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CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE ARTS
FROM THE
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A C -Identify the different artworks
-Discuss among the group.
- How does it become an art?
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LESSON
Identifies various contemporary
OBJECTIVE: art forms
and their practices from the various regions.
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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
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of life.
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• 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

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of garlic and corn.

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• They create artworks from wood, wire, thread,

rattan, metal and leaves.
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PAHIYAS FESTIVAL
• One of the Country’s biggest and most colorful harvest
festival every May 15th
• These are the Philippines best known harvest festivals to
honor San Isidro Labrador the patron saint of farmers.
• The festival is deeply rooted in the traditional celebration
of the townsfolk in thanksgiving for bounty harvest.
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• 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.
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PAHIYAS FESTIVAL
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MOLD CARVINGS
• 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.
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• Saniculas cookie makers would commission the carvers of

these moulds with one of a kind designs.
• They would have a carved piece and wooden presser.
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SANIKULAS COOKIE
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Taka (Laguna)
• The art of “taka” or “taka-making” is not an
exclusive Pinoy art.
• In the Philippines, the first recorded or mention of
a created
taka was by a woman named Maria Bague in the
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1920’s.
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• 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.
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TAKA
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Pagbuburda (Laguna)
• 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.
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• 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”.
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PAGBUBURDA
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Singkaban or Bamboo Art
(Bulacan)
• 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.
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• Singkaban craftmen create these designed bamboo

arches for fiestas, weddings and other celebrations.
• Sense of“bayanihan” that inspired this artform
ensuring that art is appreciated
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SINGKABAN
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Puni or Palm leaf folding
(Bulacan)
• Puni or palm leaf folding was intended to
create artful toys for kids.
• Puni can also be used to create woven baskets,
bags, and even fans!
• The most common permutation of Puni art is
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the palaspas we see every Holy Week.

• Fresh coconut or palm leaves are most
commonly used, the leaves dry and crumble
within a few days.
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PUNI
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LET’S TRY THIS!!!
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SANIKULAS COOKIE
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SINGKABAN
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PUNI
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PAGBUBURDA
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TAKA
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LET’S DO THIS!!!
(1/4 sheet of paper)
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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

1. What festival is deeply rooted in the traditional celebration of the

townsfolk in thanksgiving for bounty harvest?
2. What art is this?

3. What art is this?

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4. Who is known as the healer for the cookie mold carvings?

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Assignment:
(in your notebook)
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“What is art for you?”

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THANK YOU
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