What is Gamaba Awardee?

• GAMABA Awardees
• Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Awards
• or
• GAMABA
• is an award that acknowledges folk and indigenous artistswho,
despite the modern times, remain true to their traditions. It is
administered by the National Commission forCulture and the
Arts (NCCA) through Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Committee.GA
A!A began as a pro"ect of the #hilippine $otary Club akati%Ayala.
In &'' , it was adopted by the go ernmentand institutionali*ed
through$epublic Act No. his award aims to support and moti ate
these artists to preser etheir artistic heritage for the present and
future generations. hese artists are also recogni*ed as the
country/sNational 0i ing reasures.