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    Ginaw Bilog was a Hanunoo Mangyan born in 1953 in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro who became a specialist in preserving and teaching the traditional Mangyan art of ambahan poetry. He taught ambahan poetry to elementary students and at his training center, passing on the old Mangyan writing system. Bilog worked to record ambahan poetry in old notebooks and bamboo tubes, preserving pieces from his father and grandfather. In 1993, Bilog received the National Living Treasures Award from the President of the Philippines in recognition of his efforts to maintain the ancient Mangyan poetic tradition of ambahan. Bilog died in 2003 at the age of 50 from a lingering illness.

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    Ginaw Bilog was a Hanunoo Mangyan born in 1953 in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro who became a specialist in preserving and teaching the traditional Mangyan art of ambahan poetry. He taught ambahan poetry to elementary students and at his training center, passing on the old Mangyan writing system. Bilog worked to record ambahan poetry in old notebooks and bamboo tubes, preserving pieces from his father and grandfather. In 1993, Bilog received the National Living Treasures Award from the President of the Philippines in recognition of his efforts to maintain the ancient Mangyan poetic tradition of ambahan. Bilog died in 2003 at the age of 50 from a lingering illness.

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    Ginaw Bilog was a Hanunoo Mangyan born in 1953 in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro who became a specialist in preserving and teaching the traditional Mangyan art of ambahan poetry. He taught ambahan poetry to elementary students and at his training center, passing on the old Mangyan writing system. Bilog worked to record ambahan poetry in old notebooks and bamboo tubes, preserving pieces from his father and grandfather. In 1993, Bilog received the National Living Treasures Award from the President of the Philippines in recognition of his efforts to maintain the ancient Mangyan poetic tradition of ambahan. Bilog died in 2003 at the age of 50 from a lingering illness.

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    Ginaw Bilog was a Hanunoo Mangyan born in 1953 in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro who became a specialist in preserving and teaching the traditional Mangyan art of ambahan poetry. He taught ambahan poetry to elementary students and at his training center, passing on the old Mangyan writing system. Bilog worked to record ambahan poetry in old notebooks and bamboo tubes, preserving pieces from his father and grandfather. In 1993, Bilog received the National Living Treasures Award from the President of the Philippines in recognition of his efforts to maintain the ancient Mangyan poetic tradition of ambahan. Bilog died in 2003 at the age of 50 from a lingering illness.

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    Biography:

    Born on January 3, 1953, Bilog was a Hanunuo Mangyan who was a native of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. He only managed to finish first grade,
    writing only in the regular alphabet when he is to sign his name. However, as time pass by, he became a culture specialist wherein he imparts to
    a group of young people the skills and techniques of doing a traditional art or craft, specifically in teaching young Mangyan their old system of
    writing. The mode of his teaching is usually non-formal, oral and with practical demonstrations. The site where he permanently teaches is located
    at Bait, Mansalay, named Bilog’s Training Center (The Center is Bilog’s very own School of Living Traditions). Before that, Bilog has been teaching
    elementary students the art of ambahan thrice a week, with special arrangements with the principal of Bait Elementary School.

    Ginaw Bilog was a Filipino poet, specialized in making and teaching the ambahan poetry. He took it upon himself to continually keep scores of
    ambahan poetry recorded, not only on bamboo tubes but on old, dog-eared notebooks passed on to him by friends. Most treasured of his
    collection are those inherited from his father and grandfather, sources of inspiration and guidance for his creative endeavors.

    December 17, 1993, President V. Fidel Ramos of the Philippines conferred in Malacanang Palace on Ginaw Bilog, who represented all Hanunoo-
    Mangyan poets from southern Mindoro, the National Living Treasures Award: “Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan,” in appreciation for the Manyangs’
    preservation and continuous practicing of the ancient traditional Ambahan poetry, recorded on bamboo by means of the Surat Mangyan, the
    centuries-old pre-Spanish script.

    Died on June 3, 2003 due to a lingering illness. He was 50. He left behind five children with a 27-year old daughter as eldest. He was buried near
    his house in Kalaya, an hour’s trek from Bait. He was said to have requested not to be buried at once and asked for at least three days more in
    case he ‘awakens’ from death.

    Contribution:
    He was known to his efforts in vigorously promoting and preserving the elegantly poetic art of the surat Mangyan and the ambahan. He steeped
    in the wisdom that the ambahan is a key to the understanding of the Mangyan soul.

    Ambahan, a poetic literary form composed of seven-syllable lines, written in baybayin is used to convey messages through metaphors and
    images. The ambahan is sung and its messages range from:

     Courtship,
     Giving advice to the young,
     Asking for a place to stay,
     Saying goodbye to a dear friend, and so on
    The ambahan has remained in existence today chiefly because it is etched on bamboo tubes using ancient Southeast Asian, pre-colonial script
    called surat Mangyan. This process of engraving involves a facility with the use of stylus or knives on the skin of the bamboo. The ambahan are
    usually sang or chanted accompanied by guitars, fiddles, flutes or jew’s harps. Only the Hanunoo of southeastern Mindoro and the Buhid on the
    south of Bongabon River actually use this type of script. In an extemporaneous way, this poetic form inspires lively chanted debates displaying
    wit and creative imagery during social gatherings.

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