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The GAMABA recognizes exceptional Filipino traditional artists who are engaged in indigenous art forms that are closely tied to community, culture, spirituality, and the environment. Traditional arts produced by GAMABA awardees have high aesthetic value but are also functional and accessible. However, factors like tourism, mining, militarization, and Christianization present major challenges to traditional artists and their production processes. The selection of GAMABA awardees also faces difficulties due to the Philippines' geography and some areas being difficult to access.

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Contemporary L4

The GAMABA recognizes exceptional Filipino traditional artists who are engaged in indigenous art forms that are closely tied to community, culture, spirituality, and the environment. Traditional arts produced by GAMABA awardees have high aesthetic value but are also functional and accessible. However, factors like tourism, mining, militarization, and Christianization present major challenges to traditional artists and their production processes. The selection of GAMABA awardees also faces difficulties due to the Philippines' geography and some areas being difficult to access.

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THE CONTEMPORARY IN

TRADITIONAL ART:
GAWAD SA MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN
(GAMABA)
What is the GAMABA?

• Traditional art is based on indigenous peoples’cultures that are largely


honed by oral tradition. A distinct feature of the GAMABA is its
emphasis on the intangible and communal aspects of art production,
which as pointed out in Lesson 1, are closely aligned with the process-
based and collaborative inclination of some contemporary art
practices. Traditional art finds deep affinities with nature, place,
society, ritual and spirituality, and everyday life. In traditional
integrative art, forms and expressions do not normally end up as
objects distanced from everyday living. The site of dissemination and
knowledge transfer is neither in the formal spaces of a museum nor a
theater.
What is the GAMABA?

• The process of creation is usually shared among members


of the community, and appeals to broader aspects of life.
Things produced such as textiles, hats, baskets, or
utensils are commonplace, usually found and used in
people’s homes. Songs and dances are performed as a
group as part of ritual and as a way of affirming one’s
cultural identity or sense of belonging
What is the GAMABA?

• Teofilo Garcia has been named Manlilikha ng


Bayan (“one who creates for the country”) or
National Living Treasure. Twelve individuals have
received this distinction from the time of the
establishments of the award in1992 through
Republic Act No. 7355 until 2012. The National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
bestows the highest awards for culture and the
arts.
Who are the GAMABA awardees?

Form Manlilikha ng Year of Ethnicity/ Experties


Bayan Conferment Location

T’boli / lake
Sebu, South,
Cotabato,
Weaving Lang Dulay 1998 Mindanao, t’nalak
Southern, weaving
Philippines
Who are the GAMABA awardees?

Tagabawa
Bagobo /
Bansalan,
Davao del Sur,
Salinta
1998 southeastern inabal weaving
Monon
Mindanao
island,
southern
Philippines
Who are the GAMABA awardees?
Darhata Tausug / Parang,
Sawabi 2004 Sulu, southern pis siyabit weaving
(d. 2005) Philippines
Haja Amina Sama /
Appi Tandubas, Tawi-
2004 mat weaving
(d. 2013) Tawi, southern
Philippines
Ilocano / Pinili,
Ilocos Norte, northern
Magdalena Luzon
2012 inabel weaving
Gamayo island, northern
Philippines
Maguindanao/
Mama sa Pano,
Maguindanao,
Literature and Samaon Western Playing the
Performing Sulaiman (d. 1993 Mindanao island, kudyapi
Arts 2011) sounthern
Philippines

Kalinga / playing Kalinga


Lubuagan, musical
Kalinga, northern instruments;
Luzon dance patterns
Alonzo Saclag 2000 Island, northern and movements
Philippines associated with
rituals
Who are the GAMABA awardees?

Sulod Bukidnon chanting the


/ Calinog, sugidanon epic
Federico Iloilo, Panay of the Panay
2000
Caballero Island, central Bukidnon
Philippines

Yakan / Lamitan, playing Yakan


Uwang Basilan island, musical
2000 southern instruments
Ahadas
Philippines
Who are the GAMABA awardees?
Kapampangan silver plating
/ Apalit, of
Pampanga, religious and
Eduardo
2004 central Luzon secular art
Mutuc
island,
northern
Plastic
Philippines
Arts
Ilocano / San gourd casque
Quintin, Abra, making
Teofilo northern Luzon
2012
Garcia island,
northern
Philippines
The following factors affect the traditional
artist’s production process:

• Tourism – Land areas are converted into sites for tourist


consumption. Ecological domains become more susceptible to
damage with the combined forces of natural disasters and tourist
mobility
• Mining and Infrastructure projects – The construction of dams and
the establishment of oil and mining companies evict people from
their dwellings and severely damage the environment.
The following factors affect the traditional
artist’s production process:

• Militarization – The insecurity and tensions brought about by


militarized zones arrest the people’s ability to create art. It
prevents people from having communal gatherings.

• Christianization – The influence of Christianity and the conversion


of the natives to foreign religion have caused members for the
community to forsake their indigenous rituals and traditions.
Difficulties in the Selection Process

• The archipelagic orientation of the Philippines makes some locations


challenging to reach by land, air, or sea. Places that pose security
risks, particularly militarized zones prevent the sustained entry of
researchers and possibly diminish reception outside of the locality.
This is partly why the awarding does not follow a regular pattern, as
the column on Year of Conferment on the table of GAMABA awardees
shows.
• The award-giving body, through its cultural workers, is entrusted
with an equally signifi cant and diffi cult responsibility of being
critical, transparent, and judicious in the processes entailed by the
GAMABA, from the selection, awarding, and even beyond.
GAMABA

• The GAMABA recognizes exceptional artists who are engaged in the


traditional arts. With the latter, we refer to forms which are produced
or performed within the context of the community. The traditional
arts are strongly grounded in culture, spirituality and religion, and
also the environment. Thus, forms produced by the GAMABA, while
having a high aesthetic value, are also functional and accessible in
everyday settings. The changing times continue to pose major
challenges to the environment and the traditional artist’s production
process. As culture bearers, the role of the GAMABA is to pass on their
artistic knowledge to the community, to inspire them, and to ensure
that aspects of their cultural identity continue to thrive.

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