Good day everyone!

Im David E. Bato bato (tapos isa isa pangalan), We are the group 1 in CPAR to which we are going to
discuss the Gamaba Weaving. to introduce to the traditional art of Gamaba weaving, lets first define it,
Weaving is the art of interlacing threads or fibers to create a fabric or textile. It is a timeless craft that has
been practiced for centuries, producing functional and decorative pieces that serve as an essential part
of human life. Meaning ito ang paghabi ay paggamit ng mga sinulid o hibla upang makabuo ng tela o
tekstil. Ito ay isang sining na matagal nang ginagawa na naglalayong makagawa ng mga bagay na
maaaring magamit sa pang-araw-araw o maganda para sa paningin Gamaba Weaving originated from
the Northern Philippines. The word "Gamaba" is a combination of the two Ilocano words "gama" which
means "to weave" and "ba" which means "to be." This weaving technique has been passed down
through generations and is deeply ingrained in the cultural heritage of the Ilocano people.

So that’s the Famaba Weaving, Now let’s talk about the famous Gamaba Weavers here at the Philippines

1. Let’s first start with Lang Dulay

She was conferred the National Living Treasures Award in 1998. That same year, her works were featured
in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in the United States as part of the
Philippine Independence Centennial celebrations.

 She was born in 1928, and died in 2015 at the age of 86

 Her Ethnicity is T’boli/Lake Sebu at South Cotabato, Mindanao Philippines
 Her Expertise is Tinalak Weaving

Her Ethnicity T’boli are known for their use of fibers in textile weaving. Lang Dulay continued this
tradition and preserved the culture of their community through patterns of crocodiles, butterflies,
flowers, mountains, and streams and of Lake Sebu in her works, basically that’s her signature

Sa Pamilya nya naman, the weaving of the t’nalak (a fine abaca cloth) took place before or after farm
work, when the weather was cool and the conditions were better for the product. Using the filipino
vernacular, ang paghabi ng t'nalak ay ginagawa bago o pagkatapos ng pagtatanim sa bukid, kung kailan
malamig ang panahon at mas maganda ang kalagayan para sa produktong ito. Meaning ang pagtahin ng
tnalak is kailanagan din ng magandang panahon.

Dulay, who grew up in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, was taught to weave by her mother when she was 12.

As demand grew for new designs, she persisted and kept working with traditional patterns, even though
they were harder to complete — 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.

Now that’s the famous Lang Dulay of T’boli, now let’s move on to Salinta Monon of Tagbawa Bagobo
2. Salinta Monon was awarded the National Living Treasures Award in 1998, She was known for her
Bagobo-Tagabawa textiles and was known as the "last Bagobo weaver"

 She was born in 1920, and died in 2009 at the age of 86

 Her Ethnicity is Tagabawa/Bagobo at Bansalan Davao Del Sur, Mindanao Philippines
 Her expertise is Inabal weaving

For her background and history:

Salinta Monon started learning weaving traditional Bagobo textiles from her mother at the age of 12.
Her family is among the remaining Bagobo weavers in the community. Yun ang dahilan Kaya sya known
as the last Bagobo weaver.

Salinta Monon was 12 when she began learning to weave the inabal, a traditional Bagobo textile. In her
home in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, Monon would isolate herself from family to be able to concentrate on
creating her cloths and skirts, which took three to four months and a month to finish, respectively.
Meaning lumalayo sya sa pamilya nya para makapag concentrate sa paggawa ng mga damit at skirts
which inaabot ng tatlo hanggang apat na buwan para matapos, ang galing no!

Her expertise is Inabal weaving, the definition of inabal weaving is woven cloth made from abaca and
natural dyes, this is a textile that is highly valued in Bagobo society.

She used to wear the traditional hand-woven tube skirt of the Bagobo, of which the sinukla and the
bandira were two of the most common types until the market began to be flooded with cheap machine-
made fabrics.

Now, she wears her traditional clothes only on special occasions. Of the many designs she weaves, her
favorite is the binuwaya in English (crocodile), which is one of the hardest to make.

Ayan ang itsura ng Inabal weaving (tinign sa powerpoint)

At alam nyo ba na si ating President Rodrigo Duterte declared a year-long celebration named "Centennial
Year of Salinta Monon" from December 12, 2021, for her honor, galing no!

