Activity 4.

1: Think – Pair- Share (Borlagdatan and

Batigolao)
12-Gas Charity
Weaving
Manlilikha ng Bayan (Year of Conferment as Ethnicity/Location:
GAMABA Awardee): • T’boli
• LANG DULAY – 1998 National Living Expertise:
Treasure (Manlilikha ng Bayan)
• Traditional Weaver. She is credited with
preserving her people’s tradition of weaving
T’nalak, a dyed fabric made from refined abaca
fiber.

Short Biography:

• Lang Dulay was a T’boli princess from the Lake Sebu region in South Cotabato. Born on August 3, 1928.
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. She notably had a mental repertoire of around 100 patterns and
designs: some of these were based on her dreams, hence her description as a “dreamweaver”. 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. Lang Dulay fell into a coma in early
2015 and died on April 30 of the same year.

Recognition:

• She was conferred the National Living Treasures Award in 1998.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.
• HAJA AMINA APPI - 2004 National Living Treasure (Manlilikha ng Bayan)
: • Master Mat Weaver among the Sama indigenous community of Ungos Matata.

: • Sama indigenous people

Short Biography:

• Was a Filipino master mat weaver and teacher from the Sama indigenous people of Ungos Matata, Tandus,
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. She was given
the National Living Treasures Award in 2004 by the Philippines through the National Commission for Culture and
the Arts. Haja 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.

• MAGDALENA GAMAYO – 2012 National Living Treasure (Manlilikha ng Bayan)

• She learned the Ilocano weaving tradition of making inabel from her aunt at age 16. She taught herself on how to
execute the traditional patterns of binnekill, inuritan (geometric design), kusikos (orange-like spiral forms), and
sinan-sabong (flowers).

• Filipino

Short Biography:

• She is a native of Pinili, Ilocos Norte, learned the Ilocano weaving tradition of making inabel from her aunt at age
16. She taught herself on how to execute the traditional patterns of binakol, inuritan (geometric design), kusikos
(orange-like spiral forms), and sinan-sabong (flowers).She became best known for weaving the sinan-sabong, since
it is the most challenging pattern among the four. Her father bought her first loom, made by a local craft man using
sag’gat hardwood. Gamayo’s loom lasted for 30 years. Already past 80 years old, Gamayo remained committed in
making inabel. On November 8, 2012, she was conferred the National Living Treasure Award.
\Manlilikha ng Bayan (Year of Conferment as GAMABA Awardee):
• SALINTA MONON – 1998 National Living Treasure (Manlilikha ng Bayan)
• Filipino

Short Biography:

•Monon was born on December 12, 1920, and grew up in Bituag, Bansalan in Davao del Sur and watched
her mother weave ikat a traditional abaca fabric when she was a child, she asked her mother how to use
the loom at age 12 and learned how to weave within a few months. She weaves a design for three to four
months. In a month she can weave fabric which can be used for a single abaca tube skirt which measures
3.5 x 0.42 meters. Her favorite design is the binuwaya or crocodile which is said to be among the most
difficult to weave. Monon was awarded the National Living Treasures Award in 1998. She died on June 4,
2009. President Rodrigo Duterte declared a year-long celebration named “Centennial Year of Salinta
Monon” from December 12, 2021, in her honor.

Expertise:

• 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”.

• DARHATA SAWABI – 2004 National Living Treasure (Manlilikha ng Bayan)

• Textile Weaver. 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.

• Tausug

Short Biography:

• She is a recipient of the National Living Treasures Award, having given the distinction in 2004. Pis refers
to the geometric pattern that is said to be derived from the Indic mandala, and siyabit stands for the hook
and technique. 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 shabti 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. Sawabi died on March 12, 2005, about a year after she was given the National Living Treasures
Award.
B. CATEGORY: LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
Manlilikha ng Bayan (Year of Conferment as GAMABA Awardee):

• GINAW BILOG – 1993

Short Biography:

• 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 Mansaray Oriental Mindoro, he
was known for his efforts in preserving the mangyan poetry tradition of ambahan. Then President Fidel V.
Ramos, conferred the National Living Treasure Award to Ginaw Bilog on December 17, 1993 in recognition
of his people’s preservation efforts of the ambahan poetry which is recorded on bamboo. He died in June
3, 2003 at age 50 due to a lingering illness.

Ethnicity/Location:

• Hanunuo Mangyan.

Expertise:

• Filipino Poet. He was known for his efforts in preserving the Mangyan poetry tradition of ambahan.

