THE NATIONAL

LIVING TREASURES
 Ginaw Bilog
• born on January 3, 1953 is a Hanunoo
Mangyan from Mansalay, Mindoro.
He initiated the preservation of the
Ambahan which is the key to the
exploration of the Mangyan soul .
Ambahan is a poetic literary form
comprised of seven- syllable lines.
•The Ambahan in baybayin is a
pre-colonial script which is a
poetic literary form engraved in
bamboos and the like with the
use of stylus or knives.
 MASINO INTARAY
•A gifted poet, epic- chanter, story-
teller and musician from Makagwa
Valley, Palawan. A master of
traditional music instruments such
as basal, kulilaland bagit. He is
also an expert in the aroding
(mouth harp) and babarak or ring
flute.
 Samaon Sulaiman
•at age 35 is the most honored kutyapi
master and teacher in Maganoy,
Mindanao as he is very proficient in
the kulintang, agong or suspended
bosses gong with wide rim, tambul
gandingan or bossed gong with narrow
rim, and palendag or lip-valley flute.
 Lang Dulay
•A master textile weaver from
T'boli, Lake Sebu, South
Cotabato. Lang Dulay was only
12 when she first learned how to
weave using Abaca fibers.
 SALINTA MONON
•A Bagobo born on December 12, 1920
at Bansalan, Davao del sur, Salinta
Monon at 12 desired to be taught how to
weave. She developed a keen eye for the
traditional designs, and at the age of 65
she can still identify a design at a
glance.
 ALONZO SACLAG
•From Lubuagan, Kalinga, Alonzo
Saclag devoted his energy on the
preservation of artifacts such as the
Kalinga gong or the gangsa to
revive this dying treasures.
FREDERICO CABALLERO

•is an epic-chanter from Kalinog,

Iloilo and from the mountains of
Central Panay who ceaselessly
worked for the documentation of the
epics and oral literature of his
people. He preserved and promoted
the encyclopedic folklore of Panay.
 UWANG AHADAS
•is a Yakan from Lamitan, Basilan who
values much musical instruments
because he was nearly blind. From the
gabbang, a bamboo xylophone, his
skills progressed to the playing of the
agung, the kwintangan kayu, and later
other more complex instruments.
 DARHATA SAWABI

•Darhata is a weaver of pis

syabit -which is the traditional
cloth tapestry worn as a head
cover by the Tausugs of Jolo,
Sulu.
 EDUARDO MUTUC
•From Apalit, Pampanga Eduardo
Mutuc is an artist who has dedicated
his life to creating religious and
secular art in silver, bronze and
wood. His intricately detailed
retablos, mirrors, altars, and carosas
are in churches and private
collections.