GAMABA

• GAMABA


  Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan - Award for the People's Master Craftsperson
• Manlilikha ng Bayan


  Citizen engaged in any traditional art uniquely Filipino whose distinctive skills have reached such a high level of technical and artistic excellence and have passed on to and widely practiced by the present generations in his community
• 12 Individuals have received this distinction (1992) R.A. 7355 otherwise known as Manlilikha ng Bayan act of 1992
• gamaba - This art recognizes the outstanding work of artists in the Philippines
• gamaba - Emphasis on intangible & communal aspects of art production
• Traditional arts find deep affinities with nature, place, society, ritual, and everyday life
• What are the incentives given to the awardee?

  • A Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee gets an exceptionally planned gold emblem, an underlying award of P100,000 and P10,000 monthly payment forever
  • In consonance with the arrangement of Republic Act No. 7355, which expresses that "the financial award might be expanded at whatever point conditions so warrant," the NCCA board endorsed an extra month to month individual recompense of P14,000 for the awardees just as a greatest total 55 measure of P750,000 clinical and hospitalization benefits every year like that got by the National Artists and burial service help/recognition fit for a National Living Treasure
• GAMABA Awardees

  • LANG DULAY (1998) - T'BOLI, LAKE SEBU, S. COTABATO, MINDANAO, SOUTHERN PHILS. - TINALAK WEAVING
  • SALINTA MONON (d. 2009) - TAGABAWA,BAGOBO, BANSALAN, DAVAO DEL SUR, S.E. MINDANAO - INABAL WEAVING
  • DARHATA SAWABI (d. 2005) (2004) - TAUSUG, SULU, S. PHILIPPINES - PIS SIYABIT WEAVING
  • HAJA AMINA (d. 2013) - SAMA/TANDUBAS, TAWI- TAWI, S. PHILIPPINES - MAT WEAVING
  • MAGDALENA GAMAYO (2012) - ILOCANO/PINILI, ILOCOS NORTE, N. LUZON, N. PHILIPPINES - INABEL WEAVING
  • GINAW BILOG (d. 2003) (1993) - HANUNOO MANGYAN/ MANSALAY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, CENTRAL PHILS. - AMBAHAN POETRY
  • MASINO INTARAY (d. 2013) - PALAWAN/ BROOKES POINTS, CENTRAL PHILS. - LYRICAL POEMS, PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, EPIC CHANTING, STORY TELLING
  • SAMAON SULAIMAN (d. 2011) - MAGUINDANAO/MAMASAPANO, WESTERN MINDANAO, S. PHILS. - PLAYING THE KUDYAPI
  • ALONZO SACLAG (2000) - KALINGA/LUBUAGAN, N. LUZON, N.PHILS. - PLAYING KALINGA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, DANCE PATTERN & MOVEMENTS W/ RITUALS
  • FEDERICO CABALLERO - SULOD BUKIDNON/ CALINOG, ILO-ILO, PANAY ISLAND, CENTRAL PHILS. - CHANTING THE SUGIDANON EPIC OF PANAY, BUKIDNON
  • UWANG AHADAS - YAKAN/LAMITAN, BASILAN ISLAND, S. PHILIPPINES - PLAYING YAKAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
  • EDUARDO MUTUC (2004) - KAPAMPANGAN/ APALIT PAMPANGA, CENTRAL LUZON - SILVER PLATING OF RELIGIOUS & SECULAR ARTS
  • TEOFILO GARCIA (2012) - ILOCANO/ SAN QUINTIN, ABRA, N. LUZON, N. PHILS. - GOURD CASQUE MAKING
• Lang Dulay


  • Weaves using abaca fiber (Tnalak cloth)
  • Designs include bulinglangit (clouds), bankiring (hair bangs), Kabangi (butterfly)
• Salinta Monon


  • Bagobo weaver from Bansalan, Davao del sur
  • Teaches young wives in the community
  • Expertise in Binuwaya (crocodile) weaving
• Haja Amina Appi


  • Mat weaver (colorful mats with geometric patterns)
• Masino Intaray


  • Poet, epic chanter, story teller & musician from Palawan
  • Plays traditional instruments basal, Kulilal, bagit
• Ginaw Bilog


  • Master of ambahan poetry
• Alonzo Saclag


  • Master of Kalinga dance
  • Plays Kalinga musical instruments
  • Established a Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe
• Federico Caballero


  • Epic chanter from Kalinog, Iloilo
  • Documented the epics and oral literature of the Bantugan
• Uwang Ahadas


  • Plays Yakan musical instruments Kwintangan, kayu, Agong (bossed gong), Gabang (bamboo xylophone)
• Eduardo Mutuc


  • Kapampangan silver plater of religious and secular arts
  • Expertise in pinukpok or beaten metal craftsmanship
• Teofilo Garcia


  • Ilocano gourd casque maker from San Quintin, Abra
  • Tends a plot of land filled with enlarged "upo"/gourds
• Challenges Facing Traditional Arts

  • Tourism
  • Mining & Infrastructure Projects
  • Militarization
  • Christianization