GAMABA Flashcards
Whole definition of GAMABA (Filipino)
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
Whole definition of GAMABA (English)
National Living Treasures Award
What country started awarding their artists which was then followed by America?
Japan
This is given to a person or a group of artists that is recognized by the Philippine government for their contributions to the nation’s cultural heritage.
GAMABA
To be given a GAMABA award, one should be recognized by the Philippine government for their contributions to the nation’s ________?
Cultural heritage
GAMABA was institutionalized through R.A. No. _____.
Republic Act No. 7355
When was GAMABA institutionalized?
April 1992
“Manlilikha ng Bayan” shall mean a citizen engaged in any traditional art that is ________ Filipino.
uniquely
[Yes or No]
Should the art of a “Manlilikha ng Bayan” be of
- High level of technical and artistic excellence
- Have been passed on
- Widely practiced by the present generation
Yes
CRITERIA FOR GAMABA:
The candidate posses a
mastery of the 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.
Technical and creative skill
CRITERIA FOR GAMABA:
The work of the candidate must be outstanding aesthetically, and he/she must have consistently produced over a significant period, works of superior quality.
Artistic Quality
CRITERIA FOR GAMABA:
The candidate must have transferred and/or willing to transfer to other members of the community, skills in the folk art for which the community has become
nationally known.
Community tradition
CRITERIA FOR GAMABA:
The candidate must have engaged in a
folk art tradition that has been in existence and documented for
at least fifty (50) years.
Folk art tradition
CRITERIA FOR GAMABA:
As a precious treasure of the country, the candidate must command the respect and admiration of the country for his/her character and integrity.
Character and integrity
AKA Traditional Medicine or Healing
Ethnomedicine
AKA Traditional Medicine or Healing
Ethnomedicine
This was only recently added for GAMABA. (November 2020)
Ethnomedicine
These three (3) are now eligible for GAMABA under Ethnomedicine.
Albularyo, Babaylan, Manghihilot
Art of the ancient Filipino healing grounded on the principle of balance of the physical elements;
together with mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the person
- The use of PRESSURE
Hilot
Also known as herb doctor
Skilled in herbal remedies
Albularyo
Mastered psycho-spiritual practices for healing and well-being
- rituals
- psychoanalysts
Babaylan
Oral Tradition/Literature (3 Recipients)
Ginaw Bilog, Masino Intaray, Federico “Nong Pedring” Caballero
ORAL TRADITION: Who came from Mangyan Mindoro (1993)
Ginaw Bilog
ORAL TRADITION: Who came from Palawan - 1993
Masino Intaray
ORAL TRADITION: Who came from Bukidnon-Iloilo (2000)
Federico Caballero
Prompted and preserved Ambahan and Surat Mangyan
Ginaw Bilog
How was Ambahan recorded by Ginaw Bilog?
old bamboo (and old notebooks)
From what group did the ancient writing system called Surat Mangyan came from?
Hanunuo Mangyan
It is a poem composed of 7 rhyming end-syllables per line. Recited with NO MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT.
Ambahan
Ancient form of writing by the Mangyan group?
Surat Mangyan
Ancient form of writing by the Mangyan group?
Surat Mangyan
Epic chanters are also known as?
Manugsugidanon
Worked for the documentation of the oral literature, particularly Sugidanon (epic)
Federico Caballero
Opened the eyes of academicians and advocates with the beauty of Panay-Bukidnon oral tradition
Federico “Nong Pedring” Caballero
Musicians/Performers (4)
Masino Intaray, Samaon Sulaiman, Alonzo Saclag, Uwang Ahadas
He was awarded GAMABA for both literature and music
Masino Intaray
The Outstanding Master of Musical Traditions
Masino Intaray
Gong ensemble
Basal
Lyrical love poem
Kulilal
Instrumental music
Bagit
Mouth harp
Aroding
Ring flute
babarak
two-stringed lute
Kusyapi
Prolific and pre-eminent epic chanter AND storyteller from Palawan
Masino Intaray
Achieved the highest level of excellence in the art of kutyapi playing
Samaon Sulaiman
Other musical instruments played by Samaon Sulaiman:
Kulintang, agong, gandingan, palendag, tambul
Suspended bossed gong with wide rim
Agong
Suspended bossed gong with wide rim
Agong
Bossed gong with narrow rim
Gandingan
Lip-valley flute
Palendag
Lip-valley flute
Palendag
Kusyapi VS Kutyapi
- Came from Palawan
Kusyapi
Kusyapi VS Kutyapi
- Came from Mindanao
Kutyapi
Kusyapi VS Kutyapi
- Box-shaped lutes
- have frets which are all placed on the neck of the instrument with none of the body
Kusyapi
Kusyapi VS Kutyapi
- Elaborately carved owing to their skill as master wood carvers
- Leaflike
- Two strings with movable frets that are attached using beeswax
Kutyapi
Other terms of Kusyapo from Palawan Tribes
Palawan - kusyapi, kutyapo
Batak - kudlong
Tau’t Bato - kudlong
GAMABA awardee that came from Basilan and was near-blind since 5 years old
Uwang Ahadas
He plays different Yakan instruments
Uwang Ahadas
Can play Yakan in which birds would either go near or go away.
