Department of Education

SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CITY OF MEYCAUAYAN

Pag-asa St., Malhacan, City of Meycauayan, Bulacan

Activity Sheet 7
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MAPEH (Arts)
Fourth Quarter – Week 5
Designs the Visual Elements and
Components of the selected Festival
or Theatrical Form Through
Costumes, Props, etc.
(A7PR- IVd-1)
 FESTIVALS AND THEATRICAL FORMS
Non-Religious Festivals and Theatrical Forms

LET US KNOW

Just as we have religious festivals, we also have several non-religious

celebrations in the Philippines. These festivals focus on the cultural and
heritage aspect of our country and are celebrated with enthusiasm and
passion. Tourists even celebrate with the locals, taking in the wondrous and
artistic values of the costumes and props the locals have been prepared to
showcase.

LET US REVIEW

Find the name of the following festivals in the box below and write
your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
_______ 1. ________ 2.

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__________ 3. __________ 4.

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_________ 5.
a. Pahiyas Festivals
b. Sta Cruzan
c. Obando Fertility Rites
d. Sinulog Festivals
e. Ati-Atihan

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LET US STUDY

Non - Religious Festivals and Theatrical Forms

Non-religious festivals in the Philippines are those festivals not

usually associated with a patron saint or a religious event. While many of our
festivals are religious in nature, there are also many non-religious festivals.
Many of these are also new festivals that are meant to promote a particular
place, its tourism and culture. Different types of non-religious festivals in the
Philippines include food festivals, flower festivals and even agriculture-
related festivals. Below are some examples of these festivals in the
Philippines

Panagbenga
Festival (transl. Flower
Festival) is a month-long
annual flower occasion
occurring in Baguio. The
term is of Kankanaey origin,
meaning "season of
blooming". The festival, held
in February, was created as a
tribute to the city's flowers
and as a way to rise up from
the devastation of the 1990
Luzon earthquake. The
festival includes
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floats that are covered mostly with
flowers not unlike those used
in Pasadena's Rose Parade. The
festival also includes street
dancing, presented by dancers
clad in flower-inspired costumes,
that is inspired by the Bendian,
an Ibaloi dance of celebration
that came from the Cordilleras.

The Bases Conversion

Development Authority (BCDA), in The Official Logo of the Website of
collaboration with the John Hay Panagbenga Festival.
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Poro Point Development Corporation's (JPDC) annual Camp John Hay Art
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Contest, gave its official logo from one of the entries: a spray of indigenous
sunflowers from an artwork submitted by Trisha Tabangin, a student of the
Baguio City National High School. The festival was set in February to boost
tourism as it was considered as a time of inactivity between the busy days
of Christmas season and the Holy Week and the summer season.

The MassKara
Festival (Hiligaynon: Pista sang
MassKara, Filipino: Pista ng
MassKara) is an
annual festival with highlights held
every fourth Sunday of
October in Bacolod, Philippines. The
most recent festival was held from
October 8–27, 2019. The festival
sites include the Bacolod Public
Plaza, the Lacson Tourism Strip and
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 The festival has evolved into
one of the major annual tourism
attractions of the Philippines over
the next four decades. Held in
typical Oktoberfest and Mardi
Gras fashion, the MassKara
Festival served as a catalyst for far-
reaching growth and development of
the city's tourism, hospitality,
culinary, crafts and souvenirs and https://images.app.goo.gl/winpabQuLMjNTXTi9
services
sectors. In later years, the
Electric Masskara was added
as another attraction of the
Festival. For several nights
leading to the highlight
weekend, tribes of MassKara
dancers garbed in colorful neon
and LED lights on illuminated
floats make their way up and
down the Lacson Strip, a one
kilometer stretch of
merrymaking dotted with band https://images.app.goo.gl/GEPWTQ6HSLqyvWPo9
stages, souvenir stands, exotic car displays and roadside bars and food set-
ups put out by restaurant and hotels along the strip. It is said that
beer consumption during the festival is so high that at one time during the
first few staging’s of the festival, it bled dry the Mandaue brewery of San
Miguel Corporation on nearby Cebu island. The company eventually built its
Bacolod brewery to serve the city and Negros Island.

The mask motif of the

festival has changed from
masks influenced by native
Filipinos to those influenced by
the Carnival of Venice and
the Rio Carnival. Earlier masks
were hand-painted and
adorned with feathers, flowers,
and native beads, while
contemporary masks feature
plastic beads and sequins.

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 Kaamulan Festival is
an ethnic cultural festival
held annually in Malaybalay
City, Bukidnon in
the Philippines from the
second half of February to
March 10, the anniversary
date of the foundation of
Bukidnon as a province in
1917. It is held to celebrate
the culture and tradition of
the seven ethnic tribal groups https://images.app.goo.gl/D63Nzt1Po2PPSA21A

—Bukidnon, Higaonon, Talaandig, Manobo, Matigsalug, Tigwahanon

and Umayamnon—that originally inhabit the province. It is the only
authentic ethnic festival in the Philippines.
Kaamulan comes from the Binukid word “amul” meaning to
gather. Kaamulan is gathering for a purpose—a datuship ritual, a wedding
ceremony, a thanksgiving festival during harvest time, a peace pact, or all
these together.
Kaamulan started as a
festival on May 15, 1974,
during the fiesta celebration
of the then municipality of
Malaybalay. A town official
thought of inviting some
indigenous people to town
and made them perform a
few dance steps at Plaza Rizal
to enliven the fiesta
celebration. The celebration
however proved very popular
and together with national https://images.app.goo.gl/bUPuzy2fbtDRabG78

coverage the Kaamulan festival has become the regional festival of Northern
Mindanao, as declared by the Regional Development Council of Region 10 on
September 16, 1977. Kaamulan was formerly held in the first week of
September but in 1996, it was transferred to the present date to synchronize
it with the foundation celebration of the province until in 2014 it was moved
to the month of August in light of the 100th Founding Anniversary of
Bukidnon. The festival was cited for having a great potential to be included in
the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

