GAMABA

• GAMABA - Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
• Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan also known as the National Living Treasures, is the award given to a person or a group of artists that is recognized by the Philippine government for their contributions to the nation’s cultural heritage.
• The National Living Treasures Award (Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan) was institutionalized in 1992 through Republic Act No. 7355. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts, which is the highest policy-making and coordinating body of the Philippines for culture and the arts,was tasked with the implementation and awarding. This is in line with UNESCO's criteria of Living National Treasures.
• The awardee receives a specially designed gold medallion;
• An initial grant of Php 100,000;
• Php 10,000 monthly stipend for life;
• Additional personal allowance of Php 14,000 if there is a need and;
• Php 750,000 medical and hospitalization annual benefits.
• Ad Hoc - For This
• Ginaw Bilog - "ambahan" - Mindoro, born on January 3, 1953
• Ambahan - baybayin is a pre-colonial script which is a poetic literary form engraved in bamboo and the like with the use of stylus or knives.
• Masino Intaray - "epic chanter" - Palawan
• Samaon Sulaiman - "Kutyapi - Mindanao - 35
• Lang Dulay - "master weaver" - Cotabato - 12 y/o learned
• Salinta Monon - "weaver" - Davao Del Sur - 65 - One Glance
• Alonzo Saclag - "preservation of artifacts (gong)" - Kalinga
• Federico Caballero - "epic chanter" - Ilo-ilo - Folklore of Panay
• Uwang Ahadas - "percussion instrument" - nearly blind - Basilan
• Darhata Sawabi - "weaver of pis syabit" - Jolo, Sulu
• Eduardo Mutuc - "religious sculptures" - Pampanga