Now let’s move on to another famous gamaba weaver Darhata Sawabi

3. She is a recipient of the National Living Treasures Award, having given the distinction in 2004

 She died in 2005, about a year after she was given the National Living Treasures Award.
 Her Ethnicity is Tausug/parang at Sulu, Southern Philippines
 Her expertise is Pis siyabit weaving, “Pis” refers to the geometric pattern that is said to be
derived from the Indic mandala, and “siyabit” stands for the hook and technique

Darhata Sawabi is one of the master weavers in the island of Jolo. Like most women in their tribe, she
has learned the art of weaving the pis syabit, the traditional cloth tapestry worn as head cover by the
Tausug of Jolo, from her mother.

Ang mission nya ay to lead young women towards making a living out of her craft. Tinituruan nya ang
mga batang babae na mamuhay sa pananahi

The Parang, Sulu-based textile weaver’s primary creation was the headpiece pis siyabit.
As I also mentioned earlier “She gained recognition for the precision of her work and her passion for
preserving traditional designs, as well as teaching the youth and was awarded in 2004.”

So eto yung meanin ng Pis Syabit tingin sa presentation at basa.

 Pis - stands for the pattern, which is said to be derived from India’s mandala, depicting
spirituality through geometric forms.
 siyabit - refers to the hook and technique.
 PIS SIYABIT - is the traditional cloth tapestry made from cotton or silk worn as a head covering by
the Tausug of SULU.
 Pis Siyabit – a square multi-colored traditional cloth that serves as the head cover of the Tausug
of Jolo. Headdress of the Tausug men that symbolizes the wearer’s rank in the society. In the
contemporary period, even women wear the cloth as an accessory in traditional functions.

Eto yung itsura ng Pis Syaibit weaving (Tingin sa powerpoint)

Now for the next Gamaba weaver we have Haja Amina Appi

4. Haja Amina Appi is born in June 23, 1925, She died in April 2, 2013 at the age of 87, She was given the
National Living Treasures Award in 2004 by the Philippines through the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts.

 Her Ethnicity is Sama indigenous, people of Ungos Matata, Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi.

 Her Expertise is Mat weaving

Haja Amina Appi is recognized as the master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community of
Ungos Matata. Her colorful mats with their complex geometric patterns exhibit her precise sense of
design, proportion and symmetry and sensitivity to color. So ang mga gawa ni Haja Amina ay colorful and
has many geometric design and its unique. Her unique multi-colored mats are protected by a plain white
outer mat that serves as the mat’s backing. Her functional and artistic creations take up to three months
to make,” writes the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. So pinaghandaan talaga ito for her
conferment.

So ito yung mga creation nya (tingin sa powerpoint) Colorful sya diba at mano mano talaga yan kaya
matagal

 Weaving pandan mats is a long and difficult process that is handed down from woman to woman
across generations:
 Pandan leaves are harvested and made into narrow, long strips, sun-dried, pressed, and dyed
before finally becoming suitable for weaving.
 The resulting mats are used for sleeping and saying prayers, or given as gifts to newlyweds.

So ang mga creation nya ay functional and also colorful, kaya Maganda talaga at narecognize to ng
National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Ngayon. for the next famous weaver, we have Magdalena Gamayo

5. Magdalena Gamayo, She was born in August 13, 1924 she is currently age 98, She is a Filipino weaver
who is a lead-practitioner of the Ilocano tradition of pinagabe in Ilocos Nortem Philippines

 Her expertise is Inabel weaving

 On November 8, 2012, she was conferred the National Living Treasure Award

Abel is Ilocano for “weave,” and inabel literally means “woven.” You can interpret inabel as pertaining to
any kind of woven fabric, but it is mostly used to refer to that distinctly Ilocano textile of plain or
patterned woven cotton made in hardwood looms using techniques passed down through generations.
So ang pananahi nya is sa woven lang o habi lang, yun ang ibigsabihin ng inabel kaya ang expertise nya is
inabel weaving, as you can see on powerpoint presentation aya yung designs nya sa pagtahi sa woven.

