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TREASURE
Ginaw Bilog was a Filipino poet who was recognized as
a National Living Treasure by the Philippine government. Born
on January 3, 1953, Bilog was a Hanunuo Mangyan who was a
native of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. He was known for his
efforts in preserving the Mangyan poetry tradition of ambahan.
Then-President Fidel V. Ramos, conferred the 
National Living Treasure Award to Ginaw Bilog on December
17, 1993, in recognition of his people's preservation efforts of
the ambahan poetry, which is recorded on bamboo.
He died on June 3, 2003, at age 50 due to a lingering illness.

REFERENCE : International Information and Networking

Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific.
Retrieved 23 October 2017.
 Masino Intaray was a Filipino poet,
bard artist, and musician who is a 
Palawan native known for his
performance of the local traditions
of basal, kulilal and bagit. He is also a
recipient of the National Living Treasure
 recognition.

Intaray was born on April 10, 1943, in Makagwa Valley and lived in 
Brooke's Point, Palawan. He is known for playing multiple indigenous
instruments namely the basal (gong), aroding (mouth harp), and
the babarak (ring flute). Intaray is also known for his performance
of kulilal or songs and bagit, a form of vocal music.
The Palawan native was married and had four children. Intaray died on
November 30, 2013, due to complications from diabetes which included
multiple bouts of stroke. He was aged 70.

REFERENCE: National Commission for Culture and the Arts. 5 May 2015.
Retrieved 23 October 2017.
 Samaon Sulaiman was a Filipino musician who
is a recipient of the National LivinTreasure award.
The Maguindanaon is known for his mastery of the
indigenous kutyapi instrument.

Born on March 3, 1953, Sulaiman first learned playing kutyapi at around 13

years old from his uncle. By the time he was 35 years old, he was already
recognized in Maganoy for his skills in playing the instrument as well as
being a teacher to aspiring kutyapi practitioners. He is credited for
influencing other local experts in his area such as Esmael Ahmad, Bitul
Sulaiman, Nguda Latip, Ali Ahmad and Tukal Nanalon. Sulaiman also plays
the kulintang, agong (suspended bossed gong with wide rim), gandingan, 
palendag, and the tambul.
He was also a barber, as well as an imam at the Libutan mosque. He died on
May 21, 2011.

REFERENCE: de Leon, Felipe (5 May 2015). "National Living Treasures:

Samaon Sulaiman". National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Retrieved 23 October 2017.
 Federico Caballero is a Filipino 
epic chanter who is a recipient of the 
National Living Treasures Award.

Born on December 25, 1938,[1] Caballero is of the Panay-

Bukidnon people from the Central Panay mountains. He is known
for his work on the documentation of the oral literature,
particularly the ten epics. These epics are rendered in an 
extinct language related to Kinaray-a.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts
 recognized him as a National Living Treasure in the year
2000 for "weaving the fabric of oral tradition".

REFERNCE: Official Gazette of the Republic of the

Philippines. Retrieved 29 November 2017.