GAMABA AWARDEES

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Uwang Ahadas - musician

Question 2

At age 20, he broke tradition by reaching excellence in playing the kwintangan

Answer 2

Uwang Ahadas - musician

Question 3

A gong that is traditionally played by men

Answer 3

Agung

Question 4

A bamboo xylophone with a beater called a lisag

Answer 4

Gabbang

Question 5

A set of logs of different sizes that are usually suspended under a tree near rice fields

Answer 5

Kwintangan Kayu

Question 6

She was awarded in 2012.

Based in Pinili, Ilocos Norte

Answer 6

Magdalena Gamayo - textile weaver

Question 7

___________ _________ took up weaving when she was 16, guided by her aunt’s patterns.

received her first loom from her father three years later

Answer 7

Magdalena Gamayo - textile weaver

Question 8

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)

Answer 8

Magdalena Gamayo - textile weaver

Question 9

He was awarded in 2004.

Mutuc is based in Apalit, Pampanga

Answer 9

Eduardo Mutuc - metalsmith and artist

Question 10

He uses wood, silver, and bronze to create exquisitely detailed and lifelike pieces of
varying sizes: altars, mirrors, retablos, and even
carosas.

Answer 10

Eduardo Mutuc - metalsmith and artist

Question 11

Awarded in 2012

San Quintin, Abra

Answer 11

Teofilo Garcia - gourd casque “tabungaw” maker

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Teofilo Garcia - gourd casque “tabungaw” maker

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

Lang Dulay - textile weaver

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Lang Dulay - textile weaver

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

Masino Intaray - chanter and musician

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Masino Intaray - chanter and musician

Question 17

She was awarded in 2004. She passed away in 2005.

lead young women towards making a living out of her craft

Answer 17

Darhata Sawab - textile weaver

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

Darhata Sawab - textile weaver