People

Darhata Sawabi

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Darhata Sawabi ± (Death Anniversary, March 12, 2005)Textile Weaver: Pis SyabitTausugParang, Sulu In Parang, on the island of Jolo, Sulu, women weavers were hard at work weaving the Pis Syabit, the traditional cloth tapestry worn as a head covering the Tausug of Jolo. Darhata Sawabi was one of those who took the art of pis … Read more

Samaon Sulaiman

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Samaon Sulaiman | @nccaofficial Samaon Sulaiman ± (Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan) (Born March 3, 1953)MusicianMaguindanaonMamasapano, Maguindanao In the field of music, the Magindanaon have few peers among Filipino cultural communities. Their masters on the ‘kulintang’ (gong-chime) and ‘kutyapi’ (two-stringed plucked lute) are comparable to any instrumental virtuoso in the East or West. The kutyapi … Read more

Virgilio Almario

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Virgilio Almario: National Artist for Literature (Born March 9, 1944) Greetings to National Artist Virgilio S. Almario on his 79th birthday! Virgilio S. Almario, also known as Rio Alma, is a poet, literary historian, and critic, who has revived and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms, even as he championed modernist poetics. In 34 years, he … Read more

First Native Filipino Female Author

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First Native Filipino Female Author and First Ever Kapampangan Author: Luisa Gonzaga de Leon (1805-1843) She is the first native Filipino female author and the first ever Kapampangan author. She hails from the barrio of Cabambangan in the town of Bacolor, the cradle of the Kapampangan language. She wrote the Ejercicio Cotidiano (Daily Devotion) which … Read more

Geli Arceño

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Introducing our beloved teachers. Geli Arceño @sinupladaa for Hiligaynon (West Visayas). Geli Arceño is an educator, art writer, and cultural worker in Bacolod City. She is currently the program supervisor of Cinematheque Negros in the Film Development Council of the Philippines. She was a Creative Writing and 21st Century Literature professor to Senior High School … Read more