Various Contemporary

Art Forms and

Performance
Practices from Various
Regions

Module 2
Let us sing a song
tiánmì mì nǐ xiào dé tiánmì mì tiánmì xiào dé duō tiánmì
hǎoxiàng huā er kāi zài chūnfēng lǐ shì nǐ shì nǐ mèng jiàn de jiùshì nǐ
kāi zài chūnfēng lǐ zài nǎlǐ zài nǎlǐ jiànguò nǐ
zài nǎlǐ zài nǎlǐ jiànguò nǐ nǐ de xiàoróng zhèyàng shúxī
nǐ de xiàoróng zhèyàng shúxī wǒ yīshí xiǎng bù qǐ
wǒ yīshí xiǎng bù qǐ
a ~ zài mèng lǐ
mèng lǐ mèng lǐ jiànguò nǐ

a ~ zài mèng lǐ
Objective/s:

+Describe various contemporary art forms

and practices from the various regions.
In this lesson, you will learn concepts and do practice
activities that will help you do the following:

1. Give details on various regional contemporary art forms and

their practices;
2. Identify different contemporary art forms and practices from
various regions;
3. List down various contemporary arts and practices in your
community; and
4. Promote local contemporary art form using a medium.
Pre-assessment activity:
Complete the sentence below based on your own understanding.

1. Based on my readings, different regions has its

own forms of contemporary arts like
2. In the place I live in, I know that some of its
contemporary arts are
The previous lesson

+History of the Philippine art,

+Regional art form, techniques, and
performance practice.
Let us analyze

“For the Manobos in Caraga, Region 13, the art of EMBROIDERY is called
"SUYAM". This art of embroidering is both a gift from Magbabaya and an
inherited
knowledge since time immemorial because not all Manobos can do this.
Every thread, every color, every design, and every detail has a meaning
that depicts the qualities and personality of the one wearing
it as envisioned by the artist and accordingly, what is being
told by the spirits. Every tribal attire of a Manobo is itself a story of rich
culture and [Link], we abhor the use of our attire just for a SHOW
or for Commercial Purposes and I believe the word RESPECT is not too
much for the asking.”
Let us know what you have understood
1. What is suyam?
2. How important is the suyam?
3. Is the call of the datu to respect the suyam valid? Why? Why
not?
What is It

Read the article printed on your Module no 2

(for 5min.)
The Cordilleras
The Cordilleras is a great manifestation on how our people are love its
culture and the arts. The six provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet,
Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province.
Cordillera region, is the country’s only land-locked region which is
fascinating from a cultural point of view thanks to several fascinating
burial sites and to the presence of tribes maintaining their traditional
ways of life.
The Hagabi
It is a very long wooden bench carved from a single piece of wood, a symbol
of wealth and social prestige among the Ifugaos. Creatign the “hagabi
involves a ritual in which a hosting of a public feast where priests
traditionally called the “Mumbaki” perform a ceremony called “mamaldang”
to determine if the omens for the creation of the hagabi bench are favorable.
It was revealed that the ritual begins with the search for the right tree
(usually a narra), the journey of the woodcarvers to the forest to select, cut
and carve the tree, and the villagers taking turns in transporting the carved
“hagabi” bench out of the forest through mountain trails. It was further
explained that this activity takes several days and ends with more days of
eating, drinking of rice wine and dancing.
The Hudhud
I.G

Guro: Kamusta Kayong lahat

Mag-aaral: Mabuti naman Ginoo
Guro: Kayo Ba ay nag aral ng aralin sa inyong
mga tahanan?
Mag- aaral: Opo Ginoo kami po ay nag-aral
nang Mabuti sa aming mga tahanan.
The Hudhud, as read from the blog about this art from
[Link], consists of narrative chants traditionally
performed by the Ifugao community practiced during the
rice sowing season, at harvest time and at funeral wakes
and rituals. It is thought to have originated before the
seventh century and comprises more than 200 chants, each
divided into 40 episodes.
The same source further said that the language of the stories
abounds in figurative expressions and repetitions and employs
metonymy, metaphor and onomatopoeia, rendering
transcription very difficult, the reason why there are very few
written expressions of this tradition. The chant talks about
ancestral heroes, customary law, religious beliefs and
traditional practices, and reflects the importance of rice
cultivation. The narrators, mainly elderly women, hold a key
position in the community, both as historians and preachers.
The Hudhud epic is chanted alternately by the first
narrator and a choir, employing a single melody for all
the verses. transmit their knowledge and to raise
awareness among young people.
The Visayas
The Visayas or Bisayas, is an island group in central Philippines and is
consists of seven large and several hundred smaller islands clustered
around the Visayan, Samar, and Camotes seas. The seven main islands
are Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Masbate, Negros, Panay, and Samar. These
islands and their smaller neighbors make up the central group of the
Philippine archipelago.
The Ambahan
The Ambahan, is a Visayan verse of unrhymed seven-syllable couplet
whose two lines could be interchanged and still make sense. It used in
“balak,” a poetic debate between a man and a woman on the subject of
love, accompanied by musical instruments. It is also said that the more
literary form of verse of the ambahan was the siday or kandu, which
took at least six hours to sing and is full of heavy metaphors and talk
about heroic exploits of ancestors or exaltations to living heroes.
The Bariw Weaving

