UNIT 1: ARTS
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THE ILOCOS REGION AND THE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR)
ILOCOS REGION
1. Architecture
Vigan- considered as “ Intramuros of the North”
- spanish colonial architecture (narrow and
cobble-stoned streets known as “Calle Crisologo”)
- Houses: huge, high-pitched roofs, large and rectangular living rooms)
: made of ( adobe, bricks, lime, terracotta, hardwood floors, and windows of capiz
shells framed in wooden window panels)
2. Textile
Inabel- a hand weaving technique of the Ilocanos. Produced using traditional wooden looms.
Different Designs represent different meaning:
o Dizzying “binakol weave”- represents the waves of the sea.
- protects them from bad spirits.
3. Pottery
Burnay- an unglazed earthen jar with small opening.
-Storage: water and rice grain
-Container: salt, brown sugar, basi, (local wine), and bagoong (fermented fish)
PANGASINAN
1. Weaving
-arts and craft: smoothly woven Bolinao mats made from buri or raffia leaves and bamboo crafts
(baskets, furniture) of San Carlos.
CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR)
KALINGA
1. Textile
- Southern Kalinga women wear the wap-around skirt or tapis called Kain
- Northern Kalinga wears saya (an ordinary woman’s skirt covering the body from waist to
feet)
Colors used in textile have cultural meaning:
Red- bravery
Black- soil or land
White- flowers of the coffee trees
Yellow- sand
Green- for mountains
2. Basketry
-Labba- a bowl shaped basket made from rattan, with sizes that vary from 20 to 150 cm
in diameter.
3. Tattooing
-another form of art of the Kalinga
-usually covers the chest and the arms
-considered as clothing and decoration
-signifies a rite of passage from youth to adulthood
- a mark of heroism, bravery, and one status in the community
Wang-Od – last mambabatok or traditional Kalinga tattoo artist.
IFUGAO
-means “natives of the Cordillera”
1. Sculpture
Bul’ul- a wooden sculpture that represents the rice granary spirits.
- used in rituals that are performed to call the ancestors to protect their
rice fields from pestilence and to ask for an abundant harvest.
Lingling-o or dinumug- amulets of the Ifugaos.
-fertility symbols worn abound the neck.
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE
1. Textile
-province is also known for their burial cloth, kadangyan, woven by female elders.
Wanes- mens traditional attire.
Lufid- for women, a short and narrow wrap-around skirt which extend from the navel to the
knees, and has a side opening.
Ginaspalawanes- a type of belt, married women of Bontoc and Kankanay in the Northern
Cordillera wear.
Ikat- weaving method.
ABRA
TINGGUIANS- weave textiles for clothes and blankets.
-noted for white textiles with horizontal stripes.
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Lesson 2:
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF CAGAYAN VELLEY AND CENTRAL LUZON
CAGAYAN VALLEY
- Northeastern part of Luzon
-irrigated with waters from Cagayan River (longest river in the country)
Vakul- a head gear used by the Ivatan women to protect them from heat of sun and rains.
Soot- for men, a rain cape
FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS IN OLONGGAPO, ZAMBALES, NUEVA ECIJA, AND
BATAAN:
1. Spanish Gate- located in Olongapo City, Zambales.
2. San Andres Apostol Parish- church of Masinloc, Zambales. Known for the use of coral
stones.
3. Parish of Three Kings- located at Gapan City, biggest and oldest church in Nueva Ecija
4. Abucay Church or Saint Dominic De Guzman Parish Church- administered by
Dominicans.
ARTS AND CREAFTS OF CALABARZON AND BICOL REGION
LAGUNA
Carving
-Paete, one of the towns in Laguna, considered as “Woodcarving Capital of the Philippines”
RZAL PROVINCE
-Angono in Rizal province is considered as “Art Capital of the Philippines” and known for
“higantes”
TAAL BATANGAS
-famous for producing piña fabric.
Calado or burda- made by three group of people- the designer, the embroider, and the cutter.
Balisong- also known as butterfly knife, derived from “bali” means broken and sungay means
horn.
Batangas- considered as “Balisong Capital of the Philippines”