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Queenie Casimiro

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<div>Ed&#x27;s note: English translation available after the story.</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1764422453126HABI.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/></div>Na su veranda na su casa puede encontra todo&#x27;l dia con el ochenta anios de edad si Tumahid Saimani, quien con pasencia ta hace pukut que ya manda con ele hace su vicinos pescador.Bata pa lang si Saimani cuando ya aprende ele hace pukut.Tiempo Martial Law, uno asegun ele na maga residente de Isabela City que ta hace pukut, que ta usa su tata para pesca.Asegun con Saimani, antes, &quot;ta recuji io maga daan pukut del mi Tata y ta aregla con este para crea un nuevo pukut. Hasta ya llega el tiempo ya queda yo experto na hacinda de pukut.&quot;Poreso, este tiempo, conosido si Saimani como uno del de con todo bueno &quot;maglulugo&quot; na comunidad del maga Bajau.Asegun na Oficina de Turismo del Ciudad de Isabela, el dedicacion, pasencia y creatividad de Saimani ta refleja hinde solamente na su personal devocion na artesania, si no ta dale tambien este mira el herencia del maga Sama Bajau. Na otro parte del Tampalan, puede encontra con el conosido maglulugo, si VIniya Padjaran.Ta invita con ele si tiene casamiento, muerto, o cada vez ta conduci ritual.Ya incinia ya tambien asegun ele con su maga anak y otro pa maga interesao vicinos de Tampalan na Malamawi, para puede sustene con el tradicion.Cuento de Padjaran, dose años pa lang ele cuando ya principia ele aprende queda maglulugo. &quot;De mio nana y maga abuela, todo sila maglulugo tambien. Cada vez tiene duwa&#x27;a, ta conduci ritual y si ta resa.&quot;El palabra &quot;lugu&quot; o el traditional Bajau chants, ta cunta maga storia, maga valores fundamental y el hondo sabeduria na cultura de maga Bajau. El lugu hinde solamente exprecion de artes, ta servi tambien este como manera del maga Bajau para educa con maga nuevo heneracion aserca el de ila historia, cultura y identidad.Na Barangay Eastside ta esta si Datu Halun Asakil, nativo de Sulu pero na Ciudad de Isabela ya engranda.Aqui ya vivi ele por medio de man panday bolo, kris, barong, sanggut y otros pa, que ta usa maga vivientes man hilamon, na casa, o como armas. Cada producto que ta produci si Asakil, ta dale mira el rico herencia del rehyon.Dies años pa lang si Asakil cuando ya principia man panday, y masquin setenta años ya ele ahora, nohay pa asegun ele intencion descansa.Asegun con Asakil, &quot;este ya mi busca vida que ya puede ayuda con de mi maga mayores, maga hermano mayor y tambien ya manda entra escuela canamon.&quot;Por cuantos decada ya tambien ta esta na isla de Malamawi como magtetepo si Araja Abdulkalim.Su maga abuela tambien asegun ya incinia con ele tehe petate. Cada un petate tiene maga unico diseño que lleno de color, semehante con el rico cultura del maga Bajau. Maga vena na su mano ta dale mira su amor na hacida de petate, que ya dale lugar con cuantos heneracion para puede durmi comfortable.Alegre asegun ele si tiene quien ta cumpra su maga petate, siendo amo este ya puede ayuda para puede entra escuela su maga anak y apo.Asegun con Abdulkalim, &quot;siendo nohay otro quien ta man busca vida na familia, este ya el ya ayuda mucho canamon. El encontrada na venta de petate amo yo ta usa para cumpra comida y maga ropa.&quot;Desde na trese maga nominao, el screening committee ya escuji canda Saimani, Padjaran, Asakil y Abdulkalim, como maga se llama &quot;living treasures&quot; del Isabela City. Canila yya reconose el govierno local por el de ila contribucion na preservacion del tradicion y cultura del ciudad.Ya recivi sila el Hapisabela Award for Builders of Isabela de Basilan o HABI. Este el de con todo prestigioso reconosimiento que ta dale el govierno local para con de ila maga local traditional artists.Asegun con el Alcalde Sittio Djalia Turabin-Hataman, importante que sabe maga Isabeleños el valor de preservacion del cultura, y el historia del cada tradicion que tiene el ciudad.&quot;Con de aton maga awardees, ta aprecia kami mucho con de ustedes dedicacion para dale mira que el de aton cultura, hinde solamente parte del historia, si no storia tambien este de esperanza y que laya de mafuersa maga Isabeleños,&quot; asegun con el Alcalde.El HABI Awards un iniciativo del govierno local con el ayuda del National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Asegun na Oficina de Turismo, puera que ay pone bajo na exhibit con maga obra y maga producto del cuatro maga ganador, ay recivi tambien sila cuantos maga servicio como el libre checkyada de salud cada mes.El Alcalde Hataman ya firma un Executive Order que ta ordena para conduci dos veses el año con el dalida del HABI awards.