Manlilikha ng Bayan ( Year of Conferment as GAMABA Awardee):

•ALONZO SACLAG – 2000

Short Biography:

•Born on August 4, 1942. A member of the Kalinga people and a native of Lubuagan, Kalinga province,
Saclag taught himself of his people’s traditions in the performing arts. He learned how to play traditional
Kalinga musical instruments and Kalinga ritual dance He is instrumental in establishing the practice of
children 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. He also formed the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe with
the intent of promoting Kalinga dance to a wider audience. Saclag was conferred the National Living
Treasures Award in 2000. By 2016, he had established a village within his town, named Awichon, which
aims to promote Kalinga culture to tourists.

Ethnicity/Location:

• Kalinga people and a native of Lubuagan, Kalinga province

Expertise:

• He is instrumental in establishing the practice of children 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 – 2000

Short Biography:

• Born on December 25, 1938,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.

He 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.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 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”.

Ethnicity/Location:

• Panay-Bukidnon people from the Central Panay mountains.

Expertise:

• 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.

Manlilikha ng Bayan (Year of Conferment as GAMABA Awardee):

• MASINO INTARAY – 1993

Short Biography:

• 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.

Intaray was born on April 10, 1943, 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.

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.

Ethnicity/Location:

• Hanunuo Mangyan

Expertise:

• Filipino Poet. He was known for his efforts in preserving the Mangyan poetry tradition of ambahan.
 C.CATEGORY : PLASTIC ARTS

Manlilikha ng Bayan ( Year of Conferment as GAMABA Awardee):

UWANG AHADAS – 2000

Short Biography:

• Uwang Ahadas was born on February 16, 1945. He went near blind when he was five years old. People
in his community believed that this was due to retribution of nature spirits which lived in Bohe Libaken,
a creek where Ahadas frequently bathe in. Ahadas along with his siblings musicians were taught how to
play Yakan traditional instruments as children. He first learned how to play the gabbang, a wooden
bamboo instrument similar to the xylophone then learned how to play the agung an instrument
traditionally played by Yakan men.

Ethnicity/Location:

•Yakans People are the traditional settlers of Basilan Island in the Southern Philippines, situated to the
west of Zamboanga in Mindanao.

Expertise:

• By age 20, Ahadas had already mastered the kwintangan which is considered as the most important
Yakan musical instrument despite the instrument traditionally reserved for women. He can also play the
tuntungan.

Manlilikha ng Bayan ( Year of Conferment as GAMABA Awardee):

• TEOFILO GARCIA – 2012

Short Biography:

• He is known for crafting tabungaw hat, a type of Ilocano hat made from a variety of gourd
(Cucurbitaceae) known locally as tabungaw. Garcia, who has five children, primarily works as a farmer.
He primarily cultivates rice and tobacco and tends to a herd of cows. During the period when he does
neither of these, Garcia grows tabungaw. He is a native of the town of San Quintin in Abra. Garcia
learned how to create tabungaw hats and weave basket from his grandfather when he was 15 years
old. He eventually became known for producing tabungaw hats – his hats were reputed to be the most
sturdy and smooth in his community.Garcia himself would wear tabungaw hat in his daily life and he
could create 100 headwear in a year if the gourd harvest is good. He would also innovate on the
creation of tabungaw hats experimenting on using nito and bamboo fibers as décor. The interior of
Garcia’s hats would also vary in decoration. On November 8, 2012, he was conferred the National
Living Treasure Award.

Ethnicity/Location:

• Filipino

Expertise:

•He is known for crafting tabungaw hat, a type of Ilocano hat made from a variety of gourd
(Cucurbitaceae) known locally as tabungaw. He has five children, primarily works as a farmer.
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C.CATEGORY: PLASTIC ARTS

Manlilikha ng Bayan (Year of Conferment as GAMABA Awardee):

•EDUARDO MUTUC - 2004

Short Biography:

• He was given the National Living Treasures Award in 2004. Mutuc is a Kapampangan from Apalit,
Pampanga. He was born on October 12, 1949, to farmers and grew up with nine siblings. He only finished
his elementary education helping his parents in farming thereafter. He continued to work as a farmer in
adulthood., he started his artistic career late as a woodcarver at age 29. He worked in an antique shop
owned by the Lozano family who were his relatives as a helper. It was during his stint that he learned
woodcarving under Carlos Quiros. On his sixth year, he learned silver plating or locally known pinukpuk
from a colleague and left the furniture shop where he was working to be an independent craftsman with
another friend. One of his first clients as an independent craftsman was Monsignor Fidelis Limcauco who
commissioned him to create a tabernacle for a parish church in Fairview, Quezon City.

Ethnicity/Location: