 The salakot is a common symbol for Filipino identity, often worn by the National personification Juan dela Cruz along with a barong tagalog.The kattukung made from bottle gourd is also commonly associated with the 18th-century Ilocano revolutionary leader Diego Silang.In 2012, Teofilo Garcia of Abra in Luzon, expert artisan of a special kind of "salakot" made of bottle gourd ("Lagenaria siceraria") was awarded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts with the ""Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan"" (National Living Treasures Award) for his dedication to the traditional craft of making gourd salakot, affirming the status of the salakot as one of the intangible cultural heritage of the Philippines under the traditional craftsmanship category.