GAMABA

• President Rodrigo Duterte- he remarked the awarding of GAMABA last 2018
• Haja Amina Appi- She is from Tawi-Tawi. She show how pandan can be weaved into mat with vibrant colors
• Mat Weaving- Use by the people for their prayer or as a gift to a newly weds
• Magdalena Gamayo- She preserved weaving in Luzon. She is known for Abel weaving
• Magdalena Gamayo only have 2 student in her entire life
• Magdalena Gamayo is from Ilocos Norte
• Lang Dulay- She is known for T'nalak weaving
• Lang Dulay is from T'boli South Cotabato Mindanao
• T'nalak- it is a fine abaca cloth
• Bulinglangit- Clouds
• Kabangi- Butterfly
• Eduardo Mutuc- He is known for his metal plating. He is a farmer that becomes furniture carvers
• Eduardo Mutuc awarded in 2004 for his detailed and lifelike pieces of work
• Uwang Ahadas- He is known for playing Yakan Instrument
• Uwang ahadas is temporary blind. He learn to play instruments with his siblings
• Kwintangan- usually played by a woman but Ahadas mastered it
• Samaon Sulaiman- Known for playing kudyapi
• Alonzo Saclag- Known for playing Kalinga Musical Instruments
• Alonzo mastered kalinga instrument alongside with dance pattern for ritual which Budong or Paktis
• Federico Caballero- He is known for chanting the Sugidanan Epic of Panay
• Sugidanon is a literature that uses Binukot, also it is chant by the Princess of Panay but Federico mastered it
• Ginaw Bolog- known for Surat Mangyan and Ambahan Poetry
• Ambahan- a metaphoric poem comprising seven syllable lines
• Mangyan script- one of the four remaining syllabic scripts in the country
• Teofilo Garcia- Known for Kattukong or Tabungaw Hat making
• Salinta Monon- known for inabal weaving
• The process of Inabal is same as the process of Lang Dulay