The banig is the main product of the municipality and

the importance of banig (bariw) weaving as a major
means of livelihood of the Libertadnons in Antique is
celebrated during the Banigan Festival held from March
14 to 16.
The CARAGA Region
One of the inhabitants of the region are the Manobos, whose name, according
to [Link], may came from “Mansuba” from man (person or people)
and suba (river), meaning river people. The first Manobo settlers, as read
from the site, lived in northern Mindanao and that at present Manobo tribes
can be found at the hillsides and river valleys of the northeastern part of
Cotabato. The word Caraga originated from the Visayan word “Kalagan”:
“Kalag” meaning soul or people and “An” meaning land. The “Kalagans has a
long history of being brave and fearless. Thus, the region was called by early
chroniclers as the “Land of the Brave and Fierce People”
It is further revealed that a Manobo community is mostly male dominated
where the man is considered as the head of the family and makes the family
decisions. Accordingly, only a Royal, a Datu can practice polygamy, only
with the consent of the first wife and her parents. The first wife will remain
the head wife. The Datu or Chief must also have proven his bravery and
leadership in battle as a bagani. This position can be passed on to a Datu's
children, as long as they have the necessary qualifications. Village member
are expected to help in any way from their kinship group or persons related
by marriage, this relationship is named upakat or reciprocity.
It is further revealed that a Manobo community is mostly male dominated where
the man is considered as the head of the family and makes the family decisions.
Accordingly, only a Royal, a Datu can practice polygamy, only with the consent
of the first wife and her parents. The first wife will remain the head wife. The
Datu or Chief must also have proven his bravery and leadership in battle as a
bagani. This position can be passed on to a Datu's children, as long as they have
the necessary qualifications. Village member are expected to help in any way
from their kinship group or persons related by marriage, this relationship is
named upakat or reciprocity.
The Taebang
One of the valuable arts and
masterpiece of the Manobos is the
“Taebang,” as read from the Facebook
page of Datu Ferdausi Saniel Cerna, a
National Commission of Indigenous
Peoples Regional Director, who says
that the Taebang is the Manobo tribe’s
headdress.
The taebang, according to him is given to a
legitimate Datu only upon ritual or conferment to
him as such. The garment is worn as a sign of
authority given to the Datu by his community and
not for any show nor any commercial purposes.
The Golden Tara
Butuan is a bustling city in the CARAGA which
prides itself in its arts history. As
[Link] puts it, the city is the home to
its two icons of its pre-history - the Golden
Tara and the Balanghai Boat
As reported by the above source, the Golden
Tara of Butuan, also known as the Icon of a
Storied Past (the pre-colonial times of
Butuan), is a gold figurine of a “Tara” or escort
goddess from the Buddhist Pantheon. It is
said to be found by a Manobo native along
the Wawa River in Central Agusan in 1917.
Accordingly, the Golden Tara gold image is cast
in 21-karat gold, weighs nearly 4 pounds and
measures around 8 inches in height and that
the image is a Goddess of the Buddhist
Pantheon in the Mahayana group. It is said to
be related to the concept of a female
Boddhisattve and at the same time the counter-
part of the Hindu Goddess Sakti as a Tara of
wife of a Buddhist God.
Activity 1

In your own words, write a paragraph containing

at 50 words describing the “taebang” of the
Manobos. (10 min)
Activity 1
Activity 2

Identify an art form and make a detailed description on

this and how it is practiced until now. You may choose
from one of the arts and practices presented in this
module and come up with a more detailed discussion or
do a research on other contemporary arts and practices
from the different regions. Include your source/s. (15
Minuets)
Activity 2
What I Have Learned

Identify one (1) art and practice from the regions

presented in this modules and in your own words
describe each using 20-40 words. (15 minuets)
Drawing time (Celtic Knot Woven)