Local Arts

Arts in the Philippines

 Painting
 Dancing
 Weaving
 Sculpting
 Pottery

PAINTING

 Introduced by Spaniards during

16th century.
 Spaniards use paintings as
religious propaganda.
 Water color paintings
 Increased and the subject matter of paintings began to include
landscapes, Filipino inhabitants, Philippine fashion, and government
officials.
 Portrait paintings
 Featured the painters themselves, Filipino jewelry, and native furniture.
 Landscape paintings
 Featured artist’ names painted ornately as well as day-to-day scenes of
average Filipinos partaking in their daily tasks.
 During World War II, some painters focused their artwork on the effects of war,
including battle scenes, destruction, and the suffering of the Filipino people .

THE SCREAM
Style: Expressionism
Medium: Watercolor
THE MADONNA
Artist: Antonio ‘Jun’ Afable
Style: Expressionism, Modernism, Monumental Art, Primitiivism
Medium: Gouache
Description: God save the queen

THE LAST SUPPER

Style: Realism, Primitivism
Theme: Landscape, Still Life
WEAVING
1. FABRICS
 Abaca
 Pineapple
 Cotton
 Bark cloth
2. TEXTILES, CLOTHES, RUGS, BASKETS AND HATS
3. NIPIS
SCULPTURING

 From the transitional carving of anitos to the santos to Christ and down to the
saints, Filipinos find it rather not difficult as they are already familiar with the ways
of the wood.

POTTERY
CLAY/MUD
 Ceramic jars
 Water vessels
 Plates
 Cups

OTHER FORMS
 “Tanaga” is a type of Filipino poetry.
 “Kutkut” is an art technique used between the 15th and 18th centuries.

 The technique was a combination of European and Oriental style and process
mastered y indigenous tribes of Samar island.

POST NOTABLE FILIPINO ARTISTS

 Juan Luna
 Fernando Amorsolo
 Augusto Arbizo
 Felix Hidalgo
 David Cortes Medalla
PRESENT-DAY FILIPIINO ARTISTS
 Anita Magsaysay-Ho
 Fred De Asis
 Daniel Coquilla
 Ang Kiukok
 Mauro Malang Santos
  Santiago Bose
 Francisco Viri Rey Paz Contreras
 Nunelucio Alvarado

MUSEUMS
MANILA
 Bahay Tsinoy
 A typical Chinese house in the Philippines
 Casa Manila
 A typical Spanish colonial house in the Philippines
 San Agustin Museum
 A church museum with wide collections of catholic religious items
 National Museum of the Philippines
 The national museum which showcases Philippine Arts
 Malacanang Museum
 A museum inside the Presidential Palace complex
 Metropolitan Museum of Manila
 A museum of contemporary arts
 Museum of Contemporary Arts and Design
 A museum of contemporary Filipino arts
 The Museum
 A museum of contemporary Filipino arts
 UST Museum
 The oldest existing museum in the Philippines. UST Museum has
permanent display on natural history specimens, coins, memorabilia,
ethnographic mmaterials and oriental arts objects.

 Museo Pambata
 A museum for children
PASAY
 CCP Museo ng Kalinangang Pilipino and Asian Traditional Musical Instruments
  A museum of performing arts.
 GSIS Museo ng Sining
 A museum of Filipino Arts
MAKATI
 Ayala Museum
 A museum of Filipiino Arts
 Yuchengco Museum
 A museum of Filipino and Filipino-Chinese Arts
PASIG
 Lopez Memorial Museum
 A museum of Filipino Contemporary Arts

QUEZON CITY
 Ateneo Art Gallery
 A museum of Filipino Contemporary Arts
 Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center
 The only museum in the Philippines with wide range of Philippine Arts
from 1880-1960
TAGUIG
 Mind museum
 A science museum

DANCES

CORDILLERA
 Banga
 Illustrates the grace and strength of women in the Kalinga tribe.
 Woman performing the Banga balance heavy pots on their heads while
dancing to beat of wind chimes.
 Lumagen or Tachok
 Is performed to celebrate happy occasions
  When Lumagen is performed, it is meant to symbolize flying birds and is
musically-paired to the beat of gongs.
 Bendayan
 Bendayan is a circle dance, popularly called Bendian, of Ibaloi. This was
long known as a dance to celebrate the arrival of successful headhunters.
The circular movements of the dance symbolize unity and harmony among
the Ibalois. Now a part of every Benguet festivity with the circles slowly
giving way to other formations and interpretations. Bendayan is also
performed with the festival hymn composed by Professor Macario Fronda
during the Panagbenga Festival.
 Lumagen/Tachok
 Lumagen -Kalinga dance in Cordillera is to be a tribal dance. This is a
traditional thanksgiving dance by the Kalinga tribe performed to
celebrate good harvest and events such as birth of first-born child, victory
in battles and weddings.

 Manmanok
 (Vigan, Ilocos Sur) The Man-Manok is a dance that mimics fowls. Tribal
blankets that represent the colorful plumage of wild cocks are shown off
by the warriors who intend on winning the attention of the maiden hen.

 Ragsaksakan
 (Lubuagan, Kalinga) The Kalinga borrowed the beautiful word ragragsakan
from the Ilocano, which means "merriment." The two biggest occassions for
a ragragsakan in a Kalinga village are for the homecoming of successful
head takers and the culmination of peace-pact between warring tribes. In
this dance, Kalinga maidens balance labba baskets on thier heads, wave
colorful tribal blankets, and sing short salidumay songs as they snake
through the terrace dikes and skip through breaks in the path.

 Salisid
 Is the dance to show courtship
  In the Salisid dance, a male and a female performer represent a rooster
attempting to attract a hen.