Uwang Ahadas
Yakan Traditional Instruments
Gabbang, Agung, Kwintangan kayu, Kwintangan, Agung
YAKAN: Percussion instrument used to announce marriage
Agung
YAKAN: Woman’s instrument
Kwintangan
YAKAN: Man’s intrument
Agung
Kalinga master of dance and the performing arts
Alonzo Saclag
Mastered Kalinga traditional instruments
Alonzo Saclag
He founded the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe
Alonzo Saclag
He was the one who argued for the broadcast of traditional Kalinga music alongside contemporary music in the local radio station
Alonzo Saclag
Bought hectares of land and transformed Lubuagan to a Kalinga Village called AWICHON
Alonzo Saclag
What do you call the Kalinga Village made by Alonzo Saclag?
Awichon
GAMABA recipients for weaving TEXTILE (6)
Lang Dulay, Salinta Moon, Magdalena Gamayo, Darhata Sawabi, Ambalang Ausalin, Yabing Masalin Dulo
GAMABA recipients for weaving MAT (2)
Haja Amina Appi, Estelita Bantilan
Textile weaver from South Cotabato (T’boli)
Lang Dulay
Textile weaver from Davao Del Sur (Bagobo)
Salinta Moon
Learned to weave Tnalak at the age of 12, when she first dreamed of a design.
Lang Dulay
Tnalak weavers are also called as?
Dream weavers
MATERIALS FOR DYEING TNALAK (3)
Loko - red (boiled 3 days)
Kenalum - black (boiled 7 days)
Abaca Fibers - tree
TYPES OF TNALAK TEXTILE (2)
Traditional (red. black, white)
Commercial (commercial dyes)
At 12 she presented herself to her mother, to be taught how to weave Inabal
Salinta Moon
What is the ancestral cloth of the Bagobo
Inabal
Salinta Moon and her sister created a _____ and _____ (handwoven tube skirts)
Sinukla and Bandira
Inabel ay mula sa mga…
(Ilokano o Bagobo)
Ilokano
Inabal ay mula sa mga…
(Ilokano o Bagobo)
Bagobo
Master of Mabang Tabih (B’laan Weaving)
Yabing Masalan Dulo
Started weaving Tabih when she was 14
Yabing Masalan Dulo
What did Yabing Masalan Dulo weave?
Mabang Tabih
This is the Mindanaoans way of dyeing
Ikat Textiles
This is a resist-dye technique of adding vibrant colorful patterns to woven textiles.
Ikat
Ikat came from the Indonesian verb menigkat which means…
tie off or to bind
IKAT METHOD IN PHILIPPINE TEXTILES (4)
T’nalak(T’boli)
Mabal Tabih (B’laan)
Bagobo Inabal
Maranaw
The best of Filipino inabel (Ilocano handwoven cloth) weaver.
Magdalena Gamayo
Magdalena Gamayo’s _____ blanket are high valued traditional patterns
abel
Traditional patterns of abel blanket:
- binakol, inuritan(geometric design)
- kusikos (spiral forms similar to oranges)
- Sinan-sabong(flowers)
Weaver of Pis Yabit
Darhata Sawabi
This is a handwoven square-shaped cloths which are worn as head covering by the Tausug of Jolo.
Pis Syabit
GAMABA awardee that was never married and had her own community of weavers (school) even before receiving the award.
Darhata Sawabi
Generations of traditional _____ designs have been preserved because of Darhata Sawabi.
Tausug
Yakan weaver who has mastered the designs and textile categories native to the Yakan.
Ambalang Ausalin
Yakan weaver who has mastered the designs and textile categories native to the Yakan.
Ambalang Ausalin
Best works of Ambalang Ausali
- peneh pitumpuh (cloth with seventy
designs) - peneh kenna–kenna (fish-like design)
- peneh sawe–sawe (snake-like design)
- peneh dawen–dawen (folial design)
- peneh kule–kule (turtle-like design)
Ambalang Ausalin, aside from being a Yakan weaver, was also renowned for weaving the _______.
It is a design of weave with stripes of the diamond twill technique.
Sinalu’an
This is the artistic ability that is a source of pride of Yakan women. (weaving)
Tennun
The secret of an intricately- woven cloth resides in the comb.
This type of comb is called
Sud dendam
The master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community.
Haja Amina Appi
Haja Amina is respected throughout her community because of her:
- unique designs
- straightness of her edging (tabig)
- finess of her _____ and ___-____
Sasa and kima-kima
- Women’s craft
- colorful mats with complex geometric patterns
- exhibiting precise sense of design
- proportion and symmetry
- sensitivity to color
- Colors from natural dyes and or commercial dyes
Sama mat weaving
Her nickname is Princess
Estelita Bantilan
Born as Labnai Tumndan but
took the name Estelita in
1950s; became Bantilan after
getting married
Estelita Bantilan
Her works are distinguished by
the tightness of their weave
and complexity of their
patterns
Estelita Bantilan
Two GAMABA awardees for carving/ornaments
Eduardo Mutuc and Teofilo Garcia
Eduardo Mutuc does the art of _______
pinukpuk
Eduardo Mutuc does the art of _______
pinukpuk
He is fond of the design motif callado, which depicts intertwined leaves and flowers embossed on silver-pated yellow brass.
Eduardo Mutuc
kattokong nga tabungaw;
Teofilo Garcia
Students at San Quintin National High School have
been making their own Tabungaw Graduation Hats.
Teofilo Garcia
