LESSON 4

Question 1

It was through the 1988 National Folk Artists Awards initiated by the Rotary Organization in Ayala-Makati that the giving of recognition to outstanding Filipino artists specifically in music and poetry paved the way to the conceptualization of the

Answer 1

GAWAD SA MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN.

Question 2

Becoming a Manlilikha ng Bayan requires the ff.
qualifications:

Answer 2

1. 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;
2. He/she must have engaged in a folk art
   tradition that has been in existence and
   documented for at least fifty (50) years;
3. He/she must have consistently performed or
   produced over a significant period, works of
   superior and distinctive quality;
4. 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;
5. 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. Categories

Question 3

THE REWARDS OF BEING
‘MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN’

Answer 3

1. The awardee receives a
   specially designed gold
   medallion.
2. An initial grant
   of Php 100,000
3. Php 10,000
   monthly stipend for
   life
4. Additional personal
   allowance of Php 14,000
   if there is a need.
5. Php 750,000 medical
   and hospitalization annual
   benefits
6. Funeral assistance and
   tribute fit for a National
   Living Treasure.

Question 4

THE PROCESS OF SELECTING
THE “MANLILIKHA NG
BAYAN” AWARDEE

Answer 4

2. Documentation of candidate-
   nominees for the GAMABA.
3. Guided by the criteria and qualifications for becoming
   a Manililikha ng Bayan set by the rules and regulations
   in the law the final list of nominees will be submitted to
   the Ad Hoc Panel of Experts.
4. The Ad Hoc Screening Committee shall
   recommend nominees for the award to an
   Ad Hoc Panel of Reviewers;
5. The Ad Hoc panel of Reviewers shall evaluate
   qualifications of the nominees. The documentation
   submitted by the Ad Hoc Search Committees shall
   be considered in the evaluation process.
6. The Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
   Committee shall then submit to the NCCA the
   recommendations of the Ad Hoc Panel of
   Reviewers for appropriate action;
7. The names of the GAMABA awardees
   approved by the NCCA Board shall be
   submitted to the President of the
   Philippines for proclamation.

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

Ginaw Bilog

Question 6

The ___________ 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.

Answer 6

Ambahan

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

MASINO INTARAY

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

Samaon Sulaiman

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Lang Dulay

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

SALINTA MONON

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

ALONZO SACLAG

Question 12

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

Answer 12

FREDERICO CABALLERO

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

UWANG AHADAS

Question 14

a weaver of pis
syabit -which is the traditional
cloth tapestry worn as a head
cover by the Tausugs of Jolo,
Sulu.

Answer 14

DARHATA SAWABI