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
carved into a hat after
Image Credit:: http://www.manilaspeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/P1090431-
768x1024.jpg
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 who
Image Credit: http://www.interaksyon.com/lifestyle/assets/2015/05/Lang-Dulay-
photo-by-Renato-S.-RastrolloNCCA.jpg 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?