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ANGONO PETROGLYPHS
• Ancient rock art in Angono, Rizal
• Depicts scenes of daily life, rituals,
and symbols
• Demonstrates early Filipino artistic
skills and storytelling traditions
What are believed to be the oldest known artworks in the
Philippines that are discovered in 1965?
BATOK
• “Batok is an inscription of culture on the body that can
focus on religion, politics, warfare, and rituals. They are
also seen as a repository of stored memories,
experiences, and information. Tattoos record the
biography of a person as well as the complex tradition of
the community. It is a signifier of collective ethnic
identity,”
-AMORES
What are believed to be the oldest known artworks in the
Philippines that are discovered in 1965?
SILUP
A secondary burial jar excavated from a Neolithic burial site in the cave
of the Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point in Palawan, Philippines.
MANUGGUL JAR
A: Tabo B: Timba
C: Banga D: Bowl
$ 1000
A: Tabo B: Timba
C: Banga D: Bowl
Kalinga women exclusively make this for food cooking, water,
food storage, and bartering. It is also used to fetch water from
the lowlands to the highlands.
BANGA
• "Banga" (ba-nga) is a round or
spherical clay jar used for
fetching water that is largely
utilised in the Philippines'
northern region.
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$ 2000
C: Okir D: Bulul
$ 2000
C: Okir D: Bulul
It is a carved human figure or relic which is believed to have some
sort of anito (spirit) dwelling in it brought by mumbaki (shaman)
using a form of ritual.
BULUL
• also known as 'Tinagtaggu'-
The Ifugao rice god
symbolizing prosperity and
fertility among the Ifugao
people.
It is a carved human figure or relic which is believed to have some
sort of anito (spirit) dwelling in it brought by mumbaki (shaman)
using a form of ritual.
HAGABI
• a large bench carved entirely
from the trunk of a tree
symbolizing the rank and
social status of the Ifugao
Kadangyan class.
It is a carved human figure or relic which is believed to have some
sort of anito (spirit) dwelling in it brought by mumbaki (shaman)
using a form of ritual.
OKIR
• an artistic design of Maranao in
hardwood, brass, silver and wall
painting in curvilinear lines and
Arabic geometric figures.
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$ 3000
A: Bathala B: Animism
A: Bathala B: Animism
Animism
• They believed that everything
has a spirit or “anito”, from
rocks and trees to animals, and
natural phenomena
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$ 5000
Someone who has the ability to mediate with the spirit world, has her
own spirit guides, and is given gifts of healing, foretelling, and insight.
She may also have knowledge of healing therapies such as hilot,
arbularyo.
A: Babaylan B: Pagpag
C: Usog D: Bathala
$ 5000
Someone who has the ability to mediate with the spirit world, has her own spirit
guides, and is given gifts of healing, foretelling, and insight. She may also have
knowledge of healing therapies such as hilot, arbularyo.
A: Babaylan B: Pagpag
C: Usog D: Bathala
Someone who has the ability to mediate with the spirit world, has her own spirit
guides, and is given gifts of healing, foretelling, and insight. She may also have
knowledge of healing therapies such as hilot, arbularyo.
Babaylan
• mystical women who
wielded social and spiritual
power in pre-colonial
Philippine society
Someone who has the ability to mediate with the spirit world, has her own spirit
guides, and is given gifts of healing, foretelling, and insight. She may also have
knowledge of healing therapies such as hilot, arbularyo.
Babaylan
• They can sense destruction or
disaster with their intuition and
tacit sensing called
pakikiramdam.
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$ 7000
A: Bathala B: Anito
C: Santo D: Presidente
$ 7000
A: Bathala B: Anito
C: Santo D: Presidente
He was considered to be the Supreme Being in ancient Tagalog
regarded as the creator and ruler of the universe.
BATHALA
He was considered to be the Supreme Being in ancient Tagalog
regarded as the creator and ruler of the universe.
BATHALA
• “bahala” or “mabahala” meaning “to care”
⚬ From this evolved the Filipino attitude
of “bahala na” or “Let Bathala take care
of it”
■ gives a person tremendous courage
in the face of danger
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$ 10,000
A Malong B: Pinilian
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C: Ikat D: Pis Siyabit
$ 10,000
A Malong B: Pinilian
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C: Ikat D: Pis Siyabit
It Is a Tausug handwoven square piece of cloth with intricate
and varied geometric designs. A geometric ukkil which means
“to hook,”
A: Tapis B: Malong
C: Ikat D: Pinilian
$ 20,000
A: Tapis B: Malong
C: Ikat D: Pinilian
Is one of the most well-known and widely used textiles produced
by the weavers of mindanao. Can be worn as dresses, skirts,
trousers, capes, and more.
