{"id":154660,"date":"2018-02-28T07:25:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T12:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=154660"},"modified":"2018-02-28T07:25:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T12:25:17","slug":"senate-nominates-whang-od-for-gamaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/28\/senate-nominates-whang-od-for-gamaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate nominates Whang-Od for GAMABA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_154678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154678\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Whang-od_tattooing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154678\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Whang-od_tattooing.jpg\" alt=\"Whang-od tattooing on June 30, 2016 (Photo By Mawg64 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0)\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Whang-od_tattooing.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Whang-od_tattooing-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whang-od tattooing on June 30, 2016 (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=50374688\">Photo By Mawg64 &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recognizing her artistry and representation and preservation of the country\u2019s rich culture, the upper chamber adopted a resolution nominating traditional tattoo artist Whang-Od Oggay for the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) or the National Living Treasures Award.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Resolution No. 2 and Senate Resolution No. 538, introduced by Senators Nancy Binay and Sonny Angara respectively, wrote that Whang-Od is the only surviving Kalinga \u2018<em>mambabatok<\/em>\u2019 or a master tattoo artist of \u2018<em>batek<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>According to the resolution, the <em>batek<\/em> is a traditional body art \u201cdistinctively known for its symmetric and intricate designs that detail the valor and bravery of ancient tribal warriors, and is customarily applied through a hand-tapped pricking method using intrinsic instruments such as Carabao horns and fruit thorns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The batek survived centuries of foreign influences. The traditional Filipino tattoo art must not disappear and turn extinct due to mere negligence to preserve a significant feature of Philippine culture and identity,&#8221; it read.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution also highlighted Whang-Od\u2019s importance as she is the living \u201ccontinuity\u201d of the <em>batek<\/em> since she is the last living <em>mambabatok<\/em>. It further read that this is why \u201cimmediate action\u201d must be done to preserve this thousands year old tradition especially at her \u201cadvanced age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBestowing Whang-Od the GAMABA or the National Living Treasures Award does not only recognize the beauty and grace of the ancient art of tattooing, but also ensures that such Filipino heritage will survive and continue to exist, her contribution to her native craft, as well as the rarity of her situation, should not go unrecognized, and warrants nomination from this august body,\u201d the female senator said.<\/p>\n<p>While Angara said, \u201cWhang-Od Oggay was renowned for her batek which she started practicing since her childhood years. She tattooed countless warriors and head-hunters of her tribe that has now garnered both local and international recognition and reverence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GAMABA or the National Living Treasures Award through Republic Act No. 7355 was institutionalized in April 1992, recognizing folk artists. An awardee will be granted a P10,000 monthly for life and initial grant of P100,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing her artistry and representation and preservation of the country\u2019s rich culture, the upper chamber adopted a resolution nominating traditional &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":154678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1145,16,95],"tags":[47400,47399,47401,47398],"class_list":["post-154660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-art-and-culture","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-gamaba","tag-gawad-sa-manlilikha-ng-bayan","tag-national-living-treasures","tag-whang-od-oggay","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}