FOLK

ARCHITECTURE
 Its purpose is to provide shelter for its inhabitants
TRADITIONAL
FOLK A R T S
1 B A H A Y K U B O

“kamalig”

 Icon of Filipino lowland and rural

culture.

FOLK ARCHITECTURE
1 B A H A Y K U B O
ROOF (thatch)

WALLS (bamboo
rods/mats)

STILTS
2 B A L E

“Ifugao House”

 One room house with an attic for

storage.

FOLK ARCHITECTURE
2 B A L E
HIP ROOF
(quatro aguas)

SLANTING
WALLS LOFT

FOLK ARCHITECTURE
3 IBATAN HOUSE IN BATANES
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FOLK ARCHITECTURE
 3 IBATAN HOUSE IN BATANES
COGON ROOF
NARROW DOORS
AND WINDOWS
WITH SHUTTER AND
SECURED WITH
WOODEN BAR
LIMESTONE
WALL

FOLK ARCHITECTURE
4 TOROGAN HOUSE OF MARANAOS

“Place for Sleeping”

FOLK ARCHITECTURE
4 TOROGAN HOUSE OF MARANAOS

Courthouse

Hall for community meetings

Ritual area for wedding

(courtyard)
4 BADJAO HOUSES

“Lepa”-floating house
4 BADJAO HOUSES

FOLK ARCHITECTURE
 MARITIME
TRANSPORT
 Marine vessels used for transportation
1 WOODEN BANCA

Outrigger Canoe
 2. Vinta
Traditional boat made by Sama-Bajau and Moros living in the Sulu
Archipelago, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Southern Mindanao

Colorful culture
of Muslim
Community
Weaving, Textile Making
and Fabric Art
 Weaving

Abacca
Cotton
Piña
Bark
 1. Piña Fabric
 PIÑA WEAVING- oldest industry of Aklan

 Soft and delicate yet

durable and long-lasting

 Baro’t saya and Barong

 Piña Fabric

a. Piña Silk a. Piña jusi

 2. T’nalak woven Cloth
 Woven by the T’boli women of lake Sebu, South Cotabato,
Mindanao
 Represents the tribe
culture and tradition

 Patterns and designs are

bestowed in their dreams
 3. Tingkep Baskets
A special basket that serves both practical and spiritual purposes

 Hunting  Kundu
 storage container
 item for bartering.
 4. Hinabol
Done by the Higaonon Hinabol weavers of Bukidnon.

• TEXTILE PRODUCTION-
considered to be sacred.
• Reflects the mood and feeling
of the weaver

• Offering to the spirits, gift,

dowry.
5. Yakan Weave Cloth
Yakan Tribe in Basilan

 Elaborate geometic pattern,

inspired by nature
6. Tapis
Kalinga Tribe
 Indigenous costume of
Kalinga and Apayao
 PERFORMANCE ART
 Developed by an individual or group of people
that reflects their culture and traditions
 CARVING
Paete, Laguna “Carving Capital of the Philippines
 GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ART

 GRAPHIC ART- mainly 2D, like sketching,

painting, photography, and calligraphy.
 PLASTIC ART- includes sculpture or ceramics
which have 3D
 LITERATURE
 Traditional Oral and Written Literature of various
ethnic groups.
 Malakas at Maganda, Hudhod ni Aliguyon, Biag ni
Lam-ang.
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ORNAMENT
 Embellish parts of a building or object
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BULUL PAROL
 POTTERY
 3500 yrs. ago
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 Secondary Burial Jar designed with
anthropomorphic design.
 Pottery

a. Manunggul Jar b. Maitum jar

 Found in early 1960’s in  Found in Ayub Cave in
Manunggul Cave, Lippun Pinol, Maitum, Saranggani
Point, Palawan Province
 NATIONAL
LIVING TREASURES
 NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
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 Established in 1992 through Republic Act No. 7355

 RECIPIENTS

 As defined by UNESCO, the bearers of

intangible cultural heritage are to be
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known internationally as Living Human
Treasures.

