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1. What do you call the famous flower festival in Baguio City?

B. Panagbenga

2. Dragon Boat is a traditional festival in?

B. China

3. This type of melodrama is usually in three acts and it uses alternately spoken and sung
words.
C. Sarsuwela

4. This is the dramatization of the life and death of Jesus Christ presented during the Lenten
season.
D. Senakulo

5. What is the famous festival in Marinduque during Holy Week?

B. Moriones

6. It is a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments.

C. Taiko

7. Kabuki was derived from the words ‘Ka’ which means song, ‘Bu’ which means dance, and ‘Ki’
which means?
A. Arts

8. Which of the following pertains to the Floating Lantern Festival in Thailand?

B. Loy Krathong

9. What Asian country is famous for celebrating Songkran during New Year’s Day having the
biggest water gunfight in the streets?
C. Thailand

10. What do you call the Sky Lantern Festival in Thailand?

D. Yi Peng

11. It refers to a narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds.

B. Epic Poetry

12. How do you call the Taiko drummer in Japanese?

C. Uchite

13. Sinulog is referred to as “Mother of all festivals” in the Philippines. What do you think is the
reason for having such a moniker?
D. Because of its grand celebration and influence in the country.
14. How would you describe Nang Yai?
A. An old tradition of Thailand puppet show.

15. How important is Taiko in Japanese culture?

B. It is important to maintain their old traditions.

CHINA
Spring Festival
- the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year
- people eat jiaozi or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon

Dragon Dance & Lion Dance

- are traditionally performed during spring festivals

Dragon Boat Festival

- an old tradition in China usually celebrated in June
- occurs on the 5thday of the 5th month of the traditional
- Double Fifth Festival (alternative name)

Theatrical Forms
Peking Opera or Beijing Opera
- most significant form of Chinese opera
- a traditional form of entertainment in China where most of its stories come from Chinese
history and legends

Four major roles of Peking Opera:

1. Sheng – the main role in Peking Opera
2. Dan – refers to any female role in Peking Opera
3. Jing – is a painted face male role (must have a strong voice in able to exaggerate gestures
4. Chou – is a male clown role

INDONESIA
Bali Dance Festival
- an ancient dance tradition
- part of the religious and artistic expression among the Balinese people

Balinese dance
- is dynamic, angular, and intensely expressive

Theatrical Forms
Wayang Kulit
- a traditional form of a puppet-shadow play
- originally found in the cultures of Java, Bali, and Lombok
Wayang performances
- are usually held at certain

JAPAN
Sopporo Snow Festival
- a festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan, over seven days in February

Odori Park, Susukino, and Tsudome

- are the main sites of the festival

Kodo Taiko Drum Festival

- a Japanese drumming festival

Kodo