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GAMABA
GAMABA
Manlilikha ng Bayan
Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan
CATEGORIES
LITERATURE
FOLK WEAVING
ARCHITECTURE
PLASTIC ART
PERFORMING ARTS
MALUNGON, SARANGANI
LAMITAN,
BASILAN
What is GAMABA?
• Republic Act No. 7355 of 1992 institutionalized
the National Living Treasures Award or Gawad
sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA).
• Through this law the NCCA,
• “conducts the search for the finest traditional
artists of the land,
• adopts a program that will ensure the transfer of
skills to others,
• undertakes measures to promote a genuine
appreciation of arts.
• and instill pride among our people about the Ginaw Bilog, 1993
genius of Manlilikha ng Bayan.” Poet
Hanunuo Mangyan
Oriental Mindoro
What is GAMABA?
NCCA cited,
“as Filipinos, they bring age-old customs, crafts
and ways of living to the attention and
appreciation of Filipino life. They provide us
with a vision of ourselves and of our nation, a
vision we might be able to realize someday,
once we are given the opportunity to be true to
ourselves as these artists have remained
Masino Intaray, 1993
Musician and Storyteller truthful to their art.”
Pala’wan
Brookes Point, Palawan
What makes a GAMABA artist?