13: Living Treasure Awards LITERATURE Flashcards
His contribution to Philippine art is through the preservation of an ancient form of literature
Ginaw Bilog
What was the ancient form of literature preserved by one of the recognized National Living Treasures of the Philippines?
Ambahan Poetry
What tribe did Ginaw Bilog belong to?
Hanunuo Mangyan
From where did Ginaw Bilog come from?
Panaytayan, Oriental Mindoro
When was Ginaw Bilog awarded as a national living treasure?
1993
It is a traditional poetic form of the Hanunuo Mangyans which are commonly about nature, life and death, love, and relationships.
Ambahan Poetry
How many syllables per line does Ambahan Poetry contain?
7 syllables
Common themes of Ambahan Poetry
nature
life and death
love and relationships
What are the feelings described to be felt when reading ambahan poetry?
Humility and Beauty
Other forms of poetry described to share similarities in terms of imagery and simplicity to the Ambahan Poetry
Haiku-like Imagery
Dickinson-like Simplicity
5 points to which Postma defined Ambahan Poetry as.
- Verse with 7-syllable lines.
- Chanted, almost recited, with undefined musical pitch and no musical accompaniment
- Rhyming-end syllables
- Contain many words that do not occur in the spoken Hanunuo language
- Symbolic language to convey idea
Two forms in which ambahan poetry is expressed
- Chanted or in Social Circles
2. Inscribed on bamboo tubes or slates to be sent as letters to their recipients.
One of the three forms of baybayin that is still in use today
Hanunuo Script
An epic-chanted who persistently worked for the documentation of oral literature
Federico Caballero
Was able to document 10 epics in language that is no longer spoken
Federico Caballero
