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Contemporary Philippine Arts

From the Regions

Quarter 1 – Module 2

Various Art Forms

Found in the Philippines

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Contemporary Philippine Arts From the Region – Grade 12
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Quarter 1 – Module 1: Various Art forms found in the Philippines
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Contemporary Philippine Arts
From the Region

Quarter 1 – Module 2

Various Art forms found

in the Philippines
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This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
describes various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various
regions.. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning
situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students.
The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the
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Most Essential Learning Competency:
Discusses various art forms found in the Philippines. (CAR11/12IAC-oa-2)

The module is divided into three lessons, namely:

 Lesson 2 – Discusses various art forms found in the Philippines

After going through this module, you are expected to:

 Describes various art forms found in the Philippines
 Recognize various art forms found in the philippines
 What I Know

Answer on a separate sheet of paper.

A. True or False questions:

1. Artists are self-taught and did not have formal education. Originality is not issue
in Contemporary Art.

a. True b. False

 2. It is not restricted to individual experience but it is reflective of the world we live
in. Event in the world having an effect to the Philippines 

a. True b. False

B. Multiple Choice. Select the letter of the best answer from among the given
choices.

3. One of the most internationally renowned pieces of modern Filipino art. It now
hangs in the main gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines and is the
 first painting to greet museum visitors.

A. Malliarium B. Selfie Post of Sarah Geronimo

C. Spolarium Painting by Juan Luna D. All of the Above

4. A human pursuit to imitate life and the world into something pleasing or
Beautiful.

A. Contemporary Arts B. Art

C. Public Speaking D. Digital Art

C. Identify what kind of art is being presented and identify what kind of
contemporary form is presented.

1. 2.

3. 4.
 What’s In

In the previous lesson, we defined Contemporary art as the art of today, produced
by artists who are living in the twenty-first century.

There are various art forms in the Philippines. The seven major forms are:
1. VISUAL ARTS
2. LITERATURE
3. MUSIC
4. THEATER
5. FILM
6. DANCE
7. ARCHITECTURE

Lesson
Discuss Various Art Forms
2 What’s New
Found in the Philippines

Overview
WORDY CHALLENGE!
 PHILIPPINES
VARIOUS  IN THE

ART  FOUND 
FORMS
From the disarranged words, what should be our topic. Explain in few words the
arrange words you discover.

What is It
What is example of arts found in the Philippines?
Arts in the Philippines

 Painting
 Dancing
 Weaving
 Sculpting
 Pottery
 Other Arts

Painting
- Introduces by the Spaniards during the 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, amd native furniture.

- Landscape paintings – featured artists’ names painted ornately as

well as day-to-day scenes of average Filipinos portaking in their
daily tasks.

Visual Arts

Spoliarium painting of Juan Luna Planting Rice of Fernando Amorsolo

Sculptures Nine Muses by Napoleon Abueva (1976) The Sketch, Portrait of the Professor, and Poinsettia
Girl

DANCES DANCE BY FILIPINOS Cordillera and tribal dance

1. Banga – illustrates the grace and strength of women in the Kalinga tribe.
Women performing
the Banga balance heavy pots
on their heads while
dancing to beat of wind
chimes.
 2. Lumagen or Tachok – is performed to
celebrate happy occasions. When
Lumagen is performed,
kit is meant to symbolize flying birds and
is musically-paired to the beat of gongs.

3. Bendayan/Bedian
Also popularly called Bendian, this
circle dance of the Benguet of Mountain
Province is restaged, keeping true to
the dance's context and meaning. Long
known as a dance to celebrate the
arrival of successful headhunters, the
Bendayan has taken a new face.

4. Manmanok is a dance that dramatizes three roosters from the Bago Tribe who
compete against one another to be able to get the attention of a hen, Lady Lien. ...

Tachok is a Kalinga Festival Dance that is performed by unmarried Kalinga women

who imitate the movement of the flight of birds as they move through the air.
.