For her history

 Based in Pinili, Ilocos Norte, Magdalena Gamayo took up weaving when she was 16, guided by
her aunt’s patterns.Nagsimula syang manahi at the age of 16, ginagaya nya lang yung design ng
pananahi ng tita nya.
 She received her first loom from her father three years later, which she would end up using for
30 years. Ang ibigsabihin nung loom is yung parang lumang sewing machine sa kahoy, ginamit
nya daw to for 30 years.
 She taught herself traditional patterns, such as kusikus (whirlwind), marurup (Milky Way), and
sinan paddak ti pusa (cat’s pawprint), building on the more common inuritan (geometric design)
and sinan-sabong (flowers).
 She may be in her late 80s but she still manages to arrange threads on the loom, which is the
hardest task in textile weaving. Expert talaga sya sa pagamit ng loom regardless of how hard it is.
 So overall Lola Magdalena” is a master weaver who not only weaves traditional Ilocano textile
but also designs new patterns. One of her designs employs a difficult weaving technique called
pinilian meaning partially. The weave produces a unique pattern that resembles a string of
flowers thus its name, inubon a sabong. This aided in her nomination to the GAMABA award in
2012.

Eto ang example ng Inubon Sabong (Tingin sa powerpoint) basically it is a string of flowers design is
woven.

So, for the next Famous weaver, we have Ambalang Ausilan

6. Ambalang Ausalin, she was born in March 4, 1943, Ausalin was given the National Living Treasure
Award by the Philippines through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2016.She died at
her home in Parangbasak, Lamitan, on February 18, 2022, at the age of 78

 Her Ethnicity is Yakan/Lamitan at Basilan Island Southern Philippines.

 Her Expertise is Tapestry Weaving (Yakan Tennun)
The Yakan of Basilan are known to be among the finest weavers in the Southern Philippines. They create
eye-catching and colorful textiles with tiny motifs, and possess techniques wielded only by seasoned
weavers accomplishing designs restricted for utilization within a certain weaving category only.

Gumagawa sila ng mga makikintab at makulay na tela na may maliit na disenyo, at mayroon silang mga
paraan ng paghabi na alam lamang ng mga bihasang taga-habi o mananahi para sa mga disenyo na
limitado lamang sa tiyak na uri ng paghabi.

 She possesses the complex knowledge of the entire weaving process, aware at the same time of
the cultural significance of each textile design or category.
 Ambalang, like other Yakan weavers, uses the back strap tension loom, which can be small or
large depending on the type of cloth or design to be woven. This loom can be rolled, carried
about, and set up easily. So just like Magdalena she also uses loom, na madaling dalin kasi
natutupi.
 Apuh Ambalang, as she is called by her community of weavers, is highly esteemed in all of
Lamitan.
 Her skill is deemed incomparable: she is able to bring forth all designs and actualize all textile
categories typical to the Yakan.
 She can execute the suwah bekkat (cross-stitch-like embellishment) and suwah pendan
(embroidery-like embellishment) techniques of the bunga sama category.
 Yung Expertise nya naman which is Yakkan Tennun, the word ‘tennun’ in Yakan generally means
woven cloth, and used in making the Yakan dress. Yakan textiles are often mistakenly described
as ‘embroidered’ by people not familiar with the production process

There are different categories of a Yakan cloth. Ambalang has mastered all these, although her artistry
and craftsmanship are best expressed in the bunga sama, sinalu’an, and seputangan. Ayan yung
deffierent category (Tingin sa Powerpoint) yung apat na babae

 The bunga sama is a design or category of weaving with floral and bold designs. The cloth is
usually fashioned into upper wear and pants, though only for the dress of a high status Yakan,
specially the suwah bekkat and the suwah pendan.
 Today, however, the bunga sama is commonly produced and pressed to service as table runners,
placemats, wall decor, or doilies.
 Ambalang can easily identify the variety of motifs in this category.

Ayan yung Bunga Sama (Tingin sa powerpoint)

Her best work for this form of weaving is always reflected in the bunga sama teed :

 peneh pitumpuh which is cloth with seventy designs

 peneh kenna–kenna which is fish-like design
 peneh sawe–sawe which is snake-like design
 peneh dawen–dawen which is folial design
 peneh kule–kule which is turtle-like design

Medyo nakakalito yung mga words pero mag pokus kayo don sa pangalawang word after peneh
She is also renowned for weaving the sinalu’an. This is a design or category of weave with stripes of the
diamond twill technique. The finished cloth is traditionally sewn as trousers as well as upper wear. So
pangilalim tlaga sya. Under this category, Ambalang is best identified with the sinalu’an teed, the most
complicated of all Yakan woven textiles.