 Salip
 Tribes in the mountain provinces of Luzon preserve their identity, customs
and lore. Their dances celebrate important events in life such as birth,
wedding, victory in war and thanksgiving. A Kalinga wedding dance is an
important celebration. The bridegroom offers the bride the protection and
comfort of his blanket. He simulates the movements of a rooster at love
play, aspiring to attract and seize his love. The bride's friends are ready to
help prepare the bride by offering "bangas" (earthen pots) filled with fresh
water from the mountain spring.

 Tarektek
 (Mt. Data, Benguet) Benguet province was once inhabited by many tarektek
or woodpeckers. These wild and colorful birds gave rise to the tarektek
dance. In this dance, one tarektek male manipulates a colorful tribal blanket
representative of the birds's iridescent plumage while the other playfully
beats on a brass gangsa representing impressive bird calls as they battle for
the attention of three tarektek females.

 Uyaoy/Uyaoy
 (Mayaoyao, Ifugao) The rice terraces of Banaue are home to hundres of
small and large feasts called canao. Each canao has a different purpose:
weddings, hope for a good harvest, success in war, or the death of
prominent villagers. The grandest of all canao is the uayoy. The uyaoy is
mainly celebrated by a Kadangyan or chieftain of the village in order to
reaffirm his social status in the community. Men spread their arms to imitate
the sakpaya hawk's majestic glide and stamp their feet to affirm their affinity
with the cosmic earth as the women throw their arms upward while
scratching the ground with their toes.
TRIBAL DANCE

 Malakas at Maganda
 Is a national folklore dance.
 It tells the story of the origin of the Filipino people on the islands.
 Kadal Blelah
 Kadal-Blelah– South Cotabato A tribal dance where in the dancers perform
simulation of movements of birds. Kadal Tahaw – Tiboli dance- south
cotabato. A tribal dance performed by Tiboli tribe, this dance that mimics the
hopping and flying behavior of Tahaw bird is performed to celebrate good
harvest.
 Kadal Tahaw
 The Kadal Tahaw dance is a Filipino folk dance from Lake Sebu, South
Cotabato. The T'boli Tribe dances it with movements and costumes
reminiscent of the Tahaw bird. Their moves that represent the flying and
hopping of that bird are danced to welcome a bountiful harvest during
planting and harvesting season.

 Binaylaw
 the Binaylaw dance, tells the story of a hen, the hen’s baby, and a hawk. In
this dance, the hawk is said to control a tribe’s well-being, and is killed by
hunters after attempting to harm the hen’s baby

 Bagobo Rice Cycle

 Bagobo Rice Cycle (also known as Sugod Uno) is a tribal dance performed
by the Bagobo people of Davao del Sur. To the Bagobo, the dance is called
Miyamas neng Ommoy. Ommoy is a Bagobo term for the rice grains
without husks.
  Dugso

 The dugso of the Manobos in Bukidnon is a dance during harvest time and
upon the birth of a male heir. Colorful costumes and ornaments enhance
the appearance of the participants.

TRADITIONAL FILIPINO DANCES

 Tinikling
 Take two long bamboo rapidly and in rhythm, clap sticks for dancers to
artistically and daringly try to avoid getting their feet caught between
them.
 Singkil
 In this dance there are four bamboo sticks arranged in a tic-tac-toe
pattern in which the dancers exploit every position of these clashing sticks.
 Is identifiable with the use of umbrellas and silk clothing
 Binasuan
 Binasuan is a folk dance that originated in Bayambang, Pangasinan,. The
word “binasuan” means “with the use of drinking glasses.” The dancers
balance glasses on their heads and in their hands as they move. The glasses
are filled with rice wine, which makes any misstep a messy mistake. People
dance binasuan at weddings and festivals. A group of dancers generally
performs binasuan, moving in unison, but occasionally breaking into smaller
groups and performing different choreography.

Muslim Mindanao
Aside from the colorful contributions of its regional tribes, Mindanao is home to the
largest cultural minority in the Philippines - the Muslims. Brought by Javanese and Middle
Eastern traders, Islam is the religion of approximately 20 percent of the Philippine
population. They are known for their mysticism, royalty, and beauty which are evident in
their music and dances. Accompanied by the agong and kulintang, Filipino Muslim dance
is marked by intricate hand and arm movement along with shimmering costumes
 Asik
Tribe: Maguindanao
Origin: Lanao del Sur

A solo slave dance performed by the umbrella-bearing attendant to win the favor of her
sultan master. The girl wears long metal fingernails and dances and poses in doll-like
motions. Asik usually precedes a performance of Singkil.

Pangalay
Tribe: Badjao
Origin: Zamboanga del Sur

A pangalay native to the Badjao, sometimes known as the "Sea Gypsies." Pangalay is a
dance that emphasizes the agility of the upper body. The rhythmic bounce of the shoulder
with simultaneous alternating waving of arms are the basic movement of this dance. The
pangalay is commonly performed at weddings and other social gatherings.

Pangsak
Tribe: Yakan
Origin: Basilan

The Yakan are a Muslim ethnic group in the highlands of Mindanao. They wear elaborately
woven costumes tightly on their bodies. Their dances involve complicated hand and foot
movements. In this dance, a man unties a wrap from his wife-to-be's waist to wrap around
her body and dance with. Both of their faces are dotted with white paint, to hide their
identity from evil spirits.

Pangalay sa Agong
Origin: Tausug - Sulu

A variation of the Tausug's traditional dance, Pangalay, two warriors vie for the attention
of a lass both using gongs to show their prowess and skill.