GAWAD

SA MANLILIKHA NG

bayan
NATIONAL LIVING TREASURES AWARD

LESSON 4
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What is the meaning and objective of
GAMABA?
The Awards, Emblem, Criteria,
Process and Incentives
Awards
Mga Manlilikha ng Bayan
WHAT IS
GAMABA
Short term for Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan

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Is conferred on Filipinos who are at the
forefront of the practice, preservation,
and promotion of the nation’s traditional folk
arts.

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objectiv
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The main objective of the award is to honor and
support traditional folk artist and to see to it
that their skills and crafts are preserved. The
award is tied with a program that ensures the
transfer of their skills to new generations
and the promotion of the craft both locally and
internationally.
WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED THROUGH
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7355.
 Tasked with the
administration and
implementation of the
Award is the National
Commission for
Culture and the Arts
(NCCA), the highest
policy-making and
coordinating body for
culture and the arts of
the State.
NCCA (Ad Hoc
Panel of Experts)
conducts the search
for the finest
traditional
artists of the land.
HOW
DOES ONE BECOME
A MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN ?
 To become a “Manlilikha ng Bayan”, the
CRITERI candidate must possess the following
qualifications:
A
 01
He/she is 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 external elements that have influenced
it.
 02
He/she must have engaged in a folk art tradition that
has been in existence and documented for at least fifty
(50) years.
 03
He/she must have consistently performed or produced
over a significant period, works of superior and
distinctive quality.
 04
He/she 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
 05
He/she 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 qualities of a Manlilikha ng
Bayan candidate, but due to age or infirmity has left him/her
incapable of teaching further his/her craft, may still be recognized
if:

He/she had created a significant body

of works and/or has consistently
displayed excellence in the practice
of his/her art, thus achieving
important contributions for its
development.
A
A traditional artist who possesses all the qualities of a Manlilikha ng
Bayan candidate, but due to age or infirmity has left him/her
incapable of teaching further his/her craft, may still be recognized
if:

He/she has been

instrumental in the
inspiration of his/her
community’s artistic
tradition.
B
A traditional artist who possesses all the qualities of a Manlilikha ng
Bayan candidate, but due to age or infirmity has left him/her
incapable of teaching further his/her craft, may still be recognized
if:

He/She has been

recognized as a master of
his/her craft and admired for
his/her character and
integrity in his or her
community.
C
 categories
The Award shall be given in each, but not
limited to the following categories of
traditional folk arts:

✔Folk architecture
✔Maritime transport
✔Weaving
✔Carving
 categories
The Award shall be given in each, but not
limited to the following categories of
traditional folk arts:

✔ Performing Arts
✔ Literature
✔ Graphic and plastic arts
✔ Ornament
✔ Textile or fiber art
✔ Pottery
 WHAT ARE THE INCENTIVES
RECEIVED BY THE AWARDEE?
A Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee receives:
1. a specially designed gold medallion
2. A minimum cash award of Two Hundred
Thousand Pesos (Php 200,000.00),
3. A minimum lifetime personal monthly
stipend of Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php
50,000.00).
4. a maximum cumulative amount of
P750,000 medical and hospitalization
benefits annually similar to that received
by the National Artists and funeral
assistance/tribute fit for a National Living
Treasure
Source:
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Guidelines - National Commission for Culture and the
Arts (ncca.gov.ph)
 This is representation of the
human form used in tradition
cloth. Below the logo us the
phrase ‘Manlilikha ng
Bayan” written in Baybayin,
an ancient Filipino script
used in the Philippines in
the 16th century,

emblem
PR CES
O S
 panel
IT COMPOSED OF A
REPRESENTATIVES
FROM EACH

1
COMMITTEES OF
SUB-COMISSION ON
CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES AND
TRADITIONAL ARTS

✔ Office of Muslim Affairs

✔ National Commission
on Indigenous People
 nominations
Nominations can
come from the
members of the hoc

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panel of experts, the
sub-commissions on
cultural communities
and traditional arts,
government and etc.
 screening
The ad hoc search
committee is deployed to
various priority areas in
the country to conduct
searches and document
the candidates’ art/craft.

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✔ The Adhoc panel of
reviewers will review
the qualifications
✔ Submit their
recommendations to
the NCCA Board of
Commissioners.
✔ The Presidents of the
Philippines confers the
awardees in a public
ceremony in malacanan
Place.