Arts Appreciation

2. IMPORTANCE OF PHILIPPINE
ARTISTIC HANDICRAFTS
The Philippines is abundant in
natural resources that scattered
throughout its islands.
Lesson 2

3. 1. It promotes our cultural legacy through
the use of indigenous materials.
2. It shows an individual’s creativity and
superior ingenuity
3. It encourages manufacturers to produce
more raw materials.

4. 4. It generates employment.
5. It develops values or perseverance and
resiliency.

5. COMMON HANDICRAFT
MATERIALS
Every Filipino owns handicraft
products like baskets, brooms, feather
dusters, and other furniture.

6. it is a tree-like herb
resembling the banana
plant. It is durable and
dyed in different colors.
(Musa Textiles)

7. it is for the
furniture industry
because of its strength
and durability, it is also
valuable material for
basket and hat making.
(Bambusa Spinosa)

8. it is a palm from
which three kinds of fibers,
namely buri, raffia, and
until, are taken. It can be
dyed merely and woven
into many shapes
(Coryphs Elata)

9. it is greenish grey as
it dries and is used
traditionally in making
bags, baskets, hats, and
mats.
(Padanus Simplex)

10. it is the most utilized
palm in the Philippines. Its
cocomidrib is used
primarily as handicraft
material from the
production of baskets,
and brooms (tingting).
(Cocos Nucifera)

11. it is a by-product
of the buri palm. Locally,
the term “kalas” (which
means “to loosen”)
refers to the loosened
strands of a buri rope.

12. it is a material created
through the tanning of
skins of animals like
carabaos, horses, snakes,
alligators, goats, lizards,
and others.

13. it is a variety of
screw pine abundantly
distributed along
sandy beaches and
coastal brushes in the
Philippines
(Pandamus Tectorius)

14. it is the most
flexible material used in
the manufacturing
industry and been
known to extend up to
hundreds of meters
long.
(Calamus Maximus)

15. it is the most
flexible material used in
the manufacturing
industry and been
known to extend up to
hundreds of meters
long.
(Rhynchospora Corymbosa)

16. TRADITIONAL HANDIWORK IN
THE PHILIPPINES
 JEWELRY
 METAL CRAFT
 POTS AND JARS
 WOVEN FABRICS
 WOOD CARVINGS

17. Central Luzon, Southern Luzon and
Mindanao Region

18. Southern Luzon and Mindanao Regions

19. Ilocos Region

20. Mindanao Region

21. Cordillera and Southern Luzon Regions

22. PHILIPPINE GAMABA AWARDS
Gawad sa Manlilikhang Bayan
Awards or GAMABA is an award that
recognizes folk and indigenous artists
who remain loyal to their traditions.
Lesson 3

23. NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
1. Must be an occupant of an indigenous
traditional cultural com anywhere in the
Philippines that has preserved native
customs, beliefs rituals, and traditions and
has syncretized whatever external elements
that have influenced it.
QUALIFICATIONS

24. NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
2. Must have involved in a folk art
tradition that has been in existence and
documented for at least 50 years.
QUALIFICATIONS

25. NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
3. Must have consistently performed or
produced over a significant period,
works of superior and distinctive
quality.
QUALIFICATIONS

26. NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
4. Must acquire 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.
QUALIFICATIONS

27. NATIONAL LIVING TREASURE
5. Must pass on and will pass on to
other members of the community their
talents in the folk art for which their
group is traditionally known.
QUALIFICATIONS

28. GAMABA
AWARDEES &
NOMINEES

29. 1993

30. 1993

31. 1993

32. 1998

33. 1998

34. 2000

35. 2000

36. 2000

37. 2005

38. 2005

39. 2005

40. 2012

41. 2012

42. 2016

43. 2016

44. 2016

45. 2017