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Gawad Sa Manlilikhang Bayan and Their Contribution To Philippine Arts

The Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) or National Living Treasures Award was established in 1992 to honor traditional Filipino artists. It is administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. GAMABA recognizes outstanding traditional artists in fields such as music, poetry, architecture, and more who have mastered their craft and passed their skills to younger generations. Recipients receive incentives such as a gold medallion, cash grants, and health benefits in recognition of their contributions to Philippine culture.

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Gawad Sa Manlilikhang Bayan and Their Contribution To Philippine Arts

The Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) or National Living Treasures Award was established in 1992 to honor traditional Filipino artists. It is administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. GAMABA recognizes outstanding traditional artists in fields such as music, poetry, architecture, and more who have mastered their craft and passed their skills to younger generations. Recipients receive incentives such as a gold medallion, cash grants, and health benefits in recognition of their contributions to Philippine culture.

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GAMABA

Gawad sa Manlilikhang Bayan and


Their Contribution to Philippine
Arts
GAMABA Guidelines
The Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or
the National Living Treasures Award was
institutionalized through R.A. 7355 in
April 1992.
NCCA was tasked for its administration
and implementation
GAMABA is the search for the finest
traditional artists of the land
GAMABA Guidelines
It was first awarded in 1993 to three
outstanding artists in music and poetry.
GAMABA has its roots in the 1988
National Folk Artists Award organized by
the Rotary Club of Makati-Ayala.
As a group, these folk and traditional artists
reflect the diverse heritage and cultural
traditions that transcend their beginnings to
become part of our national character.
GAMABA Guidelines
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
truthful to their art.
GAMABA Guidelines
GAMABA shall mean 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/her community with the
same degree of technical and artistic
competence.
Qualifications:
a. He/she is an inhabitant of an
indigenous/traditional cultural community
anywhere in the Philippines that has
preserved indigenous customs, beliefs,
rituals and traditions and/or has syncretized
whatever external elements that have
influenced it.
b. He/she must have engaged in a folk art
tradition that has been in existence and
documented for at least fifty (50) years.
Qualifications:
c. He/she must have consistently performed or
produced over a significant period, works of
superior and distinctive quality.
d. He/she must possess a mastery of tools and
materials needed by the art, and must have an
established reputation in the art as master and
maker of works of extraordinary technical quality.
e. He/she must have passed on and/or will pass on
to other members of the community their skills in
the folk art for which the community is traditionally
known.
Categories
Folk architecture
Maritime transport
Weaving
Carving
Performing arts
Literature
Graphic and plastic arts
Ornament
Textile or fiber art
Pottery
Incentives
A specially designed gold medallion
An initial grant of P100,000
P10,000 monthly stipend
P14,000 additional monthly personal
allowance
Maximum cumulative amount of
P750,000 medical and hospitalization
benefits annually

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