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National Artist Abdulmari Asia Imao passes, 78
Photo from the NCCA Facebook page
The country is mourning the loss of a National Artist in Abdulmari Asia Imao, who died Tuesday morning at age 78.
On its Facebook page, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts said Imao was a National Artist for Visual Arts. He would have turned 79 this coming Jan. 14.
"A native of Sulu, he is a sculptor, painter, photographer, ceramist, documentary film maker, cultural researcher, writer, and articulator of Philippine Muslim art and culture," it said.
Mr. Imao was a very funny man. He kept laughing and cracking jokes throughout the interview that lasted almost three hours. Veronica Pulumbarit
It credited Imao for helping popularize works like the indigenous ukkil, sarimanok and naga motifs.
Such creations "have been popularized and instilled in the consciousness of the Filipino nation and other peoples as original Filipino creations," the NCCA said. — Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News
