Marife Ganahon

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Marife Ganahon
Born1967 (age 5758)
Valencia, Bukidnon, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Known forTextile
StyleHiga-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's Ikam NCCA Ikam Marife Ganahon Malaybalay Higaonon Manobo matsA.jpg
Ganahon's Ikam NCCA

Background

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Manipon, Roel Hoang (January 1, 2024). "Hail the newly declared National Living Treasures". Daily Tribune Lifestyle. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  2. "Higaonon Mat Weaver Proclaimed as 'Manlilikha Ng Bayan 2023'". City Government of Malaybalay. January 8, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  3. Echeminada, Perseus (January 17, 2024). "Higa-onon tribe weaver feted". Daily Tribune. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
  4. "9 'Manlilikha ng Bayan' named". Philippine Daily Inquirer. December 22, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2024.