GAMABA AWARDEES

• GAMABA - Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
• Ginaw Bilog -  preserved the ambahan, a Mangyan    tradition of singing or chanting poetry.
• Masino Intaray - mastered the arts of the basal (gong music ensemble), kulilal (lyrical poem song with two-stringed kudyapi), and bagit (instrumental music played with kudyapi).
• Samaon Sulaiman - 1993 perfected the art of playung kutyapi (two-stringed plucked lute)
• Lang Dulay - master weaver of the traditional t'nalak or T'boli cloth
• Salinta Monon - preserved the dying art of Bogobo weaving.
• Alonzo Saclag - 2000 gained perfection in playing Kalinga instruments and dancing patterns and movements associated with rituals.
• Federico Caballero - mastered ten epics of their region, including the Labaw Dunggon and Humadapnon. 2000, Iloilo
• Uwang Ahadas - partially blind musical genius who has mastered and taught several Yakan instruments
• Darhata Sawabi - master weaver of the traditional pissyabit of the Tausug
• Eduardo Mutuc - a dedicated sculptor of religious and secular art in silver, bronze, and wood. Kapampangan
• Haja Amina Appi - upheld the Sama women tradition of mat weaving
• Teofilo Garcia - farmer by principle, became a master artisan of making tabungaw (casque) 
• Magdalena Gamayo - dubbed as the best artist who has exemplified the art of Ilocos abel-weaving