Dayaw Season 4 airs on AnC
The Philippines’ national living treasures take the spotlight in the new season of the documentary series Dayaw, anchored by Sen. Loren Legarda on ANC.
The show’s fourth season offers six new episodes that focus on Philippine culture bearers. These are Filipinos who mastered their craft and devoted their entire lives to keep traditions alive, serving as sisidlan (living vessels) that bear the wealth of tangible and intangible heritage.
Legarda, National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA) Dangal ng Haraya Patron of Arts and Culture, hopes to help inspire the Filipino audience to love their culture through the program.
“As I was going through my spiels for the show, I realized that all of us are also sisidlan. We are all vessels of heritage and cultural knowledge if only we appreciate, learn and embrace our culture and make its preservation a part of our legacy to future Filipinos,” said Legarda.
In the first three episodes, Dayaw features recipients of the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng 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 contributions of Maguindanao kudyapi virtuoso Samaon Sulaiman, Pala’wan epic chanter Masino Intaray, Hanunuo Mangyan poet Ginaw Bilog, T’boli master weaver Lang Dulay, Tagabawa Bagobo master weaver Salinta Monon, Tawi-Tawi mat weaver Haja Amina Appo, Tausug textile weaver Darhata Sawabi, all of whom have already passed on; as well as the living GAMABA awardees — Kalinga musician/dancer Alonzo Saclag, Panay Bukidnon epic chanter Federico Caballero, Yakan musician Uwang Ahadas, Kapampangan metalsmith Eduardo Mutuc, Ilocano casque maker Teofilo Garcia and Ilocano textile weaver Magdalena Gamayo.
The fourth episode explores those who study, document and teach these artistic traditions to a greater audience. The fifth episode takes viewers to various museums in the country. In the season-ender titled Rediscovering Traditions, viewers will discover a pocket of culture that has survived and thrived amid modern encroachment.
Dayaw is a project of Legarda in partnership with the NCCA and ANC.