Aliyah Rossa D.

Llanes

11-Onesta

Reaction Paper

Katutubo: Memory of Dances (1998) by Antonio Perez

1. What forms of traditional art can you identify in the videos?

I saw different kinds of traditional arts in the said documentary, such as songs, dance and
drawing. Different tribes were introduced but all of them has their own versions of these three
forms of traditional arts.

2. What do these narratives tell us about the character of traditional arts?

Traditional arts are full of culture, depending on what tribe or place you are in. And as the
outsiders continuously invade their homeland, these tribesmen are slowly getting influenced by
the foreigners’ acts, and leaving their true culture behind—forgotten.

3. How the artists portrayed in the video?

The following artists shown that the arts that they were doing or performing were actually for
their rituals and traditions’ sake, they think it is their culture and it is a normal thing to be done
in their tribe.

4. What specific factor causes changes in art production?

Like I said before, one of the factors would be different influences that might change a person’s
culture; therefore the kind of art that was specifically for a certain tradition will drastically
change. Second, when a person from a certain tribe gets to learn the ‘academy’ way of doing
arts, there will be possible change in the art production.
1. What is the significance of the GAMABA?
It is said to give honor and preserve the traditional artworks and traditional artists that still
depicts the Filipino culture and traditions through their art pieces.