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ALONZO SACLAG
The GAMABA Artist: Alonzo Saclag
This museum helps shape the future through researching and preserving the past and present, and sharing Alonzo Saclag's history and masterpiece with the world. We invite you to see things anew through the lens his collections. You’ll learn more than you ever thought possible and expand your mind in a miraculous way. This museum will keep the offerings fresh through special events, educational lectures, and temporary exhibitions. Visit us today.
Getting to Know Alonzo Saclag
The life of Saclag
Alonzo Saclag, a Filipino musician and dancer, was born in 1942 and is a member of the Kalinga people. Born in Lubuagan, he taught himself traditional Kalinga music and dance movements. Saclag revived the Kalinga gong tradition and lobbied for the conversion of the Capitol Building into a museum. He promoted Kalinga culture in schools, promoting children wearing traditional clothing and teaching folk songs. He was awarded the National Living Treasures Award in 2000 and established a village in Awichon to promote Kalinga culture
CONTRIBUTION
He lobbied that the abandoned Capitol Building be turned into a museum, schools implementing the practice of donning Kalinga costumes for important events, and that traditional Kalinga music should be alongside contemporary music in the local radio station.
Helps to preserve and continuously promote Kalinga culture through music, dances, Kalinga musical instruments, and costumes.
Established his own village in Labugan called Awichon village, it is a place where one could experience Kalinga's rich culture.
Founder of the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe that tours around the globe to represent and introduce Kalinga performing arts.
achievements
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Tree planting
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Formed the Kalinga Budong Dance Troupe
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A Kalinga master of dance and performing arts
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Master of Kalinga musical instruments
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Advocate for promoting and preserving Kalinga culture
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Bought land and built Awichon
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Plays the gangsa, a type of Kalinga gong
Saclag received the National Living Treasures Award in 2000. By 2016, he had developed Awichon, a village within his town dedicated to promoting Kalinga culture to visitors.
The Lubuagan Dance
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