GAMABA

Gawad ng Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living

Treasures Award)
 Ginaw Bilog
Ginaw Bilog is a Hanunoo Mangyan poet from Mansalay,
Oriental Mindoro. He is considered as a master of the
Ambahan poetry. This wisdom is his key to the understanding
of the Mangyan soul. In 1993, he was given the Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan award. He grew up in such a cultural
environment. Already steeped in the wisdom that the
ambahan is a key to the understanding of the Mangyan soul,
Ginaw took it upon himself to continually keep scores of
ambahan poetry recorded, not only on bamboo tubes but on
old, dog-eared notebooks passed on to him by friends.
- Hanunuo mangyan from Mansalay, Mindoro, grew up in
such a cultural environment. Already steeped in the wisdom
that the ambahan is a key to the understanding of the
mangyan soul, Ginaw took it upon himself to continually
keep sources of ambahan poetry recorded, not only on
bamboo tubes but on old, dog-eared notebooks passed on
to him by friends.
◦Most treasure of his collection are those inherited
from his father and grandfather, sources of his
inpiration and guidance for his creative endeavors.
To this day, Ginaw shares an old and new
ambahans with his fellow mangyans and promotes
this poetic form in every occasion.
◦- through the dididcation of individuals like Ginaw,
the ambahan poetry and other traditional art forms
from our indigenous peoples will continue to live.
Masino Intaray
Was a filipino poet, bard artist, musician
who is palawan native known for his
performance of the local traditons of
basal, kulilal and bagit. He is also
recepient of the National living treasure
recognition. He was born on Aspril
10,1943 in Makagwa Valley and live
brookes point, Palawan

Major Works
Proficient player of the basal(gong)
aroding( mouth harp) and babarak(ring
flute)’
◦Awards
◦National Living Treasure Awards
◦National Comission for Culture and The Arts

◦Style
◦Enchanter and Musician
 Samaon Sulaiman
Was a Filipino musician who is
recepient of the National Living
Treasure Award. The
Maguindanaon is known for his
mastery of the indigenous kutyapi
instrument. He was born on March
3, 1953. his genres was folk and
the instrument was kutyapi. He
was recognized as Maganoy.
 Lang Dulay
Was a Filipino traditional weaver
who has a recepient of the
National Living Treasures award.
She was born on august 3, 1928.
Residence of Lake Sebu,South
Cotobato.
Style
Traditional T’boli design
Awards
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
Salinta Monon
Was a filipinotextile weaver who was
the one of two recepients of The
National Living Treasures Awards in
1998. She was known for her
Bagobo; Tagabawa textiles and
was known as the first Bagobo
weaver. She was born on
december 20, 1920.
Style
Traditional Bagobo-Tagabawa
design
Alonzo Saclag
Was born on August 14, 1942. A member of
the Kalinga People and native of
Lubuagan, Kalinga province, saclag taught
himself of his people traditions in the
performing arts.
Was conferred the Natonal Living Treasure
Award in 2000. By 2016, he has established
a village within his town, named, awichon
which aims to promote kalinga culture to
Tourist.
Genre: traditional folk music
Instrument: gangsa
Federico Caballero
Born on December 25, 1938, Caballero is of the
Panay-Bukidnon people from the Central Panay
mountains. He is known for his work on the
documentation of the oral literature, particularly
the ten epics. These epics are rendered in an
extinct language related to Kinaray-a.Federico
Caballero who is also called Nong Pedring
learned about epics from his mother and his
grandmother, Anggoy Omil who would chant
these to him and his siblings as a lullaby. When
Anggoy and his mother died, he went on to
continue the traditions and documented these
epics which are referred to as the Labaw
Dunggon and Humadapnon epics with
researchers.
He is married to Lucia, who is a binukot a title similar to a
princess in Panay-Bukidnon tradition and has three children.
He worked with the Bureau of Nonformal Education, to
teach people how to read and write and would promote the
tradition of epic chanting despite the initial objection of his
children.He also worked as the manughusay in his local
community, an arbiter who helps resolves disputes and
conflicts in the community. He is considered as a bantugan
due to his positive influence extending beyond his
community. And he is good at doing anything that peoples
tell him to do, So he's basically a jack of trade. The National
Commission for Culture and the Arts recognized him as a
National Living Treasure in the year 2000 for "weaving the
fabric of oral tradition"
 Uwang Ahadas
Was born on February 15, 1954. he went near blind when he
was five years old. Ahadas along his siblings musicians were
taught how to play yakan tradition instruments as children.
He first learned how to play gabang, a wooden bamboo
instrument similar to xylophone, then he learned how to
play the agung an instrument traditionally played yakan
men.
Artworks
National Living Treasure for traditonal Music
Major Works
Abbang, agung, kwentangan
Style
Musician, yakan
Darhata Sawabi
-is a weaver of pis syabit- the traditional
cloth tapestry worn as head covering the
Tausug of Jolo, from Barangay Parang, in
the island of Jolo, Sulu province.
Darahata Sawabi’s art of textile and
especially of the pis syabit has been pased
down generation by generation. Pis syabit
weaving is a difficult art.
Awards
National Living Treasure Awards

Style
Textile Weaver
 Eduardo Mutuc
◦ Apalit, Pampangga
◦ -was awarded the Gawad Creator of the year in 2005.
For his dedication to his retribution, altar, charter, and
other religions or secular art works using silver and wood.
In his home and church he found his creations. There are
small ones like cherubs and there about 40 feet. Age 29
when Mutuc engages in carving. He was a former who
wanted to increase his income because of growing
families. Because he knew that there was not much
opportunity for an elementary graduate, he worked hard
on the chosen art although he knew he was only 3 pesos
to be home to the family everyday. One year he was
been guided by skilled crafts men. By his 5th year a
friend taught him silver plating. It is an art of design
drawings, carving of its matrix of wood, molding of
metallic designs, and molding of designs in boiling silver.
◦ Education
◦ - he never reached high school and began helping his
family in the farm right after his elementary.
◦ Style
◦ - is an artist who has dedicated his life to creating religious
and secular art in silver, bronze and wood.
◦ - talents for sculpture and metal works
Awards
Metalsmith/ Metel Sculpture
Art/ Craft
Metal work(bronze and Silver)
Date awarded: 2004
 Haja Amino APPI
◦ Ungos, Matata, Tandubas, Tawi-tawi
◦ -He was recognize as the master of mat
weaver among the Sama Indigenious of
Ungos, Matata. Colorful mats with their
complex geometric pattern exhibit her
precise sense of design, proportion and
symmetry and sensitivity to colors.

◦ Major works
Teofilo Garcia
Tata Teofilo Gracia is local Ilocan. He
is a self-taught artist who makes
kattukong. It is an all-weather
traditional headgearmade of
tabungaw or gourd.

He was born on March 27,1941

 Magdalena Gamayo
Magdalena Gamayo or ‘Lola
Magdalena’ is a master weaver who
not only weaves traditional Ilocano
textile but also desighns new
pattern.

Awarded as Gawad Manlilikha ng

Bayan or National Living Treasure on
November 2012.
 Whang Ud
Whang-od Ogay also known as Maria Oggay, is a filipina
tattoo artis from buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga,
Philippines.She is often describe us the ‘last’ and oldest
mambabatok and is part of the Butbut people of the larger
kalinga ethnic group. Born on February 17, 1917.

Awards
National Living Treasure Awards

Major works
Tattoo artist

Style
Mambabatok