The Gawad ng Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA)

National Artist (The National Living Treasures)

 Background of the Award
• In April 1992, the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the
National Living Treasures Award was institutionalized through
Republic Act No. 7355
• Administrate and run by the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts (NCCA)
• NCCA together with AD Hoc Panel of experts, they conducts
the search for the finest traditional artist of the land. They
adopts a program that will ensure the transfer of their skills
and to promote a genuine appreciation among the Filipino
artists
• Under the Republic Act No. 7355, “Manlilikha ng
Bayan” shall mean a citizen engage in any traditional
art
• A Bayan is defined as “a Filipino citizen or group of
Filipino citizens engaged in any traditional art whose
distinctive skills have reached such a high level of
technical and artistic excellence
History
• InApril 1992, the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the
National Living Treasures Award was institutionalized
through Republic Act No. 7355
• NCCA is the highest policy-making and coordinating
body of the Philippines for culture and arts, was tasked
with the implementation. This is in line with UNESCO’s
criteria of Living National Treasures.
CRITERIA
To become a National Living Treasure, the candidate must possess the following
qualifications:
1. 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 elements that have influenced it.
2. must have engaged in a folk-art tradition that has been in
existence and documented for at least 50 years.
3. Must have consistently performed or produced over a
significant period, works of superior and distinctive quality.
4. 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.
5. 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.
A traditional artist who possesses all the quality of a Manlilikha ng Bayan
candidate, but due to age or infirmity has left them incapable of teaching
further their craft, may still be recognize if:
1. 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
2. Has been instrumental in the revitalization of their community’s
artistic tradition
3. Has passed on the other members of the community skills in the
folk art for which the community is traditionally known
4. Community has recognized them as master and teacher of their
craft
Categories
• Folk Architecture • Graphic and plastic arts
• Maritime Transport • Ornamnets
• Weaving • Carving
• Literature • Performance Arts
• Pottery • Textile or Fiber art
Folk Architecture
Is the living environment people
have created for themselves. Aka
local architecture.
Maritime Transport
Any form of figurative art that
portrays or draws its main inspiration
from the sea.
Weaving
A method of textile production in
which two distinct sets of yarns or
threads are interlaced at right angles
to form a fabric or cloth
Literature
Written materials such as poetry,
novels, essays, etc., especially works
of imagination characterized by
excellence of style and expression and
by themes of general or enduring
interest
Pottery
Process of forming vessels and
other objects with clay and other
ceramic materials
Graphic and Plastic Arts
Arts producing works or effects
that are three-dimensional, as
sculpture, ceramics and etc.
Ornaments
A thing used to make something
look more attractive but usually
having no practical purpose such as
figurines
Carving
Is an object or a design that has
been cut out of a material such as
stone or wood.
Performance Arts
Forms of creative activity that are
performed in front of an audience
Textile or Fiber art
Refers to fine art whose material
consist of natural or synthetic fiber
Recipients and
Nominees
Ginaw Bilog
• Bornon January 3, 1953, Bilog was a
Hanunuo Mangyan of Mansalay, Oriental
Mindoro.
• Awardedfor faithfully preserving the
Hanunuo Mangyan script and ambahan
poetry.
• He has promoted the local script and poetry
so that the art will not be lost but preserved
for posterity.
• He died in June 3, 2003 at age 50 due to a
lingering illness.
Masino Intaray
•A Palawan of Brookes Point,
Palawan.
• He was awarded for his exemplary
skills in basal or gong music
ensemble.
• He was also recognized for his
versatility as musician, poet, epic
chanter and storyteller of the kulilal
and bagit traditions of the Palawan.
Samaon Sulaiman
•A Maguindanaon of Mama sa Pano,
Maguindanao.
• He was awarded for his outstanding
artistry and dedication to his chosen
instrument, the Maguindanao kutyapi.
• Kutyapiis a two-stringed plucked lute,
regarded as one of the most technically
demanding and difficult to master
among Filipino traditional instruments.
Lang Dulay
•A T’boli of Lake Sebu, South
Cotabato, was awarded for
weaving the abaca ikat cloth
called t’nalak
• She has produced creations
which remain faithful to the
T’boli tradition as manifested
in the complexity of her design,
fineness of workmanship and
quality of finish.
Salinta Monon
•A Tagabawa Bagobo of
Bansalan, Davao del Sur
• She was awarded for fully
demonstrating the creative and
expressive aspects of the
Bagobo abaca ikat weaving
called inabal at a time when
such art is threatened with
extinction.
Alonzo Saclag
•A Kalinga of Lubuagan, Kalinga
was awarded for his mastery of
the Kalinga dance and the
performing dance.
• He was also recognized for his
persistence to create and nurture
a greater consciousness and
appreciation of Kalinga culture
among the Kalinga themselves
and beyond their borders.
Frederico Caballero
•A Panay-Bukidnon of Calinog,
Iloilo was awarded for his
mastery of chanting the
sugidanon, the epic tradition of
Central Panay.
• He ceaselessly worked for the
documentation of the epics of
his people painstakingly piecing
together the elements of this
oral tradition nearly lost.
Uwang Ahadas
• A Yakan of Lamitan, Basilan
was awarded for his dexterity
in playing Yakan musical
instruments such as the
kwintangan, gabbang, agung,
kwintangan kayu, tuntungan.
• He has a deep knowledge of
the aesthetic possibilities and
social contexts of those
instruments.
• Inspite of dimming of his
eyesight, he has devoted his
life to the teaching of Yakan
musical traditions.
Darhata Sawabi
• From Barangay Parang Jolo
Island Sulu Province (2004)
• Weaving (Pis Syabit)
• PisSyabit is a tradtionalTausug
cloth Tapestry usually made from
cotton or silk. A versatile fabric,
It can be worn on the shoulder,
tied around the hilt of the kris
(sword) or wrapped around the
head by Tausug men usually as
sign of rank
Eduardo Mutuc
• From Apalit, Pampanga
• Metalsmith/metal sculptor
• 52 years old and was born on
march 22, 1966. Currently, he
lives in San Gabriel, CA.
Sometimes Eduardo goes by
various nicknames including
Eduardo R Mutuc and Edwardo
Mutuc
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• Haja Amina Appi
• From Tandubas, Tawi tawi
• Master of mat weaver (2004)
Teofilo Garcia
• From San Quintin, Abra (2012)
• Casque Maker
• Tabungaw hat
Magdalena Gamayo
• From Pinili, Ilocos Norte
• Master Weaver
Ambalang Ausalin
• From Lamitan, Basilan (2016)
• Master weaving (Yakan Tennum)
• Apo ambalang
Estelita Tumandan Bantilan
• From Malapatan, Sarangani (2016)
• Master of mat weaving
Yabing Masalong Dulo
• From Polondok, South Cotabato
(2016)
• Master of ikat weaver
Whang – od
• From Tinglayan, kalinga (October 21,
2017)
• Tattoo Artist