Contemporary Part 2
Contemporary Part 2
FOR THEATER
Continuation of Music and Theater Artist
Theater
PHILIPPINE THEATER IS THE SUM
TOTAL OF MIMETIC PERFORMANCES
DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED
THROUGH HISTORY ON OCCASIONS
AND FOR PURPOSES DETERMINED
BY SOCIAL PURPOSE AND NEED
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
January 22, 1910 - May 1, 1995
Filipino playwright, director,
teacher and theater artist.
He wrote over 100 plays, 41 of
which have been published.
His plays include Half an Hour in a
Convent, Wanted: A Chaperon,
Forever, Condemned
Severino Montano
January 3, 1915 - December 12, 1980
Playwright, director, actor and
theater organizer with an output of
one novel, 150 poems and 50 plays in
his 65-year lifetime.
Organized the Arena Theater
Playwriting Contest.
The Love of Leonor Rivera (poetic
tragedy in two-parts)
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
The National Living Treasures Award, alternatively known
as the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan, is conferred to a
person or group of artists recognized by the Government of
the Philippines for their contributions to the country's
intangible cultural heritage
Eduardo Mutuc
2005 awardee
Filipino metalsmith and sculptor.
He is a known to be a practitioner of
the craft of pinukpuk which involved
the stamping of embellishments on
metal sheets.
Dedicated his life to creating religious
and secular art in silver, bronze, and
wood.
Darhata Sawabi
2005 awardee
Filipino weaver from Parang, Sulu
known for pis syabit, a traditional
Tausūg cloth tapestry worn as a
head covering by the people of jolo.
Haja Amina
2005 awardee
Filipino master mat weaver and
teacher from the Sama indigenous
people of Ungos Matata, Tandubas,
Tawi-Tawi.
She was credited for creating
colorful pandan mats with complex
geometric patterns.
Lang Dulay
1998 awardee
Filipino traditional weaver who
was a recipient of the National
Living Treasures Award.
She is credited with preserving her
people's tradition of weaving
T'nalak, a dyed fabric made from
refined abaca fibre.
Salinta Monon
1998 awardee
Filipino textile weaver who was the
one of two recipients of the
National Living Treasures Award in
1998.
She was known for her Bagobo-
Tagabawa textiles and was known
as the "last Bagobo weaver"
Alonzo Saciag
2000 awardee
Filipino musician and dancer who is a
recipient of the National Living
Treasures Award.
Establishing the practice of children
wearing traditional Kalinga clothing
for important school events as well as
the teaching of Kalinga folk songs in
schools
Federico Caballero
A sulod Bukidnon
Filipino chanter of Philippine epic
poetry. Caballero is a recipient of the
National Living Treasures Award.
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.
Masino Intaray
1993 awardee
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 tinapa hoy
maerich dine National Living Treasure
recognition.
Samon Sulaiman
1993 awardee
known for his mastery of the
indigenous kutyapi instrument.
Filipino musician who is a recipient of
the National Living Treasure award.
achieved the highest level of
excellence in the art of kutyapi playing
Uwang Ahadas
1993 awardee
Filipino folk musician of the Yakan
people who was a recipient of the
National Living Treasures Award.
Dexterity in playing Yakan musical
instruments
His deep knowledge of the aesthetic
possibilities and social contexts of
these instruments.
Ginaw Bilog
1993 awardee
Filipino poet who was recognized as a
National Living Treasure by the
Philippine government.
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.
Magdalena Damayo
2012 awardee
Filipino weaver who is a lead-
practitioner of the Ilocano tradition of
pinagabel.
She became best known for weaving
the sinan-sabong, since it is the most
challenging pattern.