
Artists and their contributions to
Philippine Arts
3. Appreciate the roles of the artists in
the development, preservation, and
promotion of the Philippine Arts
4. Familiarize the different art forms,
elements, and principles employed
by the different artists.
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WHATIS GAMABA?
In April 1992, the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the National Living
Treasures Award was institutionalized through Republic Act No. 7355. Tasked
with the administration and implementation of the Award is the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts, the highest policy-making and
coordinating body for culture and the arts of the State. The NCCA, through the
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Executive Council, conducts the search for the
finest traditional artists of the land, adopts a program that will ensure the
transfer of their skills to others, and undertakes measures to promote a
genuine appreciation of and instill pride among our people about the genius of
the Manlilikha ng Bayan.
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The Gawad saManlilikha ng
Bayan logo is a stylized
representation of the human
form used in traditional cloth.
Below the motif is ‘Manlilikha ng
Bayan’ written in ancient Filipino
script extensively used
throughout the Philippines at
the time of Western contact in
the sixteenth century.
LOGO
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Firstawarded in 1993 to three outstanding artists in music
and poetry, the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan has its
roots in the 1988 National Folk Artists Award organized by
the Rotary Club of Makati-Ayala. As a group, these folk
and traditional artists reflect the diverse heritage and
cultural traditions that transcend their beginnings to
become part of our national character. As Filipinos, they
bring age-old customs, crafts and ways of living to the
attention and appreciation of Filipino life. They provide us
with a vision of ourselves and of our nation, a vision we
might be able to realize someday, once we are given the
opportunity to be true to ourselves as these artists have
remained truthful to their art.
As envisioned under R.A. 7355, “Manlilikha ng Bayan”
shall mean a citizen engaged in any traditional art
uniquely Filipino whose distinctive skills have reached
such a high level of technical and artistic excellence and
have been passed on to and widely practiced by the
present generation in his/her community with the same
degree of technical and artistic competence.
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Tobecome a Manlilikha ng Bayan, an
individual or group candidate must:
1. Possess a mastery of tools and materials needed for the traditional, folk art and be a maker of
works of extraordinary technical quality;
2. Have consistently produced works of superior quality over significant period;
3. Have engaged in a traditional and folk art which has been in existence and documented for at
least fifty (50) years;
4. Command respect and inspire admiration of the country with his character and integrity;
5. 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.
6. 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.
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Tobecome a Manlilikha ng Bayan, an
individual or group candidate must:
CATEGORIES
• The Award may cover traditional and folk arts in the areas of performing
arts and craft. Consideration shall be made for adequate representation
in geographic distribution and different artistic categories.
AD HOC PANEL OF EXPERTS
• To ensure a fair selection of potential awardees, the Gawad sa Manlilikha
ng Bayan Executive Council shall be assisted by an Ad Hoc Panel of Expert
consisting of experts in the traditional and folk arts categories. The
names of those selected to become members of the Ad Hoc Panel of
Expert shall be submitted to the NCCA Board of Commissioners for
proper designation. The term of the members shall expire upon
completion of the search and selection process.
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WHATARE THE BENEFITS AND
PRIVILEGES OF AN AWARDEE?
For the individual awardee:
1. 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;
2. The GAMABA gold-plated medallion minted by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and citation;
3. A lifetime emolument and materials and physical benefits comparable in value to those received by the highest officers of the land
such as:
1. A minimum cash award of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 200,000.00), net of taxes.
2. A minimum lifetime personal monthly stipend of Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php 50,000.00).
3. Medical and hospitalization benefits not exceeding Php 750,000.00 per year.
4. 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
5. A place of honor, in line with protocol precedence, in state functions, national commemoration ceremonies and all other cultural
presentations.
For the group awardee:
6. 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;
7. The GAMABA plaque for the group;
8. A one-time award of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 200,000.00), net of taxes;
9. 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.
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GINAWBILOG
Contribution to Literature
• An advocate of preserving the traditional form of his tribe
called “ambahan”.
• He kept the ambahan recorded both in bamboo tubes and
old notebooks.
• He kept even the oldest ambahan passed on to him by his
ancestors and promoted them to other Mangyans so as to
preserve the oral tradition.
Ambahan
• A kind of poem consisting of seven-syllable lines
which most of the time contains messages of
love and friendship
• This poem is passed on from generations using
singing the lines or etching them on bamboo
tubes.