5. Raragsakan is an adaption of a tradition in which Kalinga women gather and

prepare for a budong or peace pact. ... This dance portrays the walk of the
industrious Kalingga women, caring water pots on their heads and wearing the
colorful hand-woven "blankets of life" around their necks.
6. Salisid – is the dance to show courtship. In
the salisid dance, a male and female performer
represent a rooster tempting to attract a hen.

7. Malakas at Maganda – is a national folk dance. It tells the story of the origin of
the Filipino people on the islands

8. Kadal Blelah literally means “Blilah Dance”. Blilah is a bird specie

that has inspired the Tiboli people in this dance. The flight of the Blilah birds is
depicted in this dance. The gitlong (also called malong) slung around the neck is
used to signify wings.

9. Kadal Tahaw Tiboli dance is the south cotabato in 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.

10. Binaylan is a Higaonon and Agusanon Manobo tribal dance that depicts

the movement of a hawk, a hen, and her banog or baby chicks. The tribe killed the
sacred and powerful hawk which tried to capture one of the chicks.
11. Bagobo Rice Cycle (also known as Sugod Uno) is a tribal dance performed by
the Bagobo people of Davao del Sur. ... Ommoy is a Bagobo term for the rice grains
without husks. The dance portrays the step-by-step cycle rice culture; from
planting, harvesting to thanksgiving rituals for a bountiful rice harvest.

12. Dugso is a ceremonial dance among the Manobo people in Bukidnon, Agusan and

Misamis Oriental . The Dugso (also Dugsu) is usually performed during important occasions
like kaliga (feasts) or kaamulan (tribal gatherings).

Traditional Filipino dances

1. Muslim
a. Singkil (or Sayaw sa Kasingkil) is a famous dance of the Maranao people of
Lake Lanao, which was popularized by the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk
Dance Company. ... Singkil means to entangle the feet with disturbing objects
such as vines or anything in your path.
2. Rural/Spanish stye dance
a. Tinikling – take 2 long bamboo sticks arranged in a tic-tac-toe pattern in which

the dancers exploit every position of these clashing stick. Is identifieable with the
use of umbrellas and silk cloting. The Tiniklingis a Philippine dance which involves
two individual performers hitting bamboo poles, using them to beat, tap, and slide
on the ground, in co-ordination with one or more dancers who steps over and in
between poles.

b. 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.

c. Cariñosa The Cariñosa (meaning loving or affectionate one), is a Philippine

national dance from the María Clara
suite of Philippine folk dances, where
the fan, and handkerchief plays an
instrument role as it places the
couple in romance scenario.

Kuradang(Visayas)
is a lively festival dance performed during fiestas, wedding, baptismal parties and
other occasions that call for a celebration. The Kuradang could have been derived
from the archaic Waray word kurandang or kudangdang which literally means
"overdressed".

Kappa Malong malong Dance

(Mindanao)  also called Sambi sa Malong,
is a dance that originates from the
Maranao tribes of Mindanao in the
Philippines. The dance shows the many
ways of wear-ing a 'malong', a simple
tubular yet highly-functional piece of
cloth. ... In death, the lifeless body is once
again wrapped in a malong.

Pandanggo sa ilaw (Luzon) is a very popular folk dance in the Philippines. It is

said to have originated from Mindoro, the seventh-largest island in the
Philippines. This dance of lights simulates fireflies at dusk and at night.
 Weaving

noun
the craft or action of forming fabric by interlacing threads.
"cotton spinning and weaving was done in mills"

Weaving -to forma (cloth) by interlacing strands

 Fabrics
 Abaca
 Pineapple
 Cotton
 Bark Cloth

Sculpture
a piece of art that is made by carving or molding. From the transitional craving 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.
Sculpturing
Pottery – the art or activity of
making objects out of clay

 Clay/Mud
 Ceramic jars
 Water vessels
 Plates
 Cups

Pottery
Other forms –(poetry) – poetry-writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative
awareness of experience in language chose and arranged to create a specific
emotional response through meaning, sound and rhythm.
Ang tulang ito ay isinulat ni Jose de la Cruz na mas kilala bilang Huseng Sisiw
Balagtasan/ Spoken Poetry

 Juan Miguel Severo

 Maimai Cantallano
 Jemy Damian

MUSIC INSTRUMENTS OF FILIPINOS USED

1. The flat gong commonly known as Gangsa and played

by
the groups in the Cordillera region of the bossed gongs
played among the Islam and animist groups in the
Southern Philippines.

