GAMABA Artists

• Samaon Sulaiman - 1993

  • Kutyapi
  • Maguindanaon
• Haja Amina Appi - 2004, Mat Weaving

  • Paghahablon - Pandan, done by women only, geometric designs
• Magdalena Gamayo - Ilocano, Textile Weaver

  • Manang Magdalena
  • Pinillian
  • Sinan bola-bola, Kusikos
  • Master weaver ng Inabel cloth (gawa sa bulak)*
  • Ginawan ng damit si Imelda Marcos
  • Self-taught weaver; gumagamit ng equipment sa paghahabi
  • Best known for Sinansabong (hardest pattern to make)*
  • Binakol - nagpapaalis ng bad spirits
• Salinta Monon - The Last Bagobo Weaver, Textile Weaver

  • 1998
  • Tagabawa Bagobo
  • Binuwaya - (one of the most difficult patterns)
• Estelita Bantilan - "Master Weaver" "Princess"

  • Mat Weaving
  • B'laan
  • Igaam Weaving (pandan leaves)
  • igem, sulif, sangbangkil, daksina, sulong-sulong
• Uwang Ahadas - Yakan, 2000

  • Music
  • Agung, Kwintangan Yaku
  • Tuntungan
  • Gabbang
• Bundos Bansil Fara - T'boli, 2023

  • Sculpture (T'boli temwel)
  • Art gifted by Ginton, deity of metal shit
• Sakinur-ain Mugong Delasas - Sama Igal (Tawi-Tawi/Sulu)

  • 2023
  • Sama Tribe
• Federico Caballero - Literature, 2000, Panay-Bukidnon

  • Documentation of Ten Epics (Sugidanon)
  • He also worked as themanughusayin his local community, an arbiter who helps resolves disputes and conflicts in the community. He is considered as abantugandue to his positive influence extending beyond his community.
• Adelita Bagcal - Literature, 2023, Ilocano "Ina Lita"

  • Dallot
• Teolifo Garcia - Hatter, 2012, Ilocano

  • Kattukong o Tabungaw
• Eduardo Mutuc - 2004, metalsmith, kapampampangan

  • Pukpuk metalwork
• Ginaw Bilog - Poetry, 1993, Hanuno Mangyan

  • poetry on bamboo tubes
  • Ambahan poetry
• Alonzo Saclag - 2000, Kalinga, Music and Dance

  • taught himself of his people's traditions in the performing arts. He learned how to play traditional Kalinga musical instruments and Kalinga ritual dance movements without formal or informal instruction.
  • playing the gangsa
  • Tongali - nose flute
  • he had established a village within his town, named Awichon, which aims to promote Kalinga culture to tourists.
• Lang Dulay

  • textile weaver
  • T’boli
  • T’nalak
  • 100 designs, including: bulinglangit (clouds), the bankiring (hair bangs), and the kabangi (butterfly)
• Masino Intaray - basal, kulilal, bagit (music)

  • Palawan
  • 1993
• Darhata Sawabi - Tausug, Textile Weaver, Sulu (2004)

  • Pis syabit weaving
• Yabing Masalon Dulo (2016) - South Cotabato

  • Ikat Weaver
  • mabal tabih style
  • Fu (elder)
  • Blaan tribe
• Ambalang Ausalin - Yakan of Basilan

  • Textile Weaver
  • Sinaluan and sputangan Yakan traditional weaving (coconut strips)
  • Known as Apuh Ambalang in her community*
  • Bunga sama, sinalu’an, and seputangan
• Five Qualifications of GAMABA

  • Expert
  • Good Quality
  • 50 years Tradition
  • Apprentices
  • Respected
• Benefits of GAMABA

  1. 200k with 50k stipend
  2. Hospitalization
  3. life insurance coverage
  4. State funeral sa libingan ng mga bayani
  5. Place of honor and recognition in cultural events
• GAMABA: Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan

  • Forefront of the practice, preservation, and promotion of the national’s traditional folk arts
  • 1992 through RA 7355
  • KATUTUBO - preserve for cultural diversity and identity