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LIST OF GAMABA ARTIST
• In 1992, the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
began selecting and honoring recipients of the National Living
Treasures Award, also known as Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
(GAMABA), through Republic Act No. 7355. It continues to be
awarded today, and is handed out in the form of a medal. The lives and
work of these Filipinos exhibit a dedication to craftsmanship and
excellence that are unparalleled. Through their passion, abilities, and
tenacity in passing down their heritage to the youth, many cultural
practices of indigenous communities were preserved.
Ginaw Bilog
• Ginaw Bilog was a Filipino poet who
was recognized as a National Living
Treasure by the Philippine
government. Born on January 3, 1953,
Bilog was a Hanunuo Mangyan who
was a native of Mansalay, Oriental
Mindoro. He was known for his
efforts in preserving the Mangyan
poetry tradition of ambahan.
Awards
• Hanunuo Mangyan of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro,
1953
• National Folk Artists Award, 1988
• Gawad manlilikha ng bayan or National Living Treasure
Award, 1993
• Order of Lakandula
Masino Intaray
Masino Intaray was a Filipino poet, bard artist,
and musician who is a Palawan native known for
his performance of the local traditions of basal,
kulilal and bagit. He is also a recipient of the
National Living Treasure recognition. He is
known for playing multiple indigenous
instruments namely the basal (gong), aroding
(mouth harp), and the babarak (ring flute).
Intaray is also known for his performance of
kulilal or songs and bagit, a form of vocal music.
Samaon Sulaiman
• Samaon Sulaiman was a Filipino
musician who is a recipient of the
National Living Treasure award. The
Maguindanaon is known for his
mastery of the indigenous kutyapi
instrument. Born on March 3, 1953,
Sulaiman first leaned playing kutyapi
at around 13 years old from his uncle.
Lang Dulay
• Lang Dulay was a Filipino traditional
weaver who was a recipient of the National
Living Treasures Award. She is credited
with preserving her people's tradition of
weaving T'nalak, a dyed fabric made from
refined abaca fibre. She is known for
maintaining the use of traditional motifs in
T'nalak weaving amidst commercialization
of the craft which saw the introduction of
more modern designs by non-T'bolis.
Salinta Monon
• Salinta Monon was a Filipino textile
weaver who was the one of two
recipients of the National Living
Treasures Award in 1998. She was
known for her Bagobo-Tagabawa
textiles and was known as the "last
Bagobo weaver".
Alonzo Saclag
• Alonzo Saclag is a Filipino musician
and dancer who is a recipient of the
National Living Treasures Award. He is
instrumental in establishing the practice
of children of wearing traditional
Kalinga clothing for important school
events as well as the teaching of Kalinga
folk songs in schools. He also lobbied
for the broadcast of traditional Kalinga
music along with contemporary music
in their local radio station.
 Federico Caballero
• Is a Filipino epic chanter Federico
Caballero of Calinog, Iloilo was best
known for his expertise in the
Sugidanon, a Central Panay epic
traditionally chanted while lying on a
hammock, and his work in the
preservation of oral literature,
documenting 10 Panay-Bukidnon epics
in an extinct language with close ties to
Kinaray-a.
 Uwang Ahadas
• Uwang Ahadas is a Filipino folk musician
of the Yakan people who is a recipient of
the National Living Treasures Award. He is
cited for his talent and expertise in playing
various Yakan musical instruments and for
sharing his knowledge to the young people
of his community. He continues to perform
and teach despite his dimming eyesight,
keeping the Yakan musical tradition alive
and flourishing.
 Darhata Sawabi
• Darhata Sawabi is a Filipino weaver
from Parang, Sulu known for pis
syabit, a traditional Tausūg cloth
tapestry worn as a head covering by
the people of Jolo. She is a recipient of
the National Living Treasures Award,
having given the distinction in 2004.
 Eduardo Mutuc
• Eduardo Mutuc is a Kapampangan master
craftsman of religious and secular art in plated
silver. His delicate craftsmanship and attention
to detail are apparent from the smallest piece of
metalcraft to the forty-foot retablos he produces.
• He is an artist who has dedicated his life to
creating religious and secular art in silver,
bronze, and wood. His intricately detailed
retablos, mirrors, altars, and carosas are in
churches and private collections
Haja Amina Appi
• She was a Filipino master mat weaver and
teacher from the Sama indigenous people of
Ungos Matata, Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi. She
was credited for creating colorful pandan
mats with complex geometric patterns.
• Haja Amina Appi of Ungos Matata,
Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi created intricate mats
that boast beautiful geometric designs,
vibrant colors, and fine symmetry. She was
awarded National Living Treasure in 2004.
Teofilo Garcia
• Teofilo Garcia is best known for his
work with Tabungaw, a unique,
functional, all-weather headpiece
made of native gourd. The native
gourd, locally known as upo, is
hollowed out, polished, and varnished
to a bright orange sheen to make it
weather resistant.
 Magdalena Gamayo
• Magdalena Gamayo (born August 13, 1924) is a
Filipino master weaver who makes “inabel”, an
Ilokano handwoven cloth. She is a Gawad ng
Manlilikha ng Bayan Award (GAMABA) recipient
from Pili, Ilocos Norte for her wide array skills in
textile weaving. She was awarded by President
Benigno Simeon Aquino III in 2012 at the
Malacañang Palace in Manila. Her handiworks are
finer than most abel. Her blankets have a very
high thread count and her designs are the most
intricate that sometimes take up to five colors.
Ambalang Ausalin
• She is a Filipino master weaver from the city
of Lamitan, Basilan. Apuh Ambalang is
renowned for her mastery of the crafts of
sinaluan and sputangan, two of the most
intricately designed textiles of the indigenous
Yakan community. The Yakan of Basilan are
known to be among the finest weavers in the
Southern Philippines. They create eye-
catching and colorful textiles with tiny motifs,
and possess techniques wielded only by
seasoned weavers accomplishing designs
restricted for utilization within a certain
weaving category only
 Estelita Bantilan
• She is a Filipino textile weaver from the
municipality of Malapatan, Sarangani. She is
credited with creating "some of the biggest,
most subtly beautiful mats to be seen
anywhere in Southeast Asia. Her extended
family reckoned their place in relation to the
mlasang, a tree that, once a year, flowers
profusely, sheds the inflorescences
immediately, and carpets abode and
environment in magnificence all at once.
 Yabing Masalon Dulo
• She was a Filipino textile master weaver
and dyer, credited with preserving the
Blaan traditional mabal tabih art of ikat
weaving and dyeing. She believes herself
older than ninety. Her identity card marks
that age, however, and date of birth, the
fourteenth of August supposedly 1910.
Since the venerable ikat-dyer has a memory
sharper than blades, it seems always best to
follow her counsel. She does know for a
fact that she was born in a place already
called Landan in that long ago time.
ASSESSMENT
Direction: Read and analyze the following questions statements and choose the letter that
corresponds to your answer.

