gawad awardees Flashcards
● Traditional Art: Ambahan Poetry
● Place: Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro
● Ambahan - a poetic literary form composed of seven-syllable lines used to convey messages through metaphors and images.
● The ambahan is sung and its messages range from courtship, giving advice to the young, asking for a place to stay, saying goodbye to a dear friend and so
on
ginaw bilog
poet
● Traditional Art: Kulilal, Bagit, Basal,
Gong
● Place: Brookes Point, Palawan
● Filipino Poet, Bard Artist, Musician, and Storyteller
● He mastered various traditional instruments of Pala’wan such as basal (gong ensemble), kulilal (lyrical poem with lute and zither accompaniment), and bagit (instrumental music depicting the rhythms, movements and sounds of
nature)
masino intaray
musician and storyteller
● Traditional Art: Kutyapi Music
● Place: Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao
● He was given the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Award in 1993 in recognition of his artistry and dedication of playing kutiyapi.
● He is also proficient in kulintang, agong, gandingan, palendag, and tambul.
● He first learned to play kutyapi at around 13 years old from his uncle and mastered playing kutyapi at 35 years of
age.
samaon sulaiman
musician
● Traditional Art: T’nalak and T’boli
Weaver
● Place: Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
● She is a traditional weaver of T’nalak or T’boli cloth, a dyed fabric made from refined abaca fiber.
● She knows at least 100 designs, there is bankiring (hair bangs), kabang (butterfly), bulinglangit (clouds) and each one represents a different story.
lang dulay
(t’boli textile weaver)
● Traditional Art: Abaca-Ikat / Inabal
● Place: Tagabawa Bagobo from Bansalan, Davao del Sur.
● She has woven continuously, through her marriage and six pregnancies, and even after her husband’s death 20 years ago. She and her sister are the only remaining Bagobo weavers in her community. (“last Bagobo weaver“)
● Works:
○ Inabal - Woven abacan cloth.
salinta monon
abaca-ikat/inabal weaver
● Traditional Art: Poetry/Epic Chant
● Place: Sulod-Bukidnon, Iloilo
● 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.
● Works:
○ Tikum Kadlum - tells about the hunting spree of Datu Paiburong
○ Amburukay - It centers on the hilarious character of the old ugly Amburukay who demands payment from Datu Labaw Donggon for the theft of her gold pubic hair.
○ Derikaryong Pada - The most beautiful maiden of her time blooms to full maturity and waits for the fulfillment of the tuos (the promise of having one’s daughter married to someone’s son)
federico caballero
epic chanter
● Traditional Art: Yakan
● Place: Lamitan, Basilan
● He contributed his life’s work to preserve and promote Yakan culture through the traditional music and instruments of his tribe
● Went near blind when he was five years old.
● Taught to play traditional instruments at a very young age – Gabbang, Agung, Kwintangan kayu, and Tuntungan.
● Instruments:
○ Agung
○ Gabang
○ Kwintangan Kayu
○ Tungtungan
uwang ahadad
● Traditional Art: Music and Dance
● Place: Lubugan, Kalinga Province
● Famous for his talent in playing different Kalinga musical instruments and mastery of dance pattern and movements associated with people’s
ritual.
● Contributed in preserving Kalinga Culture through dances, music and
custom.
● Founder of Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe - pact to establish peace and resolve conflict.
alonzo saclag
● Traditional Art: Pis Syabit Weaver
● Place: Parang, Sulu
darhata sawabi
● Traditional Art: Metalsmith
● Place: Apalit, Pampanga
● pukpuk
eduarto mutuc
➢ Traditional art: MAT WEAVER
➢ Place: Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi
➢ Filipino master mat weaver and teacher
➢ She was given the National Living Treasures
Award in 2004 by the Philippines through the
National Commission for Culture and the Arts
haja amina appi
➢ Traditional art: TABUNGAW CASQUE
MAKER
➢ Place: San Quintin, Abra
➢ He is known for being self-sustaining in his
craft as he personally harvests the tabungaw,
a round type of gourd (Family Cucurbitaceae)
planted specifically for making kattukong.
teofilo garcia
➢ Traditional art: INABEL WEAVER
➢ Place: Pinili, Ilocos Norte
➢ She taught herself the traditional patterns of
binakol, inuritan (geometric design), kusikos
(spiral forms similar to oranges)
➢ Gamayo prefers to work with linen as it is
obedient to the master weaver. Her personal
collection includes abel that has been in use
for generations.
magdalena gamayo
➢ Traditonal art: YAKAN TENNUN WEAVER
➢ Place: Lamitan, Basilan
➢ A renowned textile weaver
➢ Taught the art of weaving by her mother
ambalang ausalin
➢ Traditional art: B’LAAN IGEM WEAVER
➢ Place: Malapatan, Sarangani
➢ Her birth name was Labnai Tumndan
➢ She had been creating igem (mats) since she
was six
estelita tumandan
