Prepared by:

Ms. JENNYLYN N. DUQUE

• There are places in the Philippines
which are famous because of the
extraordinary or unusual but special
products that they produce.

• These products become the

instruments in spreading the news
about the places.
• These people use traditional techniques in
creating one particular art or maybe more
which make them famous and draw people
to these places

• Traditional techniques used by the Filipino

even from the past years are depicted in
our painting, sculpture, dance, architecture,
music, and even textile.
PAINTING
Early Filipino painting can be red chip
(clay mixed with water) designs
embellished on the ritual pottery of the
Philippines such as the acclaimed
“Manunggul Jar” which is example of a
burial jar.
Manunggul Jar
• This pottery making has been found
sanga-sanga, Sulu and Laurente Cave
in Cagayan.
• Pottery began the making of
earthenware articles for domestic use
as a cooking vessel and storage
container.
• Made by hand-molding
• Poterry traditions continued to
develop in certain locals, such as
Burnay Unglazed Clay pottery of
Vigan.
• The pottery traditions of Burnay is
among the pottery traditions that have
been maintained, along with those of
Leyte and Bohol.
• Evidence of painting is manifested in
the tattoo tradition of early Filipinos
who are now referred to as the
Pintados or the “Painted People” of
Visayas.
• Desigs referring flora and facing with
heavenly bodies decorate their bodies
various colored pigmentation.
• Some of the elaborate painting done
by early Filipinos that survive to the
present are manifested among the arts
and architecture of the Maranao, who
are well-known for the “Naga Dragons”
and the Sarimanok Craved” and
painted in the beautiful Panolong of
their Torongans or King’s house.
• A certain Elito Circa stood out; He is
popularly known as “Amang Pintor”
who gained recognition by using his
hair to make his paint brushes and
reigns his painting with his blood on
the right side corner.
INDIGENOUS ART
The Itneg people are known for
their intricate woven fabrics. The
“Binakol”, which features designs
that incorporate optical illusions
woven fabrics of the “Gandang”,
people usually bright red tones.
• Other people such as the Ilongot make
jewelry from pearl, red horn bill beak,
plants, and metals.
• Some indigenous materials are also
used as a medium in different kinds of
artworks especially in a piating by Elito
Circa.
• Folk artist of Pantabangan a and a
pioneer for using indigenous materials,
natural raw materials including human
blood.
• Many Filipino paiters were influenced by
this and started using these materials
such as an extract from onion, tomato,
tuba, coffee, molasses and other
materials available anywhere.
Sarimanok is the most well-known
design. The figure represent a fowl with
wings, feathered tail and a head
decorated with ornaments of scrolled
and painted motif leaves, spirals and
feather -like forms. It usually stands on a
fish, and another one hangs from its
beak.
The wooden figure usually perched
atop a bamboo pole, stands among
decorative flags during weddings
and other festive occasions.
SARIMANOK
A wooden chair of Ifugao, which
symbolizes his status as a citizen in
their community. It depicts the
wealth and power of the own who
called “Kadanagyan”, or a person
who belongs to the higher status in
their society.
• Only the rich can afford to own it
together with a ritual after the
completion of their chair.
• Made of Narra or ipil-ipil
• Original design called Ginulding—
Gulding (goat-like head)
• Ngiwi-is like the head of an animal with
an elongated nose and two big ears.
HAGABI
ISLAMIC ARTS
• This kind of art has two main artistic
style. One is carved-line.
Woodcarving and metal working
called “Okir” similar to the Middle
Eastern Islamic. This style is
associated with men.
• The other style is geometric
tapestries and is associated with
women.
• The Tausug and Sama-Bajau
exhibit their own “Okir” on
elaborate markings with a boat
like imaging.
• The scroll is dominant feature in
the men’s work composed of
various spiral forms. In contrast,
the zigzag, and angular forms are
the dominating motifs in women’s
geometric art “Okir-a-Bay” (ladies
design)
• The most popular of the
“Malong”, style is the land cap
which is either dominantly
red, yellow, green, blue, or
violet.
Red is the favorite color along with
yellow; these colors stands for
loyalty or aristocracy. Often men
wear the red land cap and the
women, the yellow.
MALONG
KUT-KUT ART
• This is the technique combing
Oriental and European art process.
• The techniques were practiced by the
indigenous people of Samar.
• Kut-kut is an exotic Philippine art form
based on early century technique
“Sgraffito”.
• Multi layered texture, three-
dimensional spaces.
PERFORMING ARTS
MUSIC
• The early music of the Philippines
featured a mixture of indigenous
islamic and a variety of Asian sounds.
• Spanish settlers and Filipino played a
variety of musical instruments,
including flutes, guitar, ukelele, violin,
trumps and drums.
• They perform songs and dances
to celebrate festive occasions.
• Most music genres are
contemporary such as Filipino
rock, Filipino hip-hop, and another
musical style.
DANCE
• Philippine folk dances include the
“Tinikling” and “Cariñosa”.
• In the southern region of Mindanao,
some is a popular dance showcasing
the story of a prince and a princess in
the forest.
ARCHITECTURE
• The Spaniards introduced stones as
housing and building materials. The
introduction of Christianity brought
European Churches and architectures.
• Spanish architecture can be found in
Intramuros Manila, Vigan, Lipa
Batangas, Ilo-Ilo, Jaro, Zamboanga
City, Bacolod and other parts in the
Phlippines
• In the past, the nipa hut (bahay-kubo)
was the most common form of
housing among the native Filipinos.