 GAMABA

 16 GAMABA Awardees
NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
Fire
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 Kadakilaan/ Greatness

Censer
NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
Filipino citizen or group of Filipino citizens engaged in
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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 generations in their community
with the same degree of technical and artistic
competence.
NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
OBJECTIVE: To honor and t support traditional folk
artists and to see to it that that their skills and crafts are
preserved.
NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS

 Maritime Transport t  Graphic and Plastic

 Weaving arts
 Carving  Ornament
 Performing Arts  Textile or Fiber Art
 Literature  Pottery
 NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
 To become a National Living Treasure, the candidate must possess the
following qualifications:
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1. 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.
 NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
 To become a National Living Treasure, the candidate must possess the
following qualifications:
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2. Must have engaged in a folk art

tradition that has been in existence and
documented for at least 50 years.
 NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
 To become a National Living Treasure, the candidate must possess the
following qualifications:
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3. Must have consistently performed or

produced over a significant period,
works of superior and distinctive quality.
 NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
 To become a National Living Treasure, the candidate must possess the
following qualifications:
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4. 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.
 NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
AWARDS
 To become a National Living Treasure, the candidate must possess the
following qualifications:
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5. 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..
 HONORS AND PRIVELEGES

GOLDEN MEDALLION MONETARY REWARD FUNERAL ASSISTANCE

AND TRIBUTE
 HONORS AND PRIVELEGES

“Guidelines on Inviting GAMABA Awardee”

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Honorarium and other benefits
that an awardee should receive
whenever he/she is invited to a
private event
HONORS AND PRIVELEGES

PHILIPPINE ARTS’ NATIONAL

MONTH HERITAGE MONTH
 NATIONAL
LIVING TREASURES
G A M A B A GINAW BILOG
Hanunuo Mangyan Poet from Panaytayan
Awardee Oriental Mindoro

SURAT MANGYAN

AMBAHAN
G A M A B A MASINO INTARAY
Awardee Musician and Storyteller from
Brookes point, Palawan

Basal

Kulilal

Bagit
G A M A B A SAMAON SULAIMAN
Musician from Mamasapano
Awardee Maguindanao

Kulintang
Agong
Gandingan
Palendag
Tambul
Kutiyapi/kudyapi
 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
G A M A B A Match column A with column B. Write only

Awardee
the letter of your answer.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
1 Kulintang
A B
2 Agong
3 Gandingan
4 Palendag C D E
5 Tambul
6 Kutiyapi/kudyapi F G
 LANG DULAY
G A M A B A T’ Boli Textile weaver from Lake
Awardee Sebu, South Cotabato

T'nalak Woven Cloth

G A M A B A SALINTA MONON
Tagabawa Bagobo weaver from
Awardee Bansalan Davao del Sur

Bandira

Sinukla
G A M A B A ALONZO SACLAG
Kalinga Musician and dancer
Awardee from Lubungan Kalinga.

Gangsa

Budong
G A M A B A ALONZO SACLAG
Kalinga Musician and dancer
Awardee from Lubungan Kalinga.

Gangsa Budong
 FEDERICO CABALLERO
G A M A B A Sulod Bukidnon Epic Chanter
Awardee from Calinog Iloilo .

Labaw Dunggon

Humadapnon

Tikung Kadlum
G A M A B A UWANG AHADAS
Yakan Musician from Lamitan
Awardee Basilan

Kwintangan Kayu

Gabang

Agung
G A M A B A UWANG AHADAS
Yakan Musician from Lamitan
Awardee Basilan

Kwintangan Kayu

Gabang Agung
G A M A B A DARHATA SAWABI
Tausug Textile weaver from
Awardee Parang Sulu

Pis Syabit
G A M A B A EDUARDO MUTUC
Kapampangan Furniture Maker
Awardee and Metalsmith from Apalit
Pampanga
Retablos

Mirrors

Altars
Carosas
Silver plating
G A M A B A Haja Amina Appi
Sama Mat weaver from Ungos
Awardee Matata Tand Ubas Tawi tawi

Traditional Sama Mat

Weaving
G A M A B A TEOFILO GARCIA
Ilocano Casque Maker from San
Awardee Quintin Abra

Tabungaw Hat
 MAGDALENA GAMAYO
G A M A B A Ilocano Textile Weaver from
Awardee Pinili Ilocos Norte

Abel Weaving
 MAGDALENA GAMAYO
G A M A B A Ilocano Textile Weaver from
Awardee Pinili Ilocos Norte

Abel Weaving
Art C A T E G O R Y

 Literature  Maritime Transport

 Performing Arts  Graphic and Plastic arts
 Craft-making  Ornament
 Sculpture  Pottery