Through the dedication of individuals like (a)   , the ambahan poetry and other traditional art forms from our indigenous peoples will continue to live.

An outstanding master of the basal, kulilal and bagit, a gifted poet, bard artist, and musician who was born near the head of the river in Makagwa valley on the foothill of Mantalingayan mountain. He is not only well-versed in the instruments and traditions of the basal, kulilal and bagit but also plays the aroding (mouth harp) and babarak (ring flute) and above all is a prolific and pre-eminent epic chanter and story teller.

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He achieved the highest level of excellence in the art of kutyapi playing. His extensive repertoire of dinaladay, linapu, minuna, binalig, and other forms and styles interpreted with refinement and sensitivity fully demonstrate and creative and expressive possibilities of his instrument.

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Musician and Dancer, Kalinga: As a young boy in Lubuagan, he found endless fascination in the sights and sounds of day-to-day village life and ritual. He cites as an example the budong or the peace-pact, an established remedy for the tribal wars that continue to rack their region. He notes sadly that some fail to grasp the true meaning of the pact and the lives that are lost in a tribal war.

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Textile weaver: She has built a solid reputation for the quality of her work and the intricacies of her designs. There is a continuing demand for her fabrics. She has reached the stage where she is able to set her own price, but she admits to a nagging sense of being underpaid nevertheless, considering the time she puts into her work. It takes her three to four months to finish a fabric 3.5 m x 42 cm in length, or one abaca tube skirt per month.

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T'boli Textile Weaver: She knows a hundred designs, including the bulinglangit (clouds), the bankiring (hair bangs), and the kabangi (butterfly), each one special for the stories it tells. Using red and black dyes, she spins her stories with grace. Her textiles reflect the wisdom and the visions of her people.

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He is a Yakan, a people to whom instrumental music is of much significance, connected as it is with both the agricultural cycle and the social realm. One old agricultural tradition involves the kwintangan kayu, an instrument consisting of five wooden logs hung horizontally, from the shortest to the longest, with the shortest being nearest the ground.

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Epic Chanter: In the epics of his ancestors, he finds the root of many of the convictions they adhere to even today. And the concerns addressed by the epics are diverse, from human and family relations to matters that affect the environment.

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Tausug Textile Weaver: She remains faithful to the art of pis syabit weaving. Her strokes are firm and sure, her color sensitivity acute, and her dedication to the quality of her products unwavering. She recognizes the need for her to remain in the community and continue with her mission to teach the art of pis syabit weaving.

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He is an artist who has dedicated his life to creating religious and secular art in silver, bronze, and wood. His intricately detailed retablos, mirrors, altars, and carosas are in churches and private collections.

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Mat weaver: recognized as the master mat weaver among the Sama indigenous community of Ungos Matata.

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Casque Maker: His craft demands a lot of personal input from him because there is hardly any way for him to source the materials he needs for his work unless he makes them himself. He has had to turn down large orders because he has no one to help him, and in any case, there is no one who matches his level of skill.

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Ikat Weaver: Her thatch-wood-concrete domicile speaks of a permanence unconnected to the archaic system of shifting agriculture that gave its practitioners to move entire hamlets following the obligation to regenerate soil after extended use; giving that land back to the forest. It may indeed be suggested that ----- and her art that is unconnected to the relevant order of things. They have been loosened free from their old coordinates in both nature and culture. 

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Mat Weaver: She was never wont to monetize her mats. She carved out considerable time from domestic and farming responsibilities to accomplish some of the biggest, most subtly beautiful mats to be seen anywhere in Southeast Asia today.

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