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FEDERICOCABALLERO
Contribution to Literature
• He preserved his community’s oral tradition by tediously
documenting epics of his ancestors that are in near danger of
disappearance.
• These epics, which tell stories about mythical heroes and their
marvelous adventures, reflects the rich cultural heritage of Panay-
Bukidnon.
• Mang Pedring did not just document this folklores, but he chanted
them as well and passed them to younger generations.
• And his influence extends far beyond the bounds of his
community. He is considered bantugan, a person who has
attained distinction. Dr. Alicia Magos a respected folklorist
from the University of the Philippines in the Visayas who
has worked with him on the documentation project, says
Nong Pedring has the heart of a scholar. He understood
her vision for the culture of the Panay-Bukidnon. Perhaps
even to say that he shares her vision is not an
overstatement..
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Meetour GAMABA AWARDEES
Alonzo Saclag
Musician and Dancer,
Kalinga
Lubuagan, Kalinga
Masino Intaray
Musician and Storyteller
Pala’wan
Brookes Point, Palawan
Samaon Sulaiman
Musician
Magindanao
Mama sa Pano,
Maguindanao
Uwang Ahadas
Musician
Yakan
Lamitan, Basilan
MUSIC AND DANCE
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AlonzoSaclag
a master of dance and performing arts from Kalinga,
fueled by his passion, he succeeded in keeping the
treasured culture of Kalinga alive
He did not receive any formal education in performing
arts but still he mastered the choreography and musical
instruments of Kalinga just by observation and practice.
Through his efforts of lobbying the government, he
managed to convince them to convert an abandoned
provincial capitol building into a museum that contains
Kalinga artifacts (inc. Gangsa and Kalinga gong)
He campaigned for the use of local costumes to school
events and put up creative presentations that helped
children to learn folk songs. He even proposed the
broadcast of Kalinga folk songs in local radios.
He established the BUDONG Dance Troupe to ensure
that the music and dance of his ancestors are passed on
to younger generations.
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MasinoIntaray
• A musician and a poet whose expertise were
the basal, kulilal,and bagit.
• Basal is a kind of musical ensemble played
during the tambilaw, a ritual of rice sharing
among the Palawan people as an offering to
the Lord of rice.
• kulilal is a lyric poem about love being sung
to the accompaniment of kusyapi, two-
stringed lute, and paging, bamboo zither.
• He is a notable story teller and epic chanter.
For many nights, he chanted numerous
epics, narratives, and myths of the Palawan.
• He was a true man of art who preserved the
tradition, music, and culture of his people.
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SamaonSulaiman
• A musician from Mama sa Pano,
Maguindanao. He is a master in playing
the kutyapi, a two-stringed plucked
lute.
• The kutyapi is one of the most difficult
to master indigenous Filipino
instrument, but Samaon was able to
play it with grace and exemplary talent.
• He influenced and taught other
community people to play the kutyapi
as well which kept the playing of
kutyapi alive in Mindanao
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UwangAhadas
• He is an exemplary musician of the Yakan of
Lamitan, Basilan whose expertise dwell in playing
the indigenous instrument called Kwintangan Kayu.
• Kwintangan Kayu is a five wooden logs of different
sizes, arranged from shortest to longest, and hung
horizontally. This is played after the planting of rice
to serenade the palay. Which its music is believed
to cause bountiful harvest.
• He started teaching his children and later passes
his skills to people beyond the borders of his
community.
• Despite having a defect in his eyesight and
dimming vision, he managed to preserve and
promote the music of the Yakan even if it means
traveling from palces to places.
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Meetour GAMABA AWARDEES
Darhata Sawabi
Textile Weaver
Tausug
Parang, Sulu
Haja Amina
Appi
Mat Weaver
Sama
Tandubas, Tawi-
Tawi
Lang Dulay
Textile Weaver
T’boli
Lake Sebu, South
Cotabato
Magdalena
Gamayo
Textile Weaver
Ilocano
Pinili, Ilocos Norte
WEAVING
Salita Monon
Textile Weaver
Tagabawa Bagobo
Bansalan, Davao del Sur
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DarhataSawabi
• She is a pis yabit(head cover) weaver
from Jolo, Sulu
• Pis yabit is a clothing ornament or
headdress of the Tausug men that
symbolizes the wearer’s rank in the
society. However in contemporary,
women wear the cloth as accessories in
traditional functions.
