National Living Treasures (GAMABA) Awardees and Concepts

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) awards, qualifications, and all individual National Living Treasures from the lecture notes.

Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA)

The National Living Treasures Award officially established in 1992 through Republic Act No. 7355 to honor Filipino traditional artists who demonstrate exceptional skill and preserve the country's intangible cultural heritage.

Republic Act No. 7355

Also known as the Manlilikha ng Bayan Act, the law establishing the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan award, providing recipients a medal, an initial grant of ₱100,000, and ₱10,000 monthly for life.

National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)

The primary Philippine government agency responsible for implementing the GAMABA program and administering the selection and conferment of the award.

Ginaw Bilog

A Hanunuo Mangyan poet from Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, conferred the GAMABA award in 1993 for preserving and promoting ambahan poetry.

Ambahan

A traditional form of Mangyan poetry written and inscribed on bamboo using the Hanunuo script.

Masino Intaray

A Palawan poet, bard artist, and musician recognized for performing local musical and oral traditions including basal, kulilal, and bagit.

Kulilal

A highly lyrical Palawan poem expressing passionate love, sung to the accompaniment of the kudyapi (played by a man) and pagang (played by a woman).

Bagit

Strictly instrumental Palawan music played on the kudyapi depicting the rhythms, movements, and sounds of nature, animals, and the elements.

Samaon Sulaiman

A Maguindanaon musician and National Living Treasure recipient known for his mastery of the indigenous kutyapi instrument.

Kutyapi

An indigenous two-stringed lute masterfully played by traditional Filipino musicians such as Samaon Sulaiman.

Lang Dulay

A T'boli traditional weaver (1928–2015) from Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, credited with preserving her people's tradition of weaving T'nalak.

T'nalak

A sacred, hand-woven dyed abaca cloth created by the T'boli indigenous people of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato.

Salinta Monon

A Bagobo-Tagabawa textile weaver (1920–2009) from Davao del Sur, known as the 'last Bagobo weaver' of traditional ikat abaca fabric.

Alonzo Ayutu Saclag Sr.

A self-taught Kalinga musician and dancer from Lubuagan, Kalinga, who preserved Kalinga performing arts, ritual dance movements, and traditional instruments.

Federico Caballero

A Panay-Bukidnon chanter and GAMABA recipient (1935–2024) who preserved and documented ten major traditional epics in an old language related to Kinaray-a.

Uwang Ahadas

A Yakan folk musician from Basilan (1945–2022) who developed exceptional musical ability despite becoming nearly blind at age five, mastering Yakan instruments like the gabbang and agung.

Gabbang

A traditional Yakan bamboo musical instrument similar to a xylophone.

Darhata Sawabi

A Tausūg weaver from Parang, Sulu, awarded GAMABA in 2004 for her mastery of pis syabit cloth tapestry weaving.

Pis Syabit

A traditional Tausūg cloth tapestry worn as a head covering in Jolo; 'pis' refers to geometric patterns derived from the Indic mandala, and 'siyabit' stands for the hook technique.

Eduardo Tubig Mutuc

A Kapampangan metalsmith and sculptor from Apalit, Pampanga, known for preserving the traditional pinukpuk metalworking technique in creating religious and secular art.

Pinukpuk

A traditional Kapampangan metalworking technique that involves hammering or stamping intricate designs onto metal sheets.

Haja Amina Appi

A Sama master mat weaver and teacher (1925–2013) from Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi, awarded GAMABA in 2004 for her exceptional skill in making colorful, geometric tepo mats.

Tepo

Traditional Sama mats made from pandan leaves, noted for vibrant colors and complex geometric patterns.

Teofilo Garcia

An Ilocano farmer and hat maker from San Quintin, Abra, awarded the National Living Treasure distinction for preserving the craft of tabungaw hats.

Tabungaw

A traditional Ilocano headwear crafted from a dried gourd, cultivated and transformed into a durable hat using traditional methods.

Magdalena Gamayo

An Ilocano master weaver from Pinili, Ilocos Norte, recognized for her skill in traditional inabel weaving, particularly the challenging sinan-sabong floral pattern.

Inabel

A traditional Ilocano weaving tradition featuring designs such as binakol, inuritan (geometric), kusikos (spiral), and sinan-sabong (floral).

Ambalang Ausalin

A Yakan master weaver (1943–2022) from Lamitan, Basilan, awarded GAMABA in 2016 for her mastery of intricate sinaluan and seputangan textiles.

Bai Estelita Tumandan Bantilan

A B'laan master mat weaver from Malapatan, Sarangani, awarded GAMABA in 2016 for her skill in the B'laan igem mat-weaving tradition.

Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo

A B'laan master textile weaver and dyer (1914–2021) from South Cotabato, honored for preserving mabal tabih, a traditional form of ikat weaving and dyeing.

Mabal Tabih

A traditional B'laan textile art form in which threads are tie-dyed prior to weaving to create intricate geometric patterns.

Adelita Romualdo Bagcal

An Ilocano traditional chanter from Banna, Ilocos Norte, awarded GAMABA in December 2023 for her mastery of dallot, duayya, and dung-aw oral traditions.

Dallot

A traditional Ilocano oral art form commonly performed during courtship, weddings, birthdays, and community celebrations.

Rosie Godwino Sula

A T'boli chanter from Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, who safeguards T'boli oral literature through ancient epic songs known as k'lawan and sudsung.

Abina Tawide Coguit

A Manobo artisan from Agusan del Sur renowned for her traditional embroidery and beadwork on ritual clothing and accessories.

Sakinur-ain Mugong Delasas

A Sama master dancer from Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, recognized for preserving the traditional igal dance performed during celebrations.

Bundos Bansil Fara

A T'boli brasscaster from Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, who practices kemas, the lost-wax casting technique used to make bells and ornaments.

Marife Ravidas Ganahon

A Higaonon mat weaver from Malaybalay, Bukidnon, who uses pandan leaves to craft banig with traditional geometric patterns.

Amparo Balansi Mabanag

A Ga'dang embroiderer from Mountain Province whose hand-stitched patterns convey the cosmology and social structure of the Ga'dang people.

Samporonia Pagsac Madanlo

A Mandaya weaver from Caraga, Davao Oriental, who safeguards ritual and traditional attire traditions through ikat resist-dyeing and loom weaving.

Barbara Kibed Ofong

A T'boli master weaver from Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, who creates dream-inspired sacred t'nalak cloth made from abaca fibers.