Manlilika ng Bayan Magdalena Gamayo donates new inabel masterpiece as ‘Gift to the Nation’

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The National Museum of the Philippines is honored to receive a recently created inabel masterpiece from Manlilikha ng Bayan Magdalena “Nana Daleng” Gamayo on the occasion of her 98th birthday on 13 August 2022. The framed inabel was turned over by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) Executive Council, through its representative Dr. Edwin V. Antonio, to NMP Deputy Director-General for Museums Jorell M. Legaspi last 30 August 2022. Adorned with sinankurus (cross) design, the textile piece is now part of the GAMABA Special Collection.

MB Magdalena Gamayo was conferred with the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan award in 2012 for her excellent contribution to the cultural heritage of the country as a master textile weaver. Republic Act No. 7355 or Manlilikha ng Bayan Act of 1992 was enacted to preserve and promote Philippine traditional arts, whether visual, performing, or literary, for their cultural value. It also honors and supports traditional artists for their contribution to the national heritage. The work of a Manlilikha ng Bayan is presumed to be an Important Cultural Property, second to National Cultural Treasure, the highest category of cultural property through Republic Act No. 10066, also known as the National Heritage Act of 2009. 

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Text and poster by the NMP Ethnology Division

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