The document discusses the National Living Treasures Award (Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan) in the Philippines, which honors traditional folk artists. Some key details:
- The award recognizes Filipinos who preserve indigenous customs and folk arts that have been practiced for at least 50 years.
- Awardees receive a gold medallion, initial grant of 100,000 pesos, and a lifetime monthly stipend of 10,000 pesos to ensure the transfer of their cultural skills.
- Several past recipients are mentioned, recognized for arts like music, weaving, metalworking, and dance from different cultural communities across the Philippines.
The document discusses the National Living Treasures Award (Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan) in the Philippines, which honors traditional folk artists. Some key details:
- The award recognizes Filipinos who preserve indigenous customs and folk arts that have been practiced for at least 50 years.
- Awardees receive a gold medallion, initial grant of 100,000 pesos, and a lifetime monthly stipend of 10,000 pesos to ensure the transfer of their cultural skills.
- Several past recipients are mentioned, recognized for arts like music, weaving, metalworking, and dance from different cultural communities across the Philippines.
The document discusses the National Living Treasures Award (Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan) in the Philippines, which honors traditional folk artists. Some key details:
- The award recognizes Filipinos who preserve indigenous customs and folk arts that have been practiced for at least 50 years.
- Awardees receive a gold medallion, initial grant of 100,000 pesos, and a lifetime monthly stipend of 10,000 pesos to ensure the transfer of their cultural skills.
- Several past recipients are mentioned, recognized for arts like music, weaving, metalworking, and dance from different cultural communities across the Philippines.
The document discusses the National Living Treasures Award (Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan) in the Philippines, which honors traditional folk artists. Some key details:
- The award recognizes Filipinos who preserve indigenous customs and folk arts that have been practiced for at least 50 years.
- Awardees receive a gold medallion, initial grant of 100,000 pesos, and a lifetime monthly stipend of 10,000 pesos to ensure the transfer of their cultural skills.
- Several past recipients are mentioned, recognized for arts like music, weaving, metalworking, and dance from different cultural communities across the Philippines.
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan community anywhere in the
Philippines that has preserved
National Living Treasures Award indigenous customs, beliefs, April 1992 rituals and traditions and/or has Conferred on Filipinos who are at the forefront of syncretized whatever external the practice preservation and promotion of the elements that have influenced it. nation’s traditional folk arts b. Must have engaged in a folk art Objectives: to honor and support traditional folk tradition that has been in artists and to see to it that their skills and crafts existence and documented for are preserve atleast 50 yrs formalized in 1992, through RA 7355 (Manlilikha c. Must have consistently ng Bayan Act) performed/produced over a award is tied w/ a program that ensures the significant period, works of transfer of their skills to new generations superior and distinctive quality promotion of craft locally & internationally d. Must possess a mastery of tools (2014) Senate Resolution No. (SNR) 765 aimed at & mtrls. Needed by the art, and recognizing the accomplishments of the have an established reputation in country’s living treasures the art as master & maker of Emblem – award logo works of extraordinary technical - A representation of the human form used in quality traditional cloth e. Must have passed on and/or will - Below logo: “Manlilikha ng Bayan” in pass on to other members of the baybayin (filipino script 16th century) community their skills in the folk National Commission for Culture and the Arts art for w/c the community is (NCCA) traditionally known - Highest policy-making and coordinating body - If age/infirmity made him/her incapable for culture and the arts of the state of teaching, craft can still be recognized if - Search for the finest traditional artists of the he/she: land a. Had created a significant body of - Adopts a program that will ensure the works and/or has consistently transfer of their skills to others and displayed excellence in the - Undertakes measures to promote a genuine practice of his/her art appreciation of and instill pride among our b. Has been instrumental in the people about the genius of the Manlilikha ng revitalization of his/her Bayan community’s artistic tradition Republic Act No. 7355 c. Has passed on to other members of the community skills in the “Manlilikha ng Bayan” folk art for w/c the community is - A citizen engaged in any traditional traditionally known art uniquely Filipino d. His/her community has recognized him/her as master & - Whose distinctive skills have reached teacher of his/her craft such a high level of technical & Categories: artistic excellence Folk architecture - Have been passed on to and widely Maritime transport practiced by the present generation Weaving carving in his/her community with the same Performing arts degree of technical & artistic Literature competence Graphic & plastic arts Ornament How does one become a Manlilikha ng Bayan? Textile/fiber art - The candidate must possess the ff. Pottery and others qualifications: a. Inhabitant of an Consideration be given to geographical indigenous/traditional cultural distribution & balance of artistic categories Incentives of awardee o Labaw Dunggon & Humadapnon Specially designed gold medallion (longest epic to recite) Initial grant of 100,000 pesos Hajja Amina Appi – Mat Weaver, Sama 10,000 pesos monthly stipend for life Tantubas, Tawi-tawi; mat is made up of (RA 7355: monetary grant may be pandan leaves w/c undergo tedious increased whenever circumstances so processes warrant) NCCA board approved an Eduardo Mutuc – Metal Smith, additional monthly personal allowance of Kapampangan in Apalit, Pampanga; 14,000 pesos creates religious & secular art in GAMABA Awardees: silver/bronze/wood Samaon Sulaiman – Musician in Mamasa Magdalena Gamayo – textile weaver, Pano, Maguindanao, 1993 ilokano in Pinili, Ilocos Norte o Kutyapi (2-stringed plucked lute, one o Abel – textile weaving of Ilokano of the most difficult) from local cotton & fibers Masino Intaray - Musician & Storyteller in Teofilo Garcia – Casque maker, Ilokano in Pala’wan Brookes Point, Palawan, 1993 San Quintin, Abra o Kulilal, Bagit, Basal (musical o Tabungaw – gourd hat uniquely ensemble played during “tambilaw”, distinct in craftmanship ritual of rice sharing for Lord of Rice and during “tinapay”, rice wine drinking Ginaw Bilog - Poet in Hanunuo Mangyan Panaytayan, Oriental Mindoro, 1993 o Ambahan (poem with 7 syllable lines usually messages of love & friendship) Lang Dulay – Textile weaver in T’boli, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato o T’nalak (fabric made up of fine abaca fibers weaved w/ diff. designs) Salinta Monon – textile weaver in Tagabawa Bagobo, Bansalan, Davao del Sur; started 12 yrs old; used to wear traditional hand woven tube skirt of the Bagobo (sinukla & bandula) Alonzo Saclag – musician & dancer in Lubugan, Kalinga; master of dance and performing arts; founder of Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe Uwang Ahadas – Musician Yakan (their instrumental music is connected with spiritual realm)in Lamitan, Basilan o Kwintangan Kayu (5 wooden logs hung horizontally, from shortest- longest) – played to serenade the palay Darhata Sawabi – textile weaver Tausug in Parang, Sulu o Pis Syabit – traditional cloth tapestry worn as a headcovering Federico Caballero – Epic chanter, Sulod- Bukidnon, Calinog, Iloilo; documentation of the oral literature