Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Bohol

(ART)

FIRST QUARTER 1
Quarter : 1 Week : 5 Day : 2 Activity No. : 5
Competency: : Traces the external (foreign) and internal (indigenous) influences reflected in
the design of an artwork and in the making of a craft or artifact A7PL-Ih-4
Objective : Determine the foreign and local influences reflected in a selected artwork from
Luzon.

Topic : THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF CALABARZON

Materials : Pen
Reference : Learning Module, Music & Art Learner’s Material pages 160-162,
https://tinyurl.com/yy4too6o,https://tinyurl.com/yybsv2u9,
https://tinyurl.com/y3l9mthb, https://tinyurl.com/y3arubcj,

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Concept Notes
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF CALABARZON
Arts and crafts
Laguna – Woodcarving
capital of the Philippines
Rizal Province (Art capital of
the Philippines) HIGANTES
Description and Influences
-The local term for carving is ukit . Paete
carvers usually produce wooden religious
images and wood panel with decorative
floral patterns and florid geometric
design
-Trees are abundant in the province,
which inspire woodcarving artist to
carve.
– believed to have Spanish influence
since woodcarving designs are mostly
religious images.
-Big paper maché figures of human that
represent farmers and fishermen
- According to stories the original
higantes were representation of
hacienderos during the Spanish colonial
period. The inhabitants of Angono
paraded this higantes on the streets to
ridicule the arrogant and cruel landlord.

Batangas (Balisong capital of the Philippines)
-Also known as butterfly knife. Derive
from “bali” means broken and “sungay”
means horn. This is a type of knife that
can be folded closed like a fan and comes
in different sizes.
- Proponents of the French origin of
butterfly knife argue that Spain, allied
with France at the time, adopted the
butterfly knife in their tasks and took it to
the Philippines as sailors sailed to
different countries. Sounds reasonable,
but hasn’t been proven.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Division of Bohol

Quezon- Kiping -The colorful thin rice wafer is made

from ground glutinous rice that is thinly
coated on mature leaves and steam over
low fire, used as a decoration in their
houses during the Pahiyas festival
-Aside from Lucban later the nearby
municipalities also have their own
version of Pahiyas
- Pahiyas festival is celebrated in honor
of St. Isidore the Laborer, patron saint of
farmers. It is believed that this practice
started during Spanish period, hence,
kiping might have Spanish origin.

Activity 1: Fill in the table with the desired information.

Artwork Indigenous Influence Foreign Influence

Woodcarving in Example:
Laguna -abundance of trees in Laguna Spanish influence -woodcarvings are
-religion influence mostly religious images.

Higantes in Rizal
Province

Balisong in
Batangas

Kiping in Quezon