GAMABA Awardees

• Darhata Sawabi is a Tausug weaver of pis syabit -the traditional cloth tapestry worn as a head cover.
• Haja Amina Appi is recognized as a master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community for her unique designs, straightness of her edging (tabig), and fineness of her sasa and kima-kima.
• Lang Dulay is a T’boli traditional weaver of tinalak; or T’boli cloth made of colorful abaca fabrics.
• Salinta Monon is a Tagabanwa-Bagobo traditional weaver of distinct abaca fabrics called inabal.
• Alonzo Saclag is a Kalinga master of dance and the performing arts who mastered not only the Kalinga musical instruments but also the dance patterns and movements associated with his people’s ritual.
• Federico Caballero is a Sulod-Bukidnon epic chanter from kalinog, Iloilo who ceaselessly works for the documentation of the oral literature, particularly the epics, of his people.
• Uwang Ahadas is a Yakan musician who is a master of the kwintangan, kayu, and tuntungan instruments.
• Ginaw Bilog is a Manunoo Mangyan poet who is considered as a master of the Ambahan poetry.
• Masino Intaray is a prolific and pre-eminent epic chanter and story teller recognized for his outstanding mastery of various traditional musical instruments of the Palawan people such as basal, kulilal and bagit.
• Samaon Sulaiman is an acclaimed kutyapi master and teacher of this instrument and is also proficient in kulintang, agong, gandingan, palendag, and tambul.
• Eduardo Mutuc is an artist from Apalit, Pampanga who has dedicated his life to creating religious and secular art in silver, bronze, and wood.