CPAR

• Gawad sa Manlikha Ng Bayan


  Awarded by National Commission for the Culture and Arts (NCCA) together with an Ad Hoc Panel of Experts
• National Artists Award- Awarded by the NCCA, Cultural Center of the Philippines, conferred by the Philippine President
• The NCCA, through the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Committee and an Ad Hoc Panel of Experts, conducts the search for the finest traditional artists of the land, adopts a program that will ensure the transfer of their skills to others and undertakes measures to promote a genuine appreciation of and instill pride among our people about the genius of the Manlilikha ng Bayan
• Manlilikha ng Bayan

  A Filipino citizen or group of Filipino citizens engaged in any traditional art uniquely Filipino, whose distinctive skills have reached such a high level of technical and artistic excellence and have been passed on to and widely practiced by the present generations in his/her community with the same degree of technical and artistic competence
• Criteria to be a Manlilikha ng Bayan

  • He/she is an inhabitant of an indigenous/traditional cultural community anywhere in the Philippines that has preserved indigenous customs, beliefs, rituals and traditions and/or has syncretized whatever external elements that have influenced it
  • He/she must have engaged in a folk art tradition that has been in existence and documented for at least fifty (50) years
  • He/she must have consistently performed or produced over a significant period, works of superior and distinctive quality
  • He/she must possess a mastery of tools and materials needed by the art, and must have an established reputation in the art as master and maker of works of extraordinary technical quality
  • He/she must have passed on and/or will pass on to other members of the community their skills in the folk art for which the community is traditionally known
• Criteria for a traditional artist who is incapable of teaching further due to age or infirmity

  • He/she had created a significant body of works and/or has consistently displayed excellence in the practice of his/her art, thus achieving important contributions for its development
  • He/she has been instrumental in the revitalization of his/her community's artistic tradition
  • He/she has passed on to the other members of the community skills in the folk art for which the community is traditionally known
  • His/her community has recognized him/her as master and teacher of his/her craft
• Categories of traditional folk arts


  • folk architecture
  • maritime transport
  • weaving
  • carving
  • performing arts
  • literature
  • graphic and plastic arts
  • ornament
  • textile or fiber art
  • pottery and other artistic expressions of traditional culture
• Awards and Incentives


  • The awardee receives a specially designed medallion/plaque with a duplicate set that should be donated and displayed in a provincial museum or the largest cultural center in the awardee's community
  • The awadee is given initial grant of PHP 100,000.00 and a PHP 14,000.00- lifetime stipend per month
  • The awardee is granted a maximum cumulative amount of PHP 750,000.00 medical and hospitalization benefits as well as funeral assistance similar as those received by the National Artists
• National Living Treasures: Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan - From Luzon to Mindanao
• GAMABA Awardees


  • Ginaw Bilog
  • Masino Intaray
  • Samaon Sulaiman
  • Lang Dulay
  • Salinta Monon
  • Alonzo Saclag
  • Federico Caballero
  • Uwang Ahadas
  • Darhata Sawabi
  • Eduardo Mutuc
  • Haja Amina Appi
  • Teofilo Garcia
• Information about GAMABA Awardees

  • Year Awarded
  • Place of Origin
  • What tribe/indigenous group s/he belongs?
  • S/He is a/an _____ (Expertise/Occupation)
• Precolonial Philippine Literature is rich with narratives in the form of epics and folk tales
• Examples of Philippine Literature

  • Ifugaos's HUDHUD
  • Ilocanos's Biag ni Lam-ang
  • Kalinga's Ullalim
  • Hinilawod of Hiligaynon people
  • Darangan
• Ambahan


  A form of poetic literature which is made up of seven-syllable lines used to communicate messages through metaphor and imagery, sung and contain various messages ranging from advice, to courtship, and to farewell
• Ginaw Bilog was awarded in 1993 for faithfully preserving the Hanunu Mangyan script or "AMBAHAN" poetry
• Federico Caballero's contribution is in the recording of the dying oral tradition of epics, ceaselessly working for the documentation of the oral literature, particularly the epics of his people