Schools Division Office

District VI
ISMAEL MATHAY SR.HIGH SCHOOL
(Formerly GSIS Village High School)
Branches Ext., GSIS Village, Quezon City

Subject: CONTEMPORARY ARTS FROM THE REGION Name: Bernadette,Christian,Guile

Grade & Section: 12 Track/Strand: STEM
Topic: Gamaba Artists Date Submitted:
Date Deadline:

GAMABA ARTISTS

Name of Artist: HAJA AMINA APPI

Artist Profile Information about the Artist
 Is recognized as the master mat weaver among the Sama
indigenous community of Ungos Matata.
 She has been called the “weaver of rainbows”.
Brief Biography  She is respected throughout her community for her unique
designs, the straightness of her edging (tabig) and the
fineness of her sasa and kima-kima.
 They characterize her as a patient and gentle teacher, Haja
Amina’s passion for perfection shows itself as she runs a
finger alongside the uneven stitching and obvious
patchwork on her apprentices’ work.

Major Works  RAINBOWS, a matweaving creation by Haja Amina Appi.

 Amina was recognized as a Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan

Awards (GAMABA) awardee in 2005.
  She uses dyes and geometric patterns, exhibit her precise
Style sense of design, proportion, symmetry and sensitivity to
color.

Name of Artist: FEDERICO CABALLERO

Artist Profile Information about the Artist
 Is a Sulod-Bukidnon epic chanter from Kalinog, Iloilo who
ceaselessly works for the documentation of the oral
Brief Biography literature, particularly the epics, of his people.
 He is also called Nong Pedring learned about epics from
his mother and his grandmother.
 He is considered as a bantugan due to his positive
influence extending beyond his community.

 He made his first studies in Brazilian schools, Adela

Speratti and Artigas, respectively, and high school at the
Education
Colegio de San Lui, always in the city of Asuncion.

 Tikum Kadlum, Amburukay, Derikaryong Pada,

Major Works Balanakon, Kalampay Sugidanon, Pahagunong,
Sinagnayan, Humadapnon, Nagbuhis, Alayaw
 In year 2000, Federico Caballero was granted the
GAMABA Award because of his efforts to preserve Panay
Awards - Bukidnon’s beliefs, literature by encouraging researchers
and culture advocates to write them to teach younger
members in their community.
Style  Weaving the fabric of oral tradition.
References:
https://sites.google.com/site/takemetomindanaogroup5/gamaba-awardees/haja-amina-appi
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Federico-Caballero