ART APP GAMABA

• National Living Treasures Award

  Also known as Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA), conferred to a person or group of artists recognized by the Government of the Philippines for their contributions to the country's intangible cultural heritage
• National Living Treasures or 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 their community with the same degree of technical and artistic competence
• The National Living Treasures Award (Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan) was institutionalized through Republic Act No. 7355


  1992
• National Commission for Culture and the Arts


  The highest policy-making and coordinating body of the Philippines for culture and the arts, tasked with the implementation of the National Living Treasures Award
• The National Living Treasures Award is in line with UNESCO's criteria of Living National Treasures
• Criteria to become a National Living Treasure

  • 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
  • Must have engaged in a folk art tradition that has been in existence and documented for at least 50 years
  • Must have consistently performed or produced over a significant period, works of superior and distinctive quality
  • 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
  • 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 possesses all the qualities of a Manlilikha ng Bayan candidate, but due to age or infirmity has left them incapable of teaching further their craft

  • Had created a significant body of works and/or has consistently displayed excellence in the practice of their art, thus achieving important contributions for its development
  • Has been instrumental in the revitalization of their community's artistic tradition
  • Has passed on to the other members of the community skills in the folk art for which the community is traditionally known
  • Community has recognized them as master and teacher of their craft
• Ginaw bilog (x 2003) - poet (hanunuo mangyan) from panaytayan, oriental mindoro, awarded on 1993
• Masino intaray (x 2013) - Musician & storyteller (palawan) from brookes Point, palawan, awarded 1993
• Samaon sulayman (x 2011) - Musician (maguindanao) from Mama sa pano, Maguindanao, awarded on 1993
• Lang dulay (x 2015) - textile weaver (T’boli) from lake sebu, south cotabato, awarded on 1998
• Salinta monon (x 2009) - Textile weaver (tagabawa bagobo) from basalan, davao del sur, awarded on 1998
• Alonzo saclag - Musician & dancer (kalinga) from lubuangan, kalinga, awarded on 2000
• Federico caballero - Epic chanter (Sulod-bukidnon) from calinog, iloilo, awarded on 2000
• uwang ahadas - musician (yakan) from lamitan, basilan, awarded on 2000
• Darhata sawabi (x 2005) - textile weaver (tausug) from parang, sulu, awarded on 2004
• eduardo mutuc - metalsmith (kapampanagan) from apalit, pampanga, awarded on 2004
• haja amina appi (x 2013) - mat weaver (sama) from tandulas, tawi-tawi, awarded on 2004
• teofilo garcia - casque maker (ilocano) from san quintin, abra, awarded on 2012
• magdalena gamayo - textile weaver (ilocano) from pinili, ilocos norte, awarded on 2012
• ambalang ausalin - textile weaver (yakan) from parangbasak, lamitan city, awarded on 2016, born on mar 4, 1943
• estelita bantilan - mat weaver (blaan) from upper lasang, malapatan, sarangani province, awarded on 2016, born on oct 17, 1940
• yabing masalon dulo -ikat weaver (blaan) from amgu-o landan, sarangani province, awarded on 2016, born on aug 8, 1914