CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

Name: _______________________________________ Year & Section: ___________ Score: ____ Date: _________

TEST I. IDENTIFICATION: Identify the correct answer described by the statement. Write the answer in your answer
sheet.

1. This is the highest policy-making and coordinating body for culture and the arts of the state.
______________________________________________
2. What is GAMABA stands for? ________________________________________________
3. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL LIVING TREASURES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
MANLILIKHA NG BAYAN, AND THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL FOLK ARTS,
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ____________________________________
4. This is the year when the first three outstanding artist in music and poetry were awarded in GAMABA. _____
5. A Manlilikha must have engaged in folk art tradition that has been in existence and documented for at how
many years? ___________
6. They organized the 1988 National Folk Artists Award. ________
7. It is the year that the GAMABA or the National Living Treasures was institutionalized through Republic Act
No. 7355. ______________
8-10. Give at least three categories of traditional folk arts where GAMABA award shall be given.
_________________ , ___________________ and ________________.

TEST II. MATCHING TYPE: Match items from column A with their corresponding definitions in column B. Write the
letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

Column A Column B
____11. SAMAON SULAIMAN a. Manner
____12. ALONZO SACLAG b. T’boli- Tinalak weaving
____13. Medium c. Musician and Storyteller
____14. ESTELITA BANTILAN d. Yakan- Musician
____15. DARHATA SAWABI e. Metalsmith
____16. FEDERICO CABALLERO f. Tausug- Pis syabit weaving
____17. TEOFILO GARCIA g. Sinukla and bandira
____18. GINAW BILOG h. Casque Maker
____19. UWANG ANDAS i. ambahan poetry
____20. MASINO INTARAY j. Musician and Dancer
____21. HAJA AMINA APPI k. Materials
____22. SALINTA MONON l. Blaan mat weaver
____23. LANG DULAY m. Maguindanao
____24. Techniques n. Sama- Mat weaver
____25. EDUARDO MUTUC o. Epic Chanter

TEST III. TRUE OR FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if the statement is false.

________26. A Gamaba awardee shall be given an initial grant of P150,000.

________27. A Gamaba awardee must have engaged in a folk art tradition that has been in existence and
documented for at least fifty (50) years.
________28. A Gamaba awardee must have frequently performed or produced over a significant period, works of
superior and distinctive quality.
________29. A Gamaba awardee must have passed on and/or will pass on to other members of the community their
skills in the folk art for which the community is traditionally known.
________30. A Gamaba awardee must possess 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.
________31. A Gamaba awardee is an inhabitant of an indigenous/traditional cultural community anywhere in the
Philippines that has preserved indigenous customs, beliefs, rituals and traditions and/or has syncretized whatever
external elements that have influenced it.
________32. An artist can still be recognize as a Gamaba awardee if he/she has been instrumental in the recovery of
his/her community’s artistic tradition.
________33. An artist can still be recognize as a Gamaba awardee if his/her community has recognized him/her as
master and teacher of his/her craft.
________34. A Gamaba awardee shall receive an incentive of P20,000 monthly stipend for life.
________35. A “Manlilikha ng Bayan” awardee Lang Dulay is awarded in her expertise of Tinalak weaving

TEST IV. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the best answer.

36. It belongs to sea grasses. It is a native reed plant used as a raw material for mat weaving.
a. Tikiw b. Tikog c. Raffia d. Coir
37. It is used a raw material in creating many products. It is used in construction, textile, musical instruments,
weapons, and many more.
a. Buri b. Bamboo c. Buntal d. Abaca
38. It is the outermost covering or leaf sheath of the abaca stalk. It is a flat thick durable sheath as twine or braided.
a. Bakbak b. Nito c. Pandan d. Rattan
39. A fiber extracted from unopened buri leaf in 3 stages. It is loom woven into fabrics or used as wall coverings,
upholstery material, folding doors and window hangings.
a. Raffia b. Tikiw c. Coir d. Pandan
40. It is a large, erect, and aquatic or marshy herb plant. It is found in central Luzon to Mindanao.
a. Abaca b. Buri c. Tikiw d. Tikog
41. It belongs to the palm family.
a. Bamboo b. Rattan c. Nito d. Pandan
42. A plant belonging to the fern family that grows abundantly in the hinterlands of Mindanao.
a. Bakbak b. Pandan c. Nito d. Coir
43. It is a tropical plant. It is processed and transformed into splints that are being used as raw material.
a. Buntal b. Abaca c. Pandan d. Nito
44. It is the fibrous material surrounding the fruit of the coconut tree.
a. Coir b. Buri c. Tikog d. Tikiw
45.It is extracted from the matured leaves of the buri palm. The fiber is durable and resistant to moisture.
a. Buri b. Abaca c. Bakbak d. Pandan
46. It belongs to Banana family. Its fiber has a natural luster with colors ranging from pure white to ivory and dark
brown.
a. Abaca b. Bakbak c. Rattan d. Nito
47. A cylindrically shaped fibers. The supple ivory white strands are quite durable, pliable, and have good dyeing
qualities.
a. Buntal b. Coir c. Buri d. Tikog
48. Federico Caballero was awarded in the year
a. 1933 b. 1934 c. 1935 d. 2000
49. A “Manlilikha ng Bayan” awardee Yabing Masalon Dulo is awarded in her expertise of __________.
a. tinalak weaving b. inabal weaving c. mat weaving d. Ikat weaving
50. It is the outermost covering or leaf sheath of the abaca stalk. It is a flat thick durable sheath as twine or braided.
a. Pandan b. Rattan c. Bakbak d. Nito

G O O D L U C K ! ! !
¬Ma’am Shie