Life Story
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Alonzo Saclag was born on August 4, 1942. A member of the Kalinga people and a native of Lubuagan, Kalinga province, Saclag taught himself of his people's traditions in the performing arts.
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Married to a woman named Rebecca and has 9 children.
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He learned how to play traditional Kalinga instruments and Kalinga ritual dance moves without official or official instruction.
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Musician and Dancer
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Received the National Living Treasure award in 2000
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Self-taught of his people’s traditions in performing arts
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Alonzo Saclag is still alive and is 80 years old.
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By 2016, he had founded a village in his town, named Awichon aimed at promoting Kalinga culture to tourists and established his own village by buying hectares of land.
As a member of the Kalinga people and a native of Lubuagan, Kalinga Province, Saclag learned about his title tradition in the performing arts. He learned how to play traditional Kalinga instruments and Kalinga ritual dance moves without official or official instruction.
As an attempt to revive the tradition of death while playing gangsa, a kind of Kalinga gong. Saclag campaigned for two years for the provincial government to grant money to convert the abandoned Capitol into a museum. With the support of the provincial government and other financial houses, a branch of the National Museum was established in Labuagan.
Saclag also lobbied to promote the Kalinga culture in schools in her community by participating in negotiations with the organization's administrators. He was a tool in establishing the practice of children dressed in traditional Kalinga clothing for important school events as well as teaching Kalinga folk songs in schools. He also campaigned for the broadcast of traditional Kalinga music along with contemporary music in their local radio stations. He also founded the Kalinga Budong Dance Company with the aim of promoting the Kalinga dance to a more audience.
Saclag was awarded the National Living Treasure Award in 2000.