Yung next category naman is Seputangan, this cloth is a meter square in size with geometric designs, and
is the most expensive part of the Yakan female ensemble because of its detailed design.

This piece of cloth is folded and tied over the olos inalaman or olos pinalantupan to tighten the hold of
the skirt around the waist. It may also be worn as a head covering. Is like belt but in a traditional way.

To this day, it is placed on the shoulders of brides and grooms duringweddings.

 pussuk labung(sawtooth)
 sipit–sipit or subid–subid (twill-like)
 dawen–dawen (leaf-like)
 harren–harren (staircases)
 kabban–buddi (diamonds/triangles)
 dinglu or mata (diamond/eye)
 buwani–buwani (honeycomb-like)

6. The next famous weaver naman is Estilita Bantilan, She was born in October 17, 1940 and currently
age 82, She was given the National Living Treasure Award by the Philippines through the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2016

 Her ethnicity is B’laan/ Malapatan, Sarangani Province in the Philippines.

 Just like Haja Amina Appi, Her Expertise is Mat weaving but its B’laan Igem style.

She is a B’laan master banig (mat) weaver from Upper Lasang, Sapo Masla, Malapatan, Sarangani
Province. Recognized for her commitment to the safeguarding and the promotion of of the Blaan Igem
(mat weaving) tradition, She has been making banig since she was 10 years old. She learned how to
weave banigs from her mother, who also learned the skill from her own mother. In her old age, Estelita
began to be called by a new nickname, Princess. The term of endearment is spoken with the lightness of
heart; also with genuine respect, especially from the other mat weavers of Upper Lasang.

Nanay Estelita uses indigenous materials found around the area where she lives in making banig. Buli,
the main material used for weaving, is harvested from the many buli plants scattered around her house.
The dyes used for coloring are from plant and rock pigments, which are harvested by her husband from
the nearby forest. Literal na pagkuha ng raw material para sa pnanahi ni Nanay Estelita ang ginagamit

(Tingin sa presentation) So as you can see on the presentation those are the materaials used for Nanay
Estilita’s Mat weaving.

Now lets now move on to our last but not the least Gamaba weaver, si Yabing Masalon Dulo.
7. Yabing Masalon Dulo, commonly referred to as Fu Yabing was born in 8 th of August 1914 and died in
26th of January 2021 at the age of 106. In 2016 She was given the National Living Treasures Award by the
Philippines through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

 Her ethnicity is B’laan/Mount Matutum at Pomolok South Cotabato, Philippines

 Her Expertise is Ikat weaving (B’laan mabal tabih)
 Fu Yabing Dulo is one of the two master designers left of the Blaan mabal tabih – the art of ikat
weaving.
 Fu is a term of endearment for an old woman – lola to theTagalogs, babu to the Magindanaoan.
 Unlike other traditional spinners, Blaans weavers do not even have a spinning wheel. The strands
of the abaca fiber are joined together by hand – patiently, with the same patience it takes to
weave a tabih. So hindi katulad sa iba na hindi gumagamit ng spiiner, ang mga taga-Blaan para
magtahi ng abaka. Sa halip, ginagawa nila ito sa kamay nang may pasensya, tulad ng ginagawa sa
paghahabi ng tabih. Pinagdudugtong-dugtong nila ang mga hibla ng abaka gamit ang kanilang
mga kamay.

Tabihs are work of arts. A single piece of the cloth will take months to finish – from cutting the abaca
plant, stripping and drying its fiber, dyeing, looming and weaving then pressing and softening the
finished fabric.

 Mabal is the Blaan term for the abaca weaving process.

 Tabih is the term for the finished hand woven cloth and it also refers to the traditional Blaan
tubular skirt. Natural dyes from endemic plant species in the community are the source of colors
for different designs of this indigenous textile.

(Tingin sa presentation) As you can see eto ang example ng Ikat weaving or B’laan mabal tabih

So that’s the famous gamaba weavers he’re at the Philippines Thank you.