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# SAMAOON SULAIMAN (+ 2011) **Musician (Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao) 1993** * Master in the use of the kulintang and kutyapi of the Maguindanaons. * His extensive repertoire of dinaladay, linapu, minuna, binalig and other forms and styles. * He achieved the highest level of excellence in the a...

# SAMAOON SULAIMAN (+ 2011) **Musician (Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao) 1993** * Master in the use of the kulintang and kutyapi of the Maguindanaons. * His extensive repertoire of dinaladay, linapu, minuna, binalig and other forms and styles. * He achieved the highest level of excellence in the art of kutyapi playing. * He is also proficient in kulintang, agong, gandingan, palendag and tambul. # LANG DULAY **Textile Weaver T'boli (Lake Sebu, South Cotabato) 1998** * She is credited with preserving her people's tradition of weaving T'nalak, a dyed fabric made from refined abaca fiber. * She knows a hundred designs, including the bulinglangit (clouds), bankiring (hair bangs), and the kabangi (butterfly), each one special for the stories it tells and some of these were based on her dreams, hence her description as a "dreamweaver". * Her textiles are judged excellent because of the "fine even quality of the yarn, the close interweaving of the warp and weft, the precision in the forms and patterns, the chromatic integrity of the dye, and the consistency of the finish." # EDUARDO MUTUC **Metalsmith (Apalit Pampanga) 2004** * He is a known to be a practitioner of the craft of pinukpuk which involved the stamping of embellishments on metal sheets. * Eduardo Mutuc dedicated his life in sculpting retablos, mirrors, altars, and carosas from silver, bronze, and wood. * Artist who has dedicated his life to creating religious and secular art in silver, bronze and wood. * The only way to improve one's skills, he says, is to immerse oneself, learn the technique, and to practice. Only in perfecting one's craft can there be real reward. **Musical Instruments Mentioned:** * Kulintang * Kutyapi * Agong * Gandingan * Palendag * Tambul