UNIT 1

ARTS & C R A FT S OF L U Z ON
N D LO WLA ND S
HIGHLANDS A
BELOW IS A LIST OF DIFFERENT
ARTWORKS.DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT?
1. PAPER CUTTING
2. WEAVING
3. PAINTING
4. SCULPTURE
5. WOOD CARVING
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE PLACE OF
ORIGIN BY THE FF. ARTS AND CRAFTS?
1. INABEL 6. KAIN 10. LINGLING-O
2. CALLE CRISOLOGO 7. LABBA
3. BURNAY 8. TATOOING
4.BOLINAO MATS 9. BUL’UL
LESSON 1
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
ILOCOS REGION AND CAR
ILOCOS REGION
ARCHITECTURE
VIGAN
- CONSIDERED AS THE “INTRAMUROS OF THE NORTH”
-RETAINS THE SPANISH COLONIAL
ARCHITECTURE ALONG ITS NARROW AND
COBBLE=STONED STREETS KNOWN AS THE CALLE
CRISOLOGO IN VIGAN CITY, ILOCOS SUR.
TEXTILE
INABEL
-IS A HAND WEAVING TECHNIQUE OF
THE ILOCANOS THAT IS PRODUCED
USING TRADITIONAL WOODEN LOOMS.
POTTERY
BURNAY
-IS AN EARTHEN JAR THAT IS USED
FOR STORAGE OF WATER AND
RICE GRAINS AND AS A
CONTAINER FOR SALT, BROWN
SUGAR, BASI, AND BAGOONG.
PANGASINAN
WEAVING
BOLINAO MATS
- MADE FROM BURI OR RAFFIA LEAVES.
BAMBOO CRAFTS
- BASKETS, FURNITURE OF SAN CARLOS.
CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

KALINGA TEXTILE
- ONE OF THEIR FINEST PRODUCTS WHICH IS
CHARACTERIZED BY RED STRIPES AND WHITE,
YELLOW AND BLACK GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS.
THE KALINGA WOMEN WEAR THE
WRAP-AROUND SKIRT OR TAPIS
CALLED KAIN AND THE NORTHERN
KALINGA WEAR SAYA.
BASKETRY
- IN KALINGA IT SHOWS THEIR FINE
CRAFTMANSHIP. THEIR LABBA IS A
BOWL SHAPED BASKET MADE FROM
RATTAN.
TATOOING
- SIGNIFIES A RITE OF PASSAGE FROM
YOUTH TO ADULTHOOD, A MARK OF
HEROISM, AND BRAVERY AND ONE’S
STATUS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IFUGAO
SCULPTURE
BUL’UL- IS A WOODEN SCULPTURE THAT
REPRESENTS THE RICE GRANARY SPIRITS.
-IT IS A CARVED HUMAN FIGURE USUALLY
MADE OF NARRA WHICH SIGNIFIES
WEALTH,HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING TO
THE IFUGAO.
LINGLING-O OR DINUMUG
-THE AMULETS OF THE IFUGAO.
WANG –OD
- IS THE LAST MAMBABATOK OR TRADITIONAL
KALINGA TATTOO ARTIST.
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE
TEXTILE
- THE PROVINCE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR
BURIAL CLOTH FOR THE KADANGYAN OR THE
RICH PEOPLE.
-THE PEOPLE OF BONTOC ARE SKILLED
WEAVERS.
-THE MAN’S TRADITIONAL ATTIRE THE G-
STRING IS CALLED WANES AND THE WOMEN
WEAR LUFID.
- THE MOTIFS INCLUDE GEOMETRIC SHAPES
OF HUMANS, LIZARDS, MOUNTAINS, RAINS
AND FLOWERS AND OTHER FORM OF
PLANTS, ANIMALS AND LANDFORMS.
GINASPALA WANES
- A TYPE OF BELT USED BY A MARRIED
WOMEN OF BONTOC.
IKAT WEAVING
- PROCESS OF TYING AND DYEING THE
THREADS TO PREPARE THE PATTERN
BEFORE THEY ARE WOVEN INTO TEXTILE.
GINASPALA WANES IKAT WEAVING
ABRA
- THE TINGGUIANS WEAVE TEXTILES
FOR CLOTHES AND BLANKETS.