1. He is known for playing multiple indigenous instruments namely the basal (gong), aroding (mouth
harp), and the babarak (ring flute). Intaray is also known for his performance of kulilal or songs and
bagit, a form of vocal music.
a. Masino Itaray
b. Teofilo Garcia
c. Salinta Monon
d. Eduardo Mutuc

2. She is renowned for her mastery of the crafts of sinaluan and sputangan, two of the most
intricately designed textiles of the indigenous Yakan community.
a. Lang Dulay
b. Uwang Ahadas
c. Magdalena Gamayo
d. Ambalang Ausalin
3. Her handiworks are finer than most abel.
a. Federico Caballero
b. Uwang Ahadas
c. Magdalena Gamayo
d. Ambalang Ausalin

4. She was credited for creating colorful pandan mats with complex geometric
patterns.
a. Haja Amina Appi
b. Ginaw Bilog
c. Magdalena Gamayo
d. Ambalang Ausalin
5. She was hailed as an expert in weaving colorful squares of cloth used for the pis syabit
and for adornment of the native attire, bags and accessories as well as in teaching the art to
the younger generation.
a. Masino Intaray
b. Darhata Sawabi
c. Salinta Monon
d. Eduardo Mutuc

6. He was best known for his expertise in the Sugidanon, a Central Panay epic traditionally
chanted while lying on a hammock, and his work in the preservation of oral literature,
documenting 10 Panay-Bukidnon epics in an extinct language with close ties to Kinaray-a.
a. Federico Caballero
b. Uwang Ahadas
c. Magdalena Gamayo
d. Yabing Masalon Dulo
7. He is cited for his talent and expertise in playing various Yakan musical
instruments and for sharing his knowledge to the young people of his community.
a. Uwang Ahadas
b. Salinta Monon
c. Yabing Masalon Dulo
d. Alonzo Saclag

8. He is an artist who has dedicated his life to creating religious and secular art in
silver, bronze, and wood.
a. Masino Intaray
b. Teofilo Garcia
c. Salinta Monon
d. Eduardo Mutuc
9. He is instrumental in establishing the practice of children of wearing traditional
Kalinga clothing for important school events as well as the teaching of Kalinga folk
songs in schools.
a. Uwang Ahadas
b. Salinta Monon
c. Yabing Masalon Dulo
d. Alonzo Saclag

10. She was known for her Bagobo-Tagabawa textiles and was known as the "last
Bagobo weaver".
a. Masino Intaray
b. Teofilo Garcia
c. Salinta Monon
d. Eduardo Mutuc