GAMABA Awardees Flashcards
(25 cards)
Hanunuo Mangyan, native of Mandalay, Oriental Mindoro. Preserved the Mangyan poetry tradition of “ambahan”
Ginaw Bilog
Poet, Bard artist, and musician from Palawan. Known for his performance of local traditions of “basal”, “kulilal”, and “bagit”. Recipient of the “Tinapa Hoy Maerich Dine”
Masino Intaray
Maguindanaon known for his mastery of the indigenous “kutyapi” instrument.
Samaon Sulaiman
Traditional weaver credited with preserving her people’s tradition of weaving “T’nalak”, a dyed fabric made from refined abaca fibre
Lang Dulay
textile weaver known for her Bagobo-Tagabawa textiles and also known as the “last Bagobo weaver”
Salinta Monon
renowned musician from Kalinga known for his mastery of traditional Kalinga musical instruments and dances without formal training. He also played “gangsa”.
Alonzo Saclag
Epic poet from Panay, known for his work on the documentation of oral literature, particularly the “ten epics”. These epics are rendered in an extinct language related to “Kinaray-a”.
Federico Caballero
Folk musician of the Yakan people. Known for his mastery in playing traditional Yalan instruments such as the “agung”, “gabbang”, and “kwintangan kayu”
Uwang Ahadas
Weaver from Parang, Sulu known for “pis yabit”, a tausug cloth tapestry worn as a head covering by the people of Jolo.
Darhata Sawabi
metalsmith and sculptor, known to be a practitioner of the craft of “pinukpuk” which involved the stamping of embellishments on metal sheets. He creates works of both secular and religious nature using silver, wood, and bronze mediums.
Eduardo Mutuc
master tepo mat weaver and teacher from the Sama indigenous people of Ungos Matata, Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi. Credited with creating colorful pandan mats with complex geometric patterns.
Haja Amina Appi
Filipino hatter, known for making “tabungaw” hats, a type of Ilocano headwear
Teofilo Garcia
Filipino weaver who is a lead-practitioner of the Ilocano tradition of “pinagabel”. Master weaver of the “inabel cloth” - the historical cotton fabric bartered for gold in the Galleon Trade and mentioned in the classic Ilocano epic Biag ni Lam-ang.
Magdalena Gamayo
Master weaver from the city of Lamitan, Basilan. She is known among the weavers as “Apuh Ambalang”, was renowned for her excellent skills in Yakan weaving techniques and designs, such as the sinalu’an and seputangan
Ambalang Ausalin
textile weaver from the municipality of Malapatan, Sarangani. Also known as “Labnai”, is a renowned master weaver of Blaan mats called “igêm”. Credited with creating “some of the biggest, most subtly beautiful mats to be seen anywhere in Southeast Asia”
Estelita Bantilan
also known as “Fu Yabing”. She was a master weaver known for being excellent in making the “Blaan tabih” (woven abaca cloth)
Yabing Dulo
highly esteemed Mandaya virtuoso, renowned for her exceptional skills in the art of “Dagmay” weaving
Samporonia Madanlo
Also known as “Boi Lmingon”, Sula is a “T’boli” epic chanter, composer, musician, and dancer
Rosie Sula
Mat weaver known for the “Higa-onon” Manobo mat weaving art of “ikam”
Marife Ganahon
Folk dancer who specialize in the Sama dance of “Igal”, a traditional ritual dance deeply rooted in the culture of Sama people from the island provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi
Sakinur-ain Delasas
Igorot embroiderer and Beadworker from Paracelis, Mountain Province. She is credited for her promotion and preservation of “manu’bak” (beadwork) and “ameru” (embroidery) of the “Ga’dang”
Amparo Mabanag
master textile weaver who specialize in “T’nalak” from Lake Sebu in South Cotabato
Barbara Ofong
metalworker who is noted for brass casting (Temwel), a skill bestowed upon him by “Ginton”, the deity of metal-work
Bundos Fara
Chanter specializing in “Dallot” and other Ilocano oral tradition
Adelita Bagcal