A: Ovaloid B: Bubo
A: Ovaloid B: Bubo
C: Bubo D: Lotoans
$ 50,000
C: Bubo D: Lotoans
A sturdy wide-mouthed basket used by women to carry harvests
A: Inabel B: Bubo
C: Ikat D: Sinamay
$ 100,000
A: Inabel B: Bubo
C: Ikat D: Sinamay
Is a sturdy bamboo strip used to trap fish.
A: Anting-Anting B: Filigree
A: Anting-Anting B: Filigree
A: Kulintang B: Kubing
C: Tongali D: Luntang
$ 500,000
A: Kulintang B: Kubing
C: Tongali D: Luntang
It is a type of jaw harp which is considered as a traditional
musical instrument made from a hand carved piece of bamboo.
KUBING
• used as a way for our ancestors
to communicate through song,
especially during courtship
It is a type of jaw harp which is considered as a traditional
musical instrument made from a hand carved piece of bamboo.
KULINTANG
• a set of 5 to 9 pieces of gongs that
vary in size and sound used for
courtship or when trying to convey
a message to one’s family and
loved ones
It is a type of jaw harp which is considered as a traditional
musical instrument made from a hand carved piece of bamboo.
TONGALI
• a nose flute that is often played
during celebrations, special
meals, festivals, the planting
season, and In courtship.
It is a type of jaw harp which is considered as a traditional
musical instrument made from a hand carved piece of bamboo.
LUNTANG
• It’s often used for self-
entertainment, keeping farmers
awake while scaring birds off
the fields
$ 500,000
A: Pamulinawen B: Dung-aw
A: Pamulinawen B: Dung-aw
DAL-LOT
• It is a chant for entreatment or pamamanhikan.
PAMULINAWEN
• It is a song about a girl with a hardened heart
DUNG-AW
• A lament song due to a death of a loved one
A song sung by farmers during weddings, baptismals, and other
parties accompanied by kutibeng (guitar)
KUMINTANG
• started out as war songs but later developed into
songs of love.
KUNDIMAN
• a form of traditional love songs
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$ 1 MILLION
IDAW
• originated from the Cordillera
• “bird”
• The tribesmen would go out and look up
and watch out for the scared Idaw bird
which is said to lead the tribe to victory.
A dance formed by warriors and depicts the hunting ritual bfore
going to war.
DUGSO DANCE
• ceremonial dance
• usually performed during the feasting or
kaliga as a dance of thanksgiving of a
favor and also on the birth of the first
son
• from Bukidnon
A dance formed by warriors and depicts the hunting ritual bfore
going to war.
Lepanto Dance
• from the Kankana-ey tribe of Benguet
• performed to thank god Kabunian
$ 1 MILLION
Taraketek
• one tarektek male manipulates a colorful tribal
blanket representative of the birds's iridescent
plumage while the other playfully beats on a brass
gangsa representing impressive bird calls as they
battle for the attention of three tarektek females.
This is a dance classified under Mountain-Igorot Dances. Two
woodpeckers fight for attention of three females.
KADAL TAHO
• T’boli dance from South Cotabato
• “true dance of the T’boli”
• mimics the hopping and flying behavior of
Tahaw bird
• performed to celebrate good harvest
This is a dance classified under Mountain-Igorot Dances. Two
woodpeckers fight for attention of three females.
BINAYLAN BANOG
• about a mother hen protecting her chicks from
a hungry hawk
• from the Manobo tribe in the central uplands
of the island of mindanao
$ 1 MILLION
SALIP
• the bridegroom offers the bride the
protection and comfort of his blanket
a worship dance that is performed when a man and a woman
are going to be joined in marriage.
SINGKIL
• involves rich ornamental costumes
• about the legend of the Darangan of the
Marando people on Mindanao
$ 1 MILLION
BANGA DANCE
• Their grace and agility while balancing the
heavy pots, sometimes stacks 5 high, is a
testament to the Filipino and how hardships
become an art form and talent.
Kalinga women balancing bangas on top of their heads