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PRESENTATION OF GROUP 1 ALPHARD

ART
CULTURE
FILIPINO
EVENT
AWARD
 National Living Treasures
Award: Gawad sa Manlilikha
ng Bayan

PRESENTATION OF GROUP 1 ALPHARD

In this new millennium, the
indigenous and tribal cultural
and artistic heritage of the
Philippines is threatened by
modernization and
globalization. Many
members of Philippine tribal
and indigenous communities
move to the city to seek
better economic
opportunities. Thus, they
leave behind the rich and
unique language and
practices that have thrived
for many years.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Through this Law, the National
Commission for Culture and
Due to the constant pressure
the Arts or NCCA “conducts
of cultural and art
the search for the finest
conservationist, the Congress
traditional artists of the land,
of the Philippines passed the
adopts a program that will
Republic Act 7355 in 1992
ensure the transfer of their
or also known as Manlilikha
skills to others, and undertakes
ng Bayan Act. With this act,
measures to promote a genuine
it established the award
appreciation of and instill
named “National Living
pride among our people about
Treasures Award” or the
the genius of the Manlilikha ng
“Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
Bayan”.
Bayan”.
“ Preserving art does not only
entail protecting existing
work. It also means ensuring
that the process through the
artwork is made, especially for
culture-specific one, are
transferred from one
generation to the next.”
 EVENT
OVERVIEW
When it was first bestowed in 1993 to the three exceptional folk artists in poetry and music, the event was
considered, according to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), as a celebration of how the
“folk and tradition artists reflect the diverse heritage and cultural traditions that transcend their beginnings to

AWARD

The recipients of this great national honor are exemplary individuals whose life, works, and identity are
described as part of our national character.
They provide us with a vision of ourselves and of our nation, a vision we might able to realize
someday, once we given opportunity to be true to ourselves as these artists have remained truthful to their
 ELIGIBILITY
A recipient of the National Living
OF THE
Treasures Award of the Gawad sa AWARD
Manlilikha ng Bayan, as also cited, is
generally described as “a citizen
engaged in any traditional art uniquely
Filipino whose distinctive skills have
reached such a high level of technical
and artistic excellence and have been
passed on to and widely practiced by
the present generation in his or her
community with the same degree of
technical and artistic competence.”
 GUIDELINES FOR THE AWARD
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) follow these guidelines in identifying and recognizing a person as a Manlilikha ng Bayan in
the field of folk epic literature, music, textile and mat weaving, dance, metal work, and casque production:

a. He or she is an inhabitant of an
indigenous/traditional cultural e. He or she must passed on
community anywhere in the Philippines and/or will pass on to other
that has preserved indigenous customs, members of the community of
beliefs, rituals and traditions and/or has c. He or she must have their skills in the folk art for
syncretized whatever external elements consistently performed or which the community is
that have influenced it. produced, over a significant traditionally known.
period, works of superior and
distinctive Quality.

b. He or she must have engaged d. He or she must possess a

in a folk art tradition that has mastery of tools and materials
been in existence and needed by the art, and must have
documented for at least fifty (50) an established reputation in the
years. art as master and maker of works
of extraordinary technical
quality.
 GUIDLINES FOR THE AWARD
A traditional artist who possess all the qualities of the Manlilikha ng Bayan
Candidate, but due to age and infirmity (deterioration) has left him or her incapable
of teaching further his or her craft, may still be recognized if the following criteria
He or she has been instrumental in the
are met:
revitalization of his or her community’s
artistic tradition.

He or she had created a significant

body of works and/or has
consistently displayed excellence in
the practice of his or her art, thus
achieving important contributions for He or she has passed on to the
its development. other members of the community
is traditionally known.

His or her community has recognized

him or her as master and teacher of his
or her craft.
“Mastery, expertise and reputation are among the
qualifications of becoming a National Living
Treasures Awardee. It takes a lot of practice, as
well as failing and trying to reach this status. “
Here is the list of the Recipients of the National Living Treasures Award or the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan:

Lang Dulay Samaon Sulaiman

Ginaw Bilog Masino Intaray

Y
Occupation: Textile
Weaver
Occupation: Musician
Place of Origin: Lake
Occupation: Poet Place of Origin:
Sebu, South Cotabato
Mamasapano,
Place of Origin: Indigenous People or Maguindanao
Panaytayan, Oriental Tribe: T’boli
Mindoro Indigenous People or
Occupation: Story Teller Tribe: Magindanao
Indigenous People or and Musician
Tribe: Hanunuo Mangyan
Place of Origin: Brookes
Point, Palawan

Indigenous People or
Tribe: Palaw’an
 Salinta Monon Alonzo Saclag Federico Caballero Uwang Ahadas

Occupation:Textile weaver Occupation:Musician Occupation:Epic Occupation:Musician

and Dancer Chanter
Place of Place of
Origin:Bansalan,Davao Place Of Origin:Lubugan Place of Origin:Lamitaw,Bukidn
Del Sur Kalinga Origin:Calinog,Iloilo on
Indigenous People or Indigenous People or
Tribe:Tagabawa Bagobo Indigenous People or Indigenous People or
Tribe:Kalinga Tribe:Sulod-Bukidnon Tribe:Yakan
Here is the list of the Recipients of the National Living Treasures Award or the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan:

Darhata Sawabi Haja Amina Appi Teofilo Garcia

Eduardo Mutuc

Occupation: Mat
Weaver
Occupation: Textile
Weaver Place of Origin: Tawi-
Tawi Occupation: Maker
Place of Origin:
Parang, Sulo Indigenous People or Place of Origin: Abra
Occupation:Metal
Tribe: Sama
Indigenous People or Smith Indigenous People or
Tribe: Ilocano
Tribe: Tausug
Place of Origin: Apalit,
Pampanga

Indigenous People or
Tribe: Ilocano
 Darhata Sawabi
Occupataion: Metal Smith

Place of Origin: Pinili, Ilocos Norte

Indigenous Tribe: Ilocano

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VALENCIANO, MICAH
MALATE, STEPHANY
RECENTES,ANNA
KHO, JEROME
VALENCIA, FRITZ