The Philippines’ national living treasures take the spotlight in the new season of the documentary series “Dayaw,” anchored by Senator Loren Legarda on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel.
The fourth season of “Dayaw” premieres on Thursday (January 4) at 6 pm, offering six new episodes that focus on our culture bearers, Filipinos who mastered their craft and devoted their entire lives to keep their traditions alive, serving as “sisidlan” or living vessels that bear the wealth of our tangible and intangible heritage.
Legarda, National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA) DangalngHaraya Patron of Arts and Culture, hopes to further inspire the Filipino audience to appreciate and love our own culture through this new season of the program.
In the first three episodes, “Dayaw” features recipients of the GawadsaManlilikhang Bayan (GAMABA) or the National Living Treasures Award, a distinction accorded by the Philippine government to the finest traditional artists of the land. Viewers get to see the lives and contributions of Maguindanaokudyapi virtuoso SamaonSulaiman, Pala’wan musician and epic chanter MasinoIntaray, HanunuoMangyan poet and master of syllabaryGinawBilog, T’boli master weaver Lang Dulay, TagabawaBagobo master weaver SalintaMonon, Tawi-Tawi mat weaver HajaAminaAppo, Tausug textile weaver DarhataSawabi, all of whom have already passed on; as well as the remaining living GAMABA awardees – Kalinga musician and dancer Alonzo Saclag, Panay Bukidnon epic chanter Federico Caballero, Yakan musician UwangAhadas, Kapampanganmetalsmith Eduardo Mutuc, Ilocano casque maker Teofilo Garcia, and Ilocano textile weaver Magdalena Gamayo.
“Dayaw” is a project of Legarda in partnership with the NCCA, the prime government arm dedicated to the promotion of Philippine arts and culture, and ANC, the country’s premier 24/7 all-English cable news channel.
Join Senator Loren Legarda in another season of “Dayaw” on ANC with livestreaming on abs-cbnnews.com/live and the channel’s official Facebook page, every Thursday, 6 pm, starting January 4.
