Nabua National High School

Senior High School Department

Nabua, Camarines Sur

Contemporary
Philippine Arts
from the Regions

Mariam C. Ayyad
11 HUMSS-10
Task No. 6 “Cut, Pick and Create”

Geometric Age

Archaic Age
 Classical Age

Hellenistic Age
Renaissance Age
 Modern
Postmodern

Contemporary
 Filipino National/Gamaba Artist Awardees
and their artworks
1. Lang Dulay
Born on August 3, 1928,[2] Lang Dulay was a T'boli
princess[3] from the Lake Sebu region in South
Cotabato. She first learnt weaving at the age of 12
from her mother, Luan Senig.

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.[1] She notably had a
mental repertoire of around 100 patterns and
designs:[4] some of these were based on her dreams,
hence her description as a "dreamweaver".[3]

Lang Dulay set up the Manlilikha ng Bayan Center workshop in her hometown to promote the
traditional art of T'nalak weaving and by 2014, five of her grandchildren had become weavers.[4]

Lang Dulay fell into a coma in early 2015[3] and died on April 30 of the same year.[5] She was
conferred the National Living Treasures Award in 1998.[4] That same year, her works were
featured in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in the United States as
part of the Philippine Independence Centennial celebrations.[5]

2.

Haja Amina Appi

Haja Amina Appi (June 25, 1925-April 2, 2013) 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. Her creations were acclaimed
for their precise sense of design, proportion and symmetry, and sensitivity to color.[1][2]

She was given the National Living Treasures Award in 2004 by the Philippines through the
National Commission for Culture and the Arts.[1] aja Appi was known for creating finely woven
mats with highly intricate designs. An older tradition produced Sama mats in plain white.
However, Haja Appi experimented with dyes for her designs, mixing her own dyes to create
striking designs for her mats.[3]

The entire process of creating mats is handed down exclusively among women among the Sama
of Tawi-Tawi.[1] Traditionally it was passed down from mother to daughter. Haja Appi taught
many young women in her community the art of mat-making in order to preserve her art for
future generations.[3]

3. 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.[1]

Intaray was born on April 10, 1943,[2] in

Makagwa Valley and lived in Brooke's Point,
Palawan. 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.[3]

The Palawan native was married and had four children. Intaray died on November 30, 2013, due
to complications from diabetes which included multiple bouts of stroke. He was aged 70.[3] An
outstanding master of the basal, kulilal and bagit is Masino, a gifted poet, bard artist, and
musician who was born near the head of the river in Makagwa valley on the foothill of
Mantalingayan mountain. Masino is not only well-versed in the instruments and traditions of the
basal, kulilal and bagit but also plays the aroding (mouth harp) and babarak (ring flute) and
above all is a prolific and pre-eminent epic chanter and story teller.

He has the creative memory, endurance, clarity of intellect and spiritual purpose that enable him
to chant all through the night, for successive nights, countless tultul (epics), sudsungit
(narratives), and tuturan (myths of origin and teachings of ancestors).

Masino and the basal and kulilal ensemble of Makagwa valley are creative, traditional artists of
the highest order of merit.

4.Federico Caballero
Born on December 25, 1938,[1] Caballero is of the
Panay-Bukidnon people from the Central Panay
mountains. He is known for his work on the
documentation of the oral literature, particularly
the ten epics. These epics are rendered in an extinct language related to Kinaray-a.[2]

Federico Caballero who is also called Nong Pedring learned about epics from his mother and his
grandmother, Anggoy Omil who would chant these to him and his siblings as a lullaby. When
Anggoy and his mother died, he went on to continue the traditions and documented these epics
which are referred to as the Labaw Dunggon and Humadapnon epics with researchers. He
worked with the Bureau of Nonformal Education, to teach people how to read and write and
would promote the tradition of epic chanting despite the initial objection of his children.[2]
He also worked as the manughusay in his local community, an arbiter who helps resolves
disputes and conflicts in the community. He is considered as a bantugan due to his positive
influence extending beyond his community. And he is good at doing anything that peoples tell
him to do, So he's basically a jack of trade [2]

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts recognized him as a National Living Treasure
in the year 2000 for "weaving the fabric of oral tradition".[3]

5. Darhati 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. Pis
[1]
refers to the geometric pattern
that is said to be derived from the Indic mandala, and siyabit stands for the hook and technique.[2]

Unmarried, Sawabi does weaving as a means of livelihood since farming, a common source of
income for Parang families, is not sustainable for herself. Pis syabit weaving is a tedious work. It
takes three days for the warp alone to be made. By age 48, she employs the help of apprentice
weavers and children in her work. In the 1970s, she has to moved residence at least twice due to
the Moro conflict.[1] Sawabi died on March 12, 2005,[3] about a year after she was given the
National Living Treasures Award.[4] Sawabi remains faithful to the art of pis syabit weaving. Her
strokes are firm and sure, her color sensitivity acute, and her dedication to the quality of her
products unwavering. She recognizes the need for her to remain in the community and continue
with her mission to teach the art of pis syabit weaving. She had, after all, already been teaching
the young women of Parang how to make a living from their woven fabrics. Some of her
students are already teachers themselves. She looks forward to sharing the tradition of pis syabit
weaving to the younger generations