LESSON 4 – GAWAD SA MANLILIKHANG BAYAN AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO PHILIPPINE ARTS

LITERATURE

Ginaw Bilog – is a Hanunuo Mangyan poet from Mansalay, Mindoro who is an advocate of preserving
the traditional form of his tribe called “ambahan” — a kind of poem consisting seven-syllable lines which
most of the time contains messages of love and friendship.

Federico Caballero (Nong Pedring) – is a Panay-Bukidnon epic chanter who preserved his community’s
oral tradition by tediously documenting epics of his ancestors that are in near danger of disappearance.

MUSIC/DANCE

Alonzo Saclag – is a master of dance and performing arts from Kalinga. He did not receive any formal
education in performing arts but still he mastered the choreography and music instruments of Kalinga
just by observation and practice.

Masino Intaray – came from the indigenous community in Southern Palawan called Palawan. Intaray was
a musician and a poet whose expertise were the basal, kulilal and bagit. He is a notable story teller and
epic chanter.

Basal – is a kind of musical ensemble played during the tambilaw, a ritual of rice sharing among the
Palawan people as offering to the Lord of rice, and during the tinapay, a rice wine drinking ceremony; is
composed of the gimbal or tubular drum, sanang or pair of small gongs, and one agungs or gongs with
wide tunes.

Kulilal – is a lyric poem about love being sung to the accompaniment of kusyapi, two-stringed lute, and
pagang, bamboo zither.

Bagit – is an instrumental music reflecting the sound and movement of nature.

Samaon Sulaiman – is a Maguindanaon musician from Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao. He is a master in

playing the kutyapi, a two-stringed plucked lute.

Kutyapi – is one of the most difficult to master indigenous Filipino instrument, but Samaon Sulaiman was
able to play it with grace and exemplary talent.

Uwang Ahadas – is the exemplary musician of the Yakan of Lamitan, Basilan whose expertise dwell in
playing the indigenous instrument called Kwintangan Kayu – is an instrument that composed of five
wooden logs of different sizes ,arranged from shortest to longest, and hung horizontally.

WEAVING
Darhata Sawabi – is a pis yabit weaver from Barangay Parang, Jolo, Sulu. The weavers in her community
considered her as an expert in weaving due to her well-crafted cloth with the remarkable intricacy of
design and evenness of weave.

Pis yabit – is a square multi-colored traditional cloth that serves as the head cover of the Tausug of Jolo.

Haja Amina Appi – is the master mat weaver of the Sama indigenous community from Ungos Matata,
Tawi-Tawi. Her mat designs are complicated and creatively crafted with an interplay of hues.

Mat weaving – is one of the treasured traditions of the Sama people. Their mat is made up of the
pandan leaves which undergo tedious processes from stripping, to sun dying, to dyeing, up to weaving.

Lang Dulay – is a tnalak weaver from the indigenous community of the Tboli in Lake Sebu, South
Cotabato. She is an exemplary weaver who knows a hundred of designs .

Tnalak – is a kind of fabric made up of fine abaca fibers weaved with different designs which reflect the
tradition of theTboli.

Magdalena Gamayo – is an Ilocano master weaver who came from Pinili, Ilocos Norte. Her expertise
dwell in weaving high-quality Ilocos textile called abel.

Abel – it is a kind of blanket made up of cotton weaved in different patterns.

Salita Monon – is a Bagobo textile weaver from Bansalan, Davao del Sur. The traditional Bagobo fabrics
which are made up of abaca fibers is the product of Salita.

METALWORK

Eduardo Mutuc – is a metalsmith from Apalit, Pampanga, who created numerous wood carving and
metal art with religious and secular themes. He did intricate decorations for churches.

CASQUE

Teofilo Garcia – is an Ilocano casque maker from San Quintin, Abra. He is known from crafting high
quality and functional headpiece called tabungaw. The Tabungaw that Teofilo makes is made up of
native gourd called upo, rattan and bamboo.