Marife Ganahon | |
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Born | 1967 (age 57–58) |
Nationality | Filipino |
Known for | Textile |
Style | Higa-onon Manobo traditional ikam mat weaving |
Awards | National Living Treasure Award 2023 |
Marife Ravidas Ganahon (born 1967) is a Filipino mat weaver known for the Higa-onon Manobo mat weaving art of ikam.
Ganahon, a Higa-onon Manobo woman from Malaybalay, Bukidnon. [1] [2] She was however born in 1967 in Valencia, a town in the same province. [1]
She is known for promoting and preserving the art of ikam, a mat weaving technique of the Higa-onons. [3] Ikam are created from sodsod, a kind of sedge. [1]
Ganahon learned the art of ikam from her mother and grandmother at age 10 after being inspired from the works of her aunt. [1]
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts conferred Ganahon the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan award in December 2023. [4]