• Considered as an expert in weaving
due to her well-crafted cloth with the
remarkable intricacy of design and
evenness of weave.
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HajaAmina Appi
• Haja Amina Appi of Ungos Matata, Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi, is recognized as the
master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community of Ungos
Matata. Her colorful mats with their complex geometric patterns exhibit her
precise sense of design, proportion and symmetry and sensitivity to color.
• The art of mat weaving is handed down the matrilateral line, 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 design,
is exclusive to women. It is a long and tedious process, and requires much
patience and stamina. It also requires an eye for detail, an unerring color
instinct, and a genius for applied mathematics.
• Haja Amina is respected throughout her community for her unique designs,
the straightness of her edging (tabig) and the fineness of her sasa and kima-
kima. Her hands are thick and callused from years of harvesting, stained by
dye. But her hands are still steady, and her eye for color still unerring. She
feels pride in the fact that people often borrow her mats to learn from her
and copy her designs.
• Happily, mat weaving does not seem to be a lost art as all of Haja Amina’s
female children and grandchildren from her female descendants have taken
it up. Although they characterize her as a patient and gentle teacher, Haja
Amina’s passion for perfection shows itself as she runs a finger alongside the
uneven stitching and obvious patchwork on her apprentices’ work. She is
eager to teach, and looks forward to sharing the art with other weavers.
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LangDulay
• Using abaca fibers as fine as hair, Lang Dulay speaks more
eloquently than words can. Images from the distant past of
her people, the Tbolis, are recreated by her nimble hands –
the crocodiles, butterflies, and flowers, along with
mountains and streams, of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato,
where she and her ancestors were born – fill the fabric with
their longing to be remembered. Through her weaving, Lang
Dulay does what she can to keep her people’s traditions
alive.
• There are a few of them left, the traditional weavers of the
tnalak or Tboli cloth. It is not hard to see why: weaving tnalak
is a tedious process that begins with stripping the stem of
the abaca plant to get the fibers, to coaxing even finer fibers
for the textile, then drying the threads and tying each strand
by hand. Afterward, there is the delicate task of setting the
strands on the “bed-tying” frame made of bamboo, with an
eye towards deciding which strands should be tied to resist
the dye. It is the bud or tying of the abaca fibers that define
the design.
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MagdalenaGamayo
• Her expertise dwell in weaving
high-quality Ilocos’ textile called
abel. It is a kind of blanket made
up of cotton weaved in different
patterns.
• Her handiworks were
distinguishable to other abels
since they are finer, with more
thread counts, and more intricate
designs with up to 5 thread
colors.
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SalintaMonon
• She is a Bagobo textile weaver from
Bansalan, Davao del Sur. She started
weaving at the age of 12 through
the guidance of her mother.
• The traditional Bagobo fabrics which
are made up of abaca fibers is the
product of Salinta. Due to her high-
quality textiles and their intricate
designs, Salinta garnered the
reputation of being the best weaver
in her community.
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EDUARDOMUTUC
• He created numerous wood-
carving and metal art with
religious and secular themes.
• He started woodcarving
house furniture when he was
29.
• Several years later he
learned the art of silver
plating because of a friend.
He did intricate decorations
for churches.
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TeofiloGarcia
• He is known for crafting high
quality and functional headpiece
called tabungaw.
• The Tabungaw that Teofilo makes
is made up of native gourd called
upo, rattan, and bamboo.
• He combines and experiments
with these materials to come up
with decay resistant, elegant, and
remarkable tabungaws.
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Howwe get there
1. How important is the GAMABA to the Philippine Arts?
2. Cite one GAMABA Awardee and how did this particular
artist inspired and moved you as a Filipino Citizen and an
aspiring artists?
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Summary
Gawadsa Manlilikhang Bayan Award (GAMABA) or the National
Living Treasures Award is the Highest recognition for the
artists who excel in creating and preserving traditional arts.
Currently, there are 13 artists who are recipients as Gawad sa
Manlilikhang Bayan Award. These artists have their notable
share in keeping the traditional arts of their respective
communities in the fields of music, weaving, dance, sculpture,
metal works, and casque.