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The significance of literature in the Philippines
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Unique poetic forms and their meanings

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Writing that uses artistic expression and form and is considered to have merit or be important. As an artistic term, literature refers to written works, such as novels, short stories, biographies, memories, essays, and poetry.

Literature

GAMABA

National Living Treasures

Ginaw Bilog

President Fidel V. Ramos, conferred the National Living Treasure Award to Ginaw Bilog on what date?

December 17, 1993

December 17, 1990

December 10, 1994

December 13, 1993

A poetic literary form composed of seven-syllable lines used to convey messages through metaphors and images.

Ambahan

Hanunó’o

Ginaw Bilog

Mangyan

Also called “Nong Pedring” of Calinog, Iloilo was awarded as the Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan in 2000 for his efforts to preserve the beliefs, traditions, and beliefs of Panay- Bukidnon by encouraging cultural researchers and advocates to write them down to be taught to the younger members of their community.

Federico Caballero

Ginaw Bilog

Anggoy Omil

Surat Mangyan

A Filipino poet who was recognized as a National Living Treasure by the Philippine government. 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.

Ginaw Bilog

Federico Caballero

Surat Mangyan

Anggoy Omil

Austronesian language is spoken in the southern part of the Philippine island of Mindoro by about 10,000 to 12,000 people.

Hanunó’o

Surat Mangyan

Mangyan

Labaw Dunggon and Humadapnon

After his mother and Anggoy died, Federico Caballero documented these epics with the researchers.

Labaw Dunggon and Humadapnon

Ambahan

Surat Mangyan

Hanunó’o

Federico Caballero’s great grandmother who chants different epics for them to sleep and the reason why he became interested in chanting an epic.

Anggoy Omil

Ginaw Bilog

Federico Caballero

Surat Mangyan

Ambahan has remained in existence today chiefly because it is etched on bamboo tubes using ancient Southeast Asian, pre-colonial script called?

Surat Mangyan

Ambahan

Hanunó’o

Ginaw Bilog

The award is given to a person or a group of artists that is recognized by the Philippine government for their contributions to the nation’s cultural heritage.

GAMABA

NLT

National Living Treasurea

GAMAKA

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