Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa

Dancer and scholar who recorded the pangalay and the visual arts of Sulu over forty years, and received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2015.

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2 books on the shelf

1983Out of print
Pangalay
Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa
Filipinas Foundation
The pangalay dance of Sulu and the dances, music and dress around it, documented in the field by the woman who brought it to the national stage.
2005In print
Ukkil
Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa
Ateneo de Manila University Press
The carved, woven and worked ornament of Sulu, ukkil, in a large illustrated study by the dancer and scholar who spent her life recording the archipelago’s arts.

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