Person - Who he is - Origin – Work

Literature
Ginaw Bilog – Hanunuo Mangyan Poet – Mansalay, Mindoro – Ambahan (poem with 7-
syllable lines about love and friendship)
Federico Caballero – Panay-Bukidnon Epic Chanter – Panay-Bukidnon – Preserved
epics by documenting them
Music
Alonzo Saclag – Master of dance and performing arts – Kalinga – No formal Education,
mastered Kalinga instruments (gangsa of the Kalinga Gong), established Kalinga
Budong Dance Troupe
Masino Intaray – Musician and Poet – Plawan, Palawan – Basal (musical ensemble
during Tambilaw – ritual of rice sharing and Tinapay – rice wine drinking ceremony
composed of Gimbal (Tubular drum), Sanang (pair of small gongs) and Agungs (Gong
with wide tunes)), Kulilal (lyric poem about love sung with the Kusyapi – two-stringed
lute and pagang (Bamboo Zither)) and Bagit (nature, played with Kusyapi)
Samaon Sulaiman – Maguindanaon Musician – Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao –
Master of the Kutyapi (2-stringed plucked lute)
Uwang Ahadas – Exemplary Musician – Yakan, Lamitan – played Kwintangan Kayu
(wooden xylophone) blinded
Weaving
Darhata Sawabi – Pis Yabit (Multi-Colored traditional cloth, head over of Tausug)
Weaver – Barangay Parang, Jolo Sulu – Pis yabit (cloth)
Haja Amina Appi – Master Mat weaver of the Sama – Ungos Matata, Tawi-Tawi – mat
weaver (pandan leaves)
Lang Dulay – Tnalak Weaver of Tboli – Sebu, South Cotabato – Tnalak (fabric of
abaca fibers)
Magdalena Gamayo – Ilocano Master Weaver – Pinili, Ilocos Norte – ABEL (cotton
weaved blanket)
Salita Monon – Bogobo Textile Weaver – Bansalan, Davao del Sur – Bagobo Fabrics
(abaca fibers)
Metalwork
Eduardo Mutuc – Metalsmith – Apalit, Pampanga – wood carving and metal art
(religious and secular)
Casque
Teofilo Garcia – Ilocano Casque Maker – San Quintin, Abra – Tabungaw (upo, rattan
and bamboo made headpiece)