2.
Solibao is hallow wooden Igorot drug topped with
pig
skin or lizard skin this is played by striking the
drum
head using the palm of the hand.
3. Tongatong is a bamboo percussion
instrument used by the people of Kalinga to
communicate with spirits during house
blessings. It is made of bamboo cut in various
lengths. When you hit it against soft earth a
certain drone reverberates though the instrument’s open mouth. When an
entire set of Tongatong is played in interloping rhythm and prolonged with
the tribal chanting, it could put the audience and the dancers in a trance.

4. Diwdiw-as is 5 or more different size of

slender bamboo that is tied together.

5. Saggeypoit is a bamboo pipe that is closed

on one end by a node with the open end
held against the lower lip of the player as
he
blows directly across the top. The pipe can
be played individually by one person or in
ensembles of three or more.

6. Bungkaka - Bamboo buzzer

7. Kulintang - refers to a racked gong chime

 instrument played in the southern islands
o of the Philippines, along with its varied
accompanying ensembles.

8. Rondalla is performed on ensembles

comprising mandolin instruments of
various sizes called banduria
composed on the Iberian tradition.

9. Ulibaw- bamboo jaw’s

harp o Southern Islands.

10. Kalaleng or Tongali(nose flute)

- long and has a
narrow internal diameter, it is
possible to play different
harmonics through over
blowing—even with the
rather
weak airflow from one nostril.

11.
 Kullitong- polychordal bamboo tube zither.

SONGS PLAYED BY FILIPINOS

1. OPM (Original Pilipino Music) - originally referred only to Philippine pop songs,
particularly ballad
2. Harana and Kundiman - In the
1920s Harana and Kundiman
became more mainstream musical
styles.

What’s More
Instruction:
In your own words, kindly explain the different art forms, sample Filipino artists
and the title of their arts. (Teacher will provide rubrics as a tool for scoring)

Art Forms Artists Title of the Art

FILM
VISUAL ARTS
LITERATURE
MUSIC
THEATER
DANCE
ARCHITECTURE
 What I Have Learned

Write you answer on a separate sheet.

1. It is a form of art that refers to the staging and execution of a production like
drama, opera, festivals.
a. Dance
b. Architecture
c. Theater
d. Sculpture
2. Refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of
the Philippines, along with its varied accompanying ensembles.
a. Kulintang
b. Rondalla
c. Bungkaka
d. Tongatong
3. Identify the 7 major arts form in the Philippines.

4. Is OPM considered a contemporary art?

a. Yes
b. No
5. Metropolitan is what contemporary art form in the Philippines?
a. Painting
b. Architecture
c. Dance
d. Theater

What I Can Do

Consider yourself as a Contemporary Artist in the 21 st century. Make a

literary art (poem). Use medium of language you can best express (English, visayan,
tagalog). Write in a separate sheet of paper.
 Assessment

IDENTIFICATION: Write you answer on a separate sheet.

1. Art which is continuously in process and continues to be produced during
our lifetime is _____________________.
2. Simultaneously reflects the realities and values of our society, its variety
portrays the mosaic of our cultural diversity is ___________________.
3. Process by which the artist creates by means of movement, space,
spontaneity, and the uniqueness of the movement is __________________.
4. Dramatic text is portrayed on stage by actors and actresses and are
enhanced by props, lights and sounds . True or False
5. What are the 7 major Philippines Art Forms? Give example of each form.

Answer Key

What I know What ‘s New

A. VARIOUS ART FORMS FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. True

2. True What ‘s More

B. Answer may vary

3. c
What I have Learned
4. a
1. c
C. What can I do
2.a
1. weaving Answer may vary
3.
2. pottery
 LITERATURE
3. theatre
 MUSIC
4. sculpting
 THEATER
 FILM
Assessment
 DANCE
1. Contemporary Art
 ARCHITECTURE
2. Culture
 VISUAL ARTS
3. Dance
5. architecture
4. True
References:

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