Marife Ganahon Explained

Marife Ganahon
Birth Place:Valencia, Bukidnon, Philippines
Nationality:Filipino
Known For:Textile
Style:Higa-onon Manobo traditional ikam mat weaving

Marife Ravidas Ganahon (born 1967) is a Filipino mat weaver known for the Higa-onon Manobo mat weaving art of ikam.

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Manipon . Roel Hoang . Hail the newly declared National Living Treasures . 15 November 2024 . Daily Tribune Lifestyle . 1 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Higaonon Mat Weaver Proclaimed as ‘Manlilikha Ng Bayan 2023’ . City Government of Malaybalay . 15 November 2024 . en . 8 January 2024.
  3. News: Echeminada . Perseus . Higa-onon tribe weaver feted . 15 November 2024 . Daily Tribune . 17 January 2024 . en.
  4. News: 9 ‘Manlilikha ng Bayan’ named . 15 November 2024 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 22 December 2023 . en.