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Ginaw Bilog

Ginaw Bilog

Filipino poet (1953–2003)


Ginaw Bilog was a Filipino poet who was recognized as a National Living Treasure by the Philippine government.[1]

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Born on January 3, 1953,[2] Bilog was a Hanunuo Mangyan who was a native of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. He was known for his efforts in preserving the Mangyan poetry tradition of ambahan.[3]

Then-President Fidel V. Ramos conferred the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) or National Living Treasure Award to Ginaw Bilog on December 17, 1993, in recognition of his people's efforts in preserving ambahan poetry, which is recorded on bamboo.[4]

He died on June 3, 2003, at age 50 due to a lingering illness.[5]


References

  1. "Manlilikha ng Bayan" (PDF). International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. "Official Calendar". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. de Leon, Felipe (5 May 2017). "National Living Treasures: Ginaw Bilog". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. Postma, Antoon (March 1995). "The Ambahan: A Mangyan Poem of Mindoro". Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society. 23 (1). University of San Carlos Publications: 44–61. JSTOR 29792176phq{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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