GAMABA AWARDEES Flashcards
He was awarded in 2000
Yakan musical instruments are not the easiest or most affordable to maintain, but _______ ______ of Lamitan, Basilan made it his life’s work to master them
Uwang Ahadas - musician
At age 20, he broke tradition by reaching excellence in playing the kwintangan
Uwang Ahadas - musician
A gong that is traditionally played by men
Agung
A bamboo xylophone with a beater called a lisag
Gabbang
A set of logs of different sizes that are usually suspended under a tree near rice fields
Kwintangan Kayu
She was awarded in 2012.
Based in Pinili, Ilocos Norte
Magdalena Gamayo - textile weaver
___________ _________ took up weaving when she was 16, guided by her aunt’s patterns.
received her first loom from her father three years later
Magdalena Gamayo - textile weaver
She taught herself traditional patterns such as; kusikus (whirlwind) marurup (Milky Way)
sinan paddak ti pusa (cat’s pawprint) building on the more common inuritan (geometric
design) sinansabong (flowers)
Magdalena Gamayo - textile weaver
He was awarded in 2004.
Mutuc is based in Apalit, Pampanga
Eduardo Mutuc - metalsmith and artist
He uses wood, silver, and bronze to create exquisitely detailed and lifelike pieces of
varying sizes: altars, mirrors, retablos, and even
carosas.
Eduardo Mutuc - metalsmith and artist
Awarded in 2012
San Quintin, Abra
Teofilo Garcia - gourd casque “tabungaw” maker
He was able to introduce the tabungaw plant as a good and sturdy material for
functional, elegant, and protective hats. usually takes seven days to finish a hat
Teofilo Garcia - gourd casque “tabungaw” maker
She was awarded in 1998, and passed away in 2015.
who grew up in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, was taught to weave by her mother when
she was 12.
Lang Dulay - textile weaver
She knew around a hundred, including bulinglangit (clouds), kabangi (butterfly),
crocodiles, and flowers
She valued purity, so much so that she never washed her t’nalak with soap
Lang Dulay - textile weaver
He was awarded in 1993, passed away in 2013.
A member of the Pala’wan tribe, musician and epic chanter
He was a master of the basal.
Masino Intaray - chanter and musician
Basal gong music ensemble played during rice cooking (tambilaw) and sharing (tinapay)
rituals, which gather the community as they serve offerings to Pala’wan rice god Ampo’t
Paray.
also performed the kulilal, a lyrical poem expressing love, accompanied by two-stringed
lute and bamboo zither, the bagit, an instrumental piece about nature
Masino Intaray - chanter and musician
She was awarded in 2004. She passed away in 2005.
lead young women towards making a living out of her craft
Darhata Sawab - textile weaver
Parang, Sulu-based textile weaver’s primary creation was the headpiece PIS SIYABIT
PIS SIYABIT
PIS stands for the pattern, which is said to be derived from India’s mandala, depicting
spirituality through geometric forms, and SIYABIT refers to the hook and technique.
Darhata Sawab - textile weaver