<div> </div>****<div> </div><div>Basilan&#x27;s &#x27;living treasures&#x27; honored</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1764422467247237f7ad2-084c-4dc5-a32a-6806b6af5a3f.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/></div>Eighty year old Tumahid Saimani is bent over in his porch, meticulously crafting a fishnet ordered by a neighbor. Saimani learned to craft nets in his early years. He was among those who were occupied with net making during the Martial Law years.Saimani recalls he used to collect torn pieces of his father&#x27;s fishnet and mend these to create a new one.Sixty years later, he is now regarded as a master net maker in the Bajau community.The City Tourism Office says, &quot;Saimani&#x27;s  skill, patience, and artistry reflects not only on his personal dedication to the craft, but also the deep cultural heritage of the Sama Bajau people.&quot; In another part of Sittio Tampalan, one can find Viniya Padjaran, known as a maglulugo, or a traditional Bajau chanter.The local government unit says, for almost 55 years, Padjaran has &quot;devoted her life to performing the traditional Bajau chants that embody the community&#x27;s stories, values and cultural wisdoms.&quot;She often gets invited to weddings, funerals, or rituals.She says she has trained her children and other residents of Tampalan, who are interested in continuing the tradition.Padjaran shares, &quot;I started chanting at 12 years old. My mother and grandmothers, they were all chanters as well. They used to be invited to thanksgivings, rituals and prayers.&quot;&quot;Lugu&quot; or the traditional Bajau chant is not merely an expression of art, but also serves as a way of passing down knowledge, history, and identity from one generation to the next.The LGU says, through the chants, the &quot;maglulugo&quot; preserves the &quot;rhythm and essence of Bajau culture, safeguarding an art form that is both rare and deeply significant.&quot;In Barangay Eastside, 70-year old Datu Halun Asakil is busy heating, bending and shaping metal.Asakil is a native of Sulu but has lived most of his life in Isabela City as a blacksmith. He started to learn the craft at 10 years old.Through the years, he has learned and perfected the crafting of iconic blades such as the kris, barong, talibong and panabas; each piece a living testament to the Region&#x27;s rich warrior heritage.And even at 70 years of age, Asakil has no intention of retiring anytime soon.Asakil says,&quot;this has been my livelihood that has helped my parents my siblings and was able to help send us to school,&quot;Back in the island of Malamawi, 69-year old Araja Abdulkalim, is known as a proud Sama Bajau mat weaver.For 55 years, Abdulkalim has spent her life mastering the art of creating tepo with intricate and meaningful patterns. The veins in her hands are proof of the dedication she poured in weaving each strand into a beautiful mat. Apart from being a functional piece, the mat design isa story of Abdulkalim&#x27;s heritage, resilience and creativity.She says, &quot;The income from the sale of the mats are used to send my children and grandchildren to school and for other basic needs.&quot;Out of 13 nominees, Saimani, Padjaran, Asakil and Abdulkalim were chosen by the screening committee formed by the Isabela City LGU and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. On October 15, 2025, they were formally recognized for their contribution in the preservation of the city&#x27;s rich and colorful culture and tradition.The awardees received the Hapisabela Award for Builders of Isabela de Basilan or HABI, the most prestigious recognition that the LGU confers to their local traditional artists and artisans.In her speech, Mayor Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman stressed on the value of learning and preserving the City&#x27;s culture, and to know the origin and history of each tradition.&quot;To our awardees, we are immensely grateful for your untiring dedication that shows our culture is not just a part of our past, but is also a story of hope and resilience,&quot; Hataman says.Apart from a product exhibit, the four awardees will also be receiving other services such as free monthly health check-up.Mayor Hataman also signed an Executive Order mandating the conduct of the HABI awards twice a year.

Ang Hapisabela Award for Builders of Isabela de Basilan o HABI ang pinakamataas na pagkilalang ibinibigay ng LGU sa kanilang mga lokal na tradisyunal na alagad at manggagawang-sining.

Ang Hapisabela Award for Builders of Isabela de Basilan o HABI ang pinakamataas na pagkilalang ibinibigay ng LGU sa kanilang mga lokal na tradisyunal na alagad at manggagawang-sining.

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4 traditional artists del Isabela, Basilan ya reconose el govierno local

Queenie Casimiro,

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Published Nov 30, 2025 10:00 AM PHT

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