GAMABA Awardees

• Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA)

  • National Living Treasures Award
  • recognition given to outstanding traditional Filipino artists
• Manlilikha ng Bayan

  • citizen engaged in any traditional art uniquely Filipino
• Some Categories of GAMA

  • Folk architecture
  • Maritime Transport
  • Weaving
  • Carving
  • Performing Arts
  • Literature
  • Graphic and Plastic Arts
  • Ornament
  • Textile or Fiber Art
  • Pottery
• As of 2023, there are 25 GAMABA awardees
• GAMABA Weaving Awardees

  1. Lang Dulay - 1998
  2. Salinta Monon - 1998
  3. Darhata Sawabi - 2004
  4. Haja Amina Appi - 2004
  5. Magdalena Gamayo - 2012
  6. Ambalang Ausalin - 2016
  7. Estelita Bantilan - 2016
  8. Yabing Masalon Dulo - 2016
• Lang Dulay

  • Ethnicity: T'boli / Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
  • known for weaving, and preserving the Tradition of T'nalak
• T'nalak

  • traditional weaving from South Cotabato
  • T'nalak weavers use abaca fibers stripped off banana trees and colored with natural dyes

  
• Salinta Monon

  • Ethnicity: Tagabawa Bagobo / Bansalan, Davao del Sur
  • known for weaving complex inabal, a traditional textile of the Tagabawa Bagobo

  
• Darhata Sawabi

  • Ethnicity: Tausug / Parang, Sulu
  • Known for pis siyabit weaving

  A) Pis Siyabit

  
• Pis Siyabit - traditional headcloth and social marker for Tausug men
• Darhata Sawabi took approximately two months to make pis siyabit, which measures 39 by 40 inches
• Haja Amina Appi

  • Ethnicity: Sama / Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi
  • Recognized for her colorful tepo mat weaving
• Tepo mat - made of dried pandan leaves with vibrant, geometric designs

  • sometimes, up to 8 different dyes are used to achieve vibrant colors of the mat, which is traditionally white in color

  
• Magdalena Gamayo

  • Ethnicity: Ilocano / Pinili, Ilocos Norte
  • Recognized for her complex inabel weaving

  
• Ambalang Ausalin

  • Ethnicity: Yakan / Basilan
  • Recognized for conserving the Yakan Tennun or tapestry weaving tradition
  • Also known for Suwah-berikat or cross stitch-like patterns and Suwah pendan or patterns that resemble embroidery design
• Estelita Bantilan

  • Ethnicity: B'laan / Malapatan, Saranggani
  • Recognized for B'laan igem or mat weaving
• Yabing Masalon Dulo

  • Ethnicity: B'laan / Saranggani
  • Recognized for her mabal tabih

  
• GAMABA Performing Arts and Literature Awardees

  1. Ginaw Bilog - 1993
  2. Masino Intaray - 1993
  3. Samaon Sulaiman - 1993
  4. Alonzo Saclag - 2000
  5. Frederico Caballero - 2000
  6. Uwang Ahadas - 2000
• Ginaw Bilog

  • Ethnicity: Hanunuo Mangyan / Mansalay Oriental Mindoro
  • Recognized for his efforts in the preservation of the Surat Mangyan and ambahan poetry
• Ambahan - traiditonal poetry of the Hanunuo Mangyan

  • used to be inscribed in bamboo tubes using Surat Mangyan

  
• Masino Intaray

  • Ethnicity: Pala'wan / Brooke's Point, Palawan
  • Recgonized for his knowledge in lyrical poems such as kulilal, basal, and bagit, as well as his mastery of musical instruments and epics
• Kulilal - lyrical poem that expresses love for someone

  Bagit - instrumental musical piece that depicts rhythm and movements found in nature
• Samaon Sulaiman

  • Ethnicity: Maginanao / Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao
  • Known for his mastery of playing the kudyapi

  
• Kudyapi - two-stringed instrument carved from wood with its frets made of beeswax

  
• Alonzo Saclag

  • Ethnicity: Kalinga / Lubuagan, Kalinga
  • Known for his knowledge in playing Kalinga musical instruments, as well as traditional Kalinga choreographies
• Frederico Caballero

  • Ethnicity: Sulod Bukidnon / Calinog, Iloilo
  • Known for his knowledge of chanting and documentation of sugidanon, epics of Panay-Bukidnon
• Uwang Ahadas

  • Ethnicity: Yakan / Lamitan, Basilan Island
  • Recognized for his knowledge in playing and performing traditional Yakan musical instruments such as kwintangan kayu, agung, and gabbang

  
• Kwintangan Kayu - musical instrument made of a tier of logs dangling horizontally

  Gabbang - bamboo xylophone

  Agung - deep-rimmed gong usually played together with gabbang
• Gabbang

  
• GAMABA Plastic Arts Awardees

  1. Eduardo Mutuc - 2004
  2. Teofilo Garcia - 2012
• Eduardo Mutuc

  • Ethnicity: Kapampangan / Apalit, Pampanga
  • Metalsmith
  • Known for his decorative silver plating
• Pukpok designs by Eduardo Mutuc that have been incorporated in altars, carrozas, and tabernacles

  
• Teofilo Garcia

  • Ethnicity: Ilocano from San Quintin, Abra
  • Known for making tabungaw hat, or gourd casque
• Tabungaw Hat - made of homegrown enlarged tabungaw or upo polished and line with rattan, protecting farmers from the heat of the sun

  
• When was the GAMABA Awards created?


  1992
• Under what law were the GAMABA Awards created?


  Republic Act No. 7355