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 The Kadayawan Festival is
an annual festival in the city
of Davao in the Philippines. Its name
derives from the friendly greeting
"Madayaw", from the Dabawenyo
word meaning good, valuable,
superior, or beautiful. The festival is a
celebration of life, a thanksgiving for
the gifts of nature, the wealth of
culture, the bounties of harvest and
serenity of living. Previously, this
festival held in the third week of
August every year which was https://images.app.goo.gl/7XdVD4VAp1TNvn3SA

highlighting the 11 tribes of Davao City. In 2019, the celebration was extended
and held from 2 to 31 August. In 2020, The Kadayawan Festival was
celebrated from 10 to 17 August.

LET US PRACTICE

Activity: Imagine This!

Imagine attending one of the non-religious festivals we have just heard

about and engaging in it. What festival would you like to participate in and
why? In describing a scenario and writing one or two sentences to help the
example, explain what your festival experience would have been. Do this
activity on a separate sheet of paper.

Make a sample illustration of the Non-Religious Festival

Write a sentence or two of the scenarios.

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Visitor from other province and city dances to the Santa Clara song.
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Refer to this rubric:
Content – 10 points
Grammar – 10 points
Total - 20 points

LET US REMEMBER

The tradition of the

fiesta is an ancient one
handed down from the
many Spanish religious
practices. Most fiestas are
celebrated among patron
saints and or the major
events in the life of Jesus
Christ and His Mother.
Examples are Christmas,
Quiapo Fiesta, Ati-atihan,
Holy Week, Santacruzan,
Peñafrancia Fluvial https://images.app.goo.gl/Bdy5TjjCWNKCqRdb6
Festival, Antipolo Pilgrimage,
Obando Fertility Rites and Carabao Festival.
Our Muslim brothers observe the Ramadan of the Hari-raya Puasa
Feast. There are also feasts that existed prior to Spanish colonialization like
the Tengao and Fagfagto which are rituals among the Ifugaos, Bontocs and
Kalingas of Mountain Province. Filipino hospitality is legendary and at no
time is it more in evidence than at fiesta time.

LET US APPRECIATE

Reflection:
Answer the following questions based on your understanding of the
lesson. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What can you tell about the non – religious festivals that celebrated
here in the Philippines?
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 _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

2. What do you think is the most popular Non – Religious Festival here
in the Philippines? Support your answer.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

3. Given a chance to visit and watch one of the Non – Religious Festival
in the Philippines, what will you visit and watch and why?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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Scoring Criteria (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) Points

Excellent Good Needs Needs more Fair
additional clarification
information
Complete
response with
detailed
explanation.
Shows
complete
understanding
on the
issue/theme.
Sensible
opinions
Highest possible ratings: 15 points SCORE:
Equivalent Rating:
_______________
14 – 15 = 95 8 – 9 = 89 4 = 80
12 – 13 = 93 6 – 7 = 86 1 – 3 = 75 RATING:
Needs Improvement
10 – 11 = 91 4 – 5 = 83
Rubrics for essay or paragraph type of questions

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 LET US PRACTICE MORE

ACTIVITY: DESIGN YOUR

OWN MASKARA (MASSKARA FESTIVAL)

Materials:
 Ready made Mask (you can also use
in this activity a used or old folder or
cardboard).
 Pens
 Ruler
 Tapes Original artwork of MWCIS JHS grade 7
students of Marc Lawrence O. Camartin
 Scissors
 Coloring Materials.

Procedure:
1. Create your own design and draw it in your mask, folder or
cardboard.
2. If your using folder or cardboard cut it using your scissors.
3. Color the design and you can add some art materials to make it
more beautiful and lively.

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Rubrics
Craftmanship 5 points
Functionality 5 points
Skill 5 points
Creativity 5 points
Total 20 points

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 EVALUATION

Identification: Write the correct answer in the space before the

number.

_________ 1. This festival, held in February, was created as a tribute to the

flowers of the city and to emerge from the destruction of the earthquake in
Luzon in 1990.
_________ 2. Also known as Flower Festival
_________ 3. Festivals that are not usually associated with a patron saint or a
religious event.
_________ 4. The festival's mask theme of this festival has moved from masks
inspired by native Filipinos to those influenced by the Venice Carnival and
the Rio Carnival.
_________ 5. Masskara is a portmanteau, meaning a two-combining word.
Mass means and Kara means _________ 6.
_________ 7. The festival’s name is derived from the Mandaya word “madayaw,”
meaning treasured or valuable.
_________ 8. Event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on
some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures.
__________ 9. This festival is a gathering for a purpose—a datuship ritual, a wedding
ceremony, a thanksgiving festival during harvest time, a peace pact, or all these
together.
__________ 10. ethnic cultural festival held annually in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon in
the Philippines.

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2020

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CAROLINA S. VIOLETA, EdD
Schools Division Superintendent

CECILIA E. VALDERAMA, PhD

Asst. Schools Division Superintendent

DOMINADOR M. CABRERA, PhD

Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division

EDWARD C. JIMENEZ, PhD

Education Program Supervisor- LR Manager

ALFONSO S. MIACO, Jr.

Education Program Supervisor, MAPEH

MARIELLE FAUSTINE L. LAPEÑA/

MONICA B. ALCONES/VANESSA V. LANUZO
Content/Language/Layout Evaluator

MARC LAWRENCE O. CAMARTIN

Developer / Writer

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