National Living Treasures Award Or: Gawad Sa Manlilikha NG Bayan

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National Living Treasures Award

or Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan


Learning Objective

 To get to know the National Living


Treasures awardees of the Philippines and
how their exemplary works contributed to
the development and preservation of
indigenous art forms in the country
Key Understanding
 Students will gain better appreciation
about the country’s indigenous and
traditional art forms.
Key Questions
 How important is the role of the National
Living Treasures Award in the discovery
of talented artists from the regions as
well as in the preservation of ethnic art
forms?
What is the National Living
Treasures Award?
Known as the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng
Bayan in the vernacular, this award
recognizes Filipino artists that have shown
excellence in their mastery of medium and
technique, craftsmanship and promotion of
indigenous beliefs in their practice of
traditional and ethnic art forms in the
Philippines such as pottery, weaving, carving,
etc.
Compare and Contrast
National Living
National Artist Award Treasures Award
 Awarded by the NCCA  Awarded by the NCCA
 Excellence  Excellence
 Mastery of medium and  Mastery of medium and
technique technique
 Impeccable  Impeccable
craftsmanship craftsmanship
 Promotes universal  Promotes indigenous
values beliefs/ethnic culture
National Living Treasures
Awardees
1. Teofilo Garcia
Garcia was a 2012
awardee from San
Quintin, Abra who
invented the “tabungaw
hat”. Tabungaw in
Ilocano refers to the upo
vegetable that this farmer
Image Credit:: http://www.manilaspeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/P1090431-
768x1024.jpg
carved into a hat after
drying, hallowing,
polishing, and varnishing.
National Living Treasures
Awardees
2. Lang Dulay
Dulay was a 1998 winner from
Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.
Since the time she was 12 until
her death in 2015 at the age of
91, she had been weaving the
designs she saw in her dreams
as a member of the T’boli tribe,
a group of indigenous people
Image Credit: http://www.interaksyon.com/lifestyle/assets/2015/05/Lang-Dulay-
photo-by-Renato-S.-RastrolloNCCA.jpg who have come to be known as
the “dream weavers tribe” for
their centuries old tinalak
weaving.
Culminating Activity

Art Journal Activity


In your art journal notebook, reflect
and answer this question: What
qualities do you admire from the
Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan
awardees?

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