Name: Naomi Lilac Ballesteros Date: 5/30/22 Rating/Score_________

LEARNING ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS

ARTS 8

ACTIVITY 1. WHERE I BELONG

Directions: Identify the country where these festivals and theater arts belong. Match
column A to column B. Write the letter of your answer before the number.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

___B__1. Wayang Kulit A. Japan

___A__2. Kabuki Theater B. Indonesia

___B__3. Balinese Dance festival C. Thailand

___C__4. Nhang Puppet Show D. China

___D__5. Peking Opera E. Philippines

___C__6. Chinese New Year Festival F. Malaysia

___C__7. Lantern Festival (Yi Peng) G. India

___C__8. Loy Krathong Festival H. Myanmar

___A__9. Taiko Drum Festival I. Korea

___D__10. Spring Festival J. Vietnam

ACTIVITY 2. PICK THE RIGHT ONES

Directions: Select the festivals or theatrical arts that best describe the following lines
from the box. Write your answer in the space provided.

Chinese New Year Festival 1. It is known as the “Spring Festival,” the longest and the
most important festivity in the Chinese calendar.

Taiko Festival 2. The function of this festival is for communication, military

action, theatrical accompaniment, and religious ceremony.

Balinese Dance Festival 3. It is a dance festival in Indonesia. They perform dance

rituals to fend off evil spirits.

Loy Khratong 4. This festival shows respect to Buddha. The name of this
festival is referred to as a basket to float in the river.

Lantern / Yi Peng Festiva 5. Sending Buddha an offering into the sky, the primary
reasons for celebrating this festival are to purify a person's soul and cleanse their
misfortune.
Peking Opera 6. The theater arts of China, is a blend of music, dance, arts,
acrobatic and martial arts.

Kabuki Theater 7. The history of this theater art begins in 1603 when a female
dancer named Okuni began performing a new style of dance drama.

Wayang Kulit 8. It's a classic puppet-shadow performance from Indonesian

civilizations such as Java, Bali, and Lombok.

Nhang Puppet Show 9. It is a form of shadow play found in Thailand. The narrative
is told through songs, chants, and music, using puppets made of colorful buffalo leather.

Balinese Dance Festival 10. This festival expresses the stories of dance-drama through
bodily gestures such as gestures of fingers, hands, head, and eyes.

ACTIVITY 3. FESTIVALS
Directions: Give and explain what elements and principles of arts are present in the
given Philippine Festivals.
 1 Pahiyas- is a traditional celebration in Lucban as thanksgiving for a bountiful
harvest. Decorations called “Kiping”, leaf-shaped and multi-colored rice paste
wafers which are used to decorate the facades of the homes along with the fruits
and flowers from nature.

2 Pintados - is a cultural-religious celebration in Tacloban based on the body-

painting traditions of the ancient tattooed "pintados" warriors.

3 Dinagyang - is a Hiligaynon word taken from dagyang meaning “merrymaking” It

celebrates the feast of the Infant Jesus and the pact between the Datus and the
locals.

4 Masskara - This annual festival, which is similar to Brazil’s Rio Carnival, literally
translates to “many faces,” and is celebrated every October in Bacolod. Because
of the smiling faces of the mask, Bacolod City got the nickname of The City of
Smiles.

ACTIVITY 4. UNIQUENESS
Directions: What makes each selected Asian Festivals and Theatrical form unique.
Explain in 3 to 5 sentences.
1. Chinese New Year Festival – This is the longest festival in China known as
Spring Festival. It is celebrated with family, fireworks, and festivities as the
start of a new year. This marks the end of winter and the beginning of the
spring season. This is the most important holiday in China which is celebrated
worldwide.

2. Balinese Dance festival of Indonesia - this is an ancient dance tradition that is

part of the religious and artistic expression among the Bali people in
Indonesia. The dance is dynamic and intensely expressive. Balinese dancers
express the stories of dance-drama through the bodily gestures including
gestures of fingers, hands, head and eyes.

3. Peking Opera of China - this is a performance art incorporating singing,

reciting, acting, martial arts. Peking opera is sung and recited using primarily
Beijing dialect, and composed according to a strict set of rules that prize form
and rhyme. They tell stories of history, politics, society and daily life and
aspire to inform as they entertain.
4. Kabuki Theater of Japan - this is a traditional popular drama with singing and
dancing performed in a highly stylized manner. It includes music, dance,
mime, and spectacular staging and costuming. As an art-form, kabuki also
provided inventive new forms of entertainment, featuring new musical styles,
clothes and fashion often dramatic in appearance, famous actors and stories
often intended to mirror current events.