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Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions-12
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Quarter 1 - Module 1: Various Contemporary Arts forms and their Practices from the
Various Regions
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

This lesson contains the function of arts and affecting styles on your daily living.
Although the definition of art is extensive the simple definition is expertise.
Learning Competencies:
1. Identifies various contemporary art forms and their practices from the various
regions (CAR11/12IAC-0A-1)
2. Classifies various art forms found in the Philippines (CAR11/12IAC-0b-2)
After this lesson you are expected to:
1. To appreciate the contemporary art forms, found in the various regions by
understanding the elements and principles.

What I Know

Let us determine how much you already know about Integrative art as applied to
contemporary art.

Directions: Fill in the missing letters in the box to come up with the complete word. Write
your answers on your notebook.

1. “human ingenuity in adapting natural things to man’s use.”

2. May imply expertness in workmanship and guile in attaining one’s end.

3. Paintings, sculptures, architectural works, and other art forms serve to record historical
figures and events.

4. Man is a social being and as much as such he associates with his fellow beings.

5. Houses and other buildings are constructed to protect their occupants and all others inside
them.

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 LESSON
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What’s in

The artworks of different regions above is the simplest example of Filipinos creative
and colorful people in the world. The types of arts that are produced in different
regions, each regions has its unique specialties or product to take pride.

Local Materials to Contemporary Arts

Philippines is very in natural resources. We can maximize the use of natural
resources even in creating arts. Arts express the artistic feelings towards any aspect
of life.

Focusing and Learning

Contemporary artists found used bottles, hay, rice stalks, plastic straw, and
other recyclable materials useful in creating artworks. A real artist sees the beauty of art
even the peelings of garlic and corn. They create artworks from wood, wire, thread,
rattan, metal and leaves.

Pahiyas
One of the Country’s biggest and most colorful harvest festival every May 15 th, along
with the gravest festivals of the towns of tayabas, Sariaya, Gumaca and Tiaong. These
are the Philippines best known harvest festivals to honor Sn Isidro Labrador the patron
saint of farmers. Known as the “Pahiyas” , the festival is deeply rooted in the traditional
celebration of the townsfolk in thanksgiving for bounty harvest. Decorations called
“Kiping”, leaf - shaped and multi-colored rice paste wafers which used to decorate the
facades of the homes along with fruits and flowers from nature. The visual and culinary
feast has gained national and international recognition. The Lucban town center is a
permanent facility for merchandising crafts and delicacies including special events that
showcases the lifestyle if its envivors.

Sanikulas Cookie Mold Cravings

This folk art is elegant and beautiful as it is dying art. Sanikulas
cookies are arrowroot cookies that have the image of St. Nicholas
molded on it ergo the name Saniculas. St. Nicholas is also known
as “the healer” and is the go to saint for those who need “healing”
from illnesses. Legend say that if you consume these cookies
when one is ill, you get healed and recover in a shorter amount of
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time that it would usually take. The moulds are an exceptional piece of folk art and a
rarity, if I do say so myself. Saniculas cookie makers would commission the carvers of
these moulds with one of a kind designs. They would also have the initials of the owner
monogrammed on the moulds. This is why it’s so rare - it is considered a family
heirloom and are of different shapes and sizes. They would have a carved piece and
wooden presser.

Taka (Laguna)
The art of “taka” or “taka-making” is not an exclusive Pinoy art.
Paper mache and decouping have been around for centuries.
In the Philippines, the first recorded or mention of a created
taka was by a woman named Maria Bague in the 1920’s. She
has wooden moulds that were covered in strips of paper dipped
in a sticky paste. She would later paint them colorfully and
presented them as children’s toys. Due to a fire though, none of the original takas were
save. Taka making became more popular during the American colonization period
when there was an excess of newsprint. And because Pinoys hate wasting anything,
the people of Paete decided to create more takas and even diversified into different
animals and not just the traditional red horse.

Pagbuburda (Laguna)
Trying to “encourage” to try embroidery when. Somehow it was a pre -
requisite then (and probably a birth right) for all women to know basic
housework and embroidery. For teaching how to do a chain stitch and
other sewing techniques but its just did not have the skill she did for
pagbuburda. The art or embroidery is happily alive and flourishing in
these towns. Although it’s mostly done by women who are wives of the
farmers who are also carefully and delicately embroidering floral
designs during their” off-season”.

Singkaban or Bamboo Art (Bulacan)

A fairly new type of Philippine folk art, Singkaban is the art of shaving
bamboo into artful creations that can be used as décor for arches or
for the home. Skilled craftsmen patiently shaves off the bamboo, layer
by layer, to create curls and delicate twirls of thin bamboo. Singkaban
is usually a celebratory art. Singkaban craftmen create these
gregariously designed bamboo arches for fiestas, weddings and
other celebrations that involve the entire community. Perhaps it is our sense of
“bayanihan” that inspired this artform ensuring that art is appreciated and is accessible
to everyone in the community and their guests.

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Puni or Palm leaf folding (Bulacan)
Another dying folk art, Puni or palm leaf folding was intended
to create artful toys for kids. However, puni can also be used
to create woven baskets, bags, and even fans! The most
common permutation of Puni art is the palaspas we see
every Holy Week. Because of the abundance of coconut
leaves, the Pinoys have ingeniously created toys and other
items through Puni. Although fresh coconut or palm leaves
are most commonly used, the leaves dry and crumble within
a few days. It is now are dried, treated and dyed for strength and color.

What is an art?
Art is “human ingenuity in adapting natural things to man’s use.” (Webster)
It is synonymous with skill, artifice, and craft, which all mean the faculty of what
devised.
Skill stresses technical knowledge and proficiency.
Cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or
executing.
Artifice suggests mechanical skill especially in imitating things in nature.
Craft may imply expertness in workmanship and guile in attaining one’s end.

Functions of Art
❖ Personal or Individual Function
Artists have their personal reasons for indulging in art.
e.g. The poet, Edwin Markham, wrote the poem “The Man with the Hoe”
because he was inspired by the painting of a farmer that he had seen earlier.

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 Don McLean Lyrics
“Vincent”
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer’s day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

Shadows on the hills

Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Others do their thing because of their passion for their respective art forms.
e.g. Gary Valenciano renders concerts for free because he loves singing. ❖
Social Function
Man is a social being and as much as such he associates with his fellow
beings.

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 Choral Singing

❖ Economic Function
Many people believe that it does not pay to be an artist. However, this
belief is negated by these facts.

❖ Political Function
When Imelda Romualdez - Marcos, a patroness of the arts became
the Governor of Metro Manila, she promoted her political programs by means of the
arts.

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❖ Historical Function
Paintings, sculptures, architectural works, and other art forms serve to
record historical figures and events.

❖ Cultural Function
Buildings, furniture (chairs, table, etc.) clothes, and the like form part of
the country’s material culture.
❖ Religious Function
Almost all, if not all, art forms evolved from religion. People in olden
times worshipped their Gods in the form of songs and dances.

The earliest dramatic forms were religious in nature.

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❖ Physical Function
Houses and other buildings are constructed to protect their occupants
and all others inside them.

There is no substitute to the ecstatic feeling one experiences after having

completed a work of art.

❖ Aesthetic Function
Artworks serve to beautify.

What’s more
It’s time to ask yourself…..

What are the various contemporary art forms? There are so many! Painting,
sculpture, drawing, dance, music, installation art, performance art, photography,
conceptual art, animation, internet art, interactive art, print making, new media art, sound
art, found art, land art, and on and on.

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 As a youth how will you know your talents?

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What I have Learned

The statement above talks over the Filipino have a different talent. Try to ask a
family member or friends if what creative arts practices in their daily living. Write your
reflection below.

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What I Can Do

Go back to the statement above. Write what you can help our country to be
recognized in the World.

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How are you? I hope you enjoyed the lesson 1. Okay let’s see how much you have
learned.
Write your answer on your test notebook.

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 Assessment
Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct words that will complete the
sentence.
____________1. The festival is deeply rooted in the traditional celebration of the
townsfolk in thanksgiving for bounty harvest.
____________2. Is the art of shaving bamboo into artful creations that can be used
as décor for arches or for the home?
____________3. Art is “human ingenuity in adapting natural things to man’s use.”
____________4. Arts are vehicle for the artists’ expression of their feeling and ideas.
The arts also serve as means of expression for us.
____________5. May imply expertness in workmanship and guile in attaining one’s
end.

Congratulations! You did a great job! Rest and relax for a while then wait for the next
module. Good luck!

Additional Activities

Share on your group chat / messenger

Ask to your grandparents, what are they artworks practices that can provide their
financial needs? How she/he learned?

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References

Jayson L. Dedal. Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions: An appreciation

Towards National Identity. First edition. Philippine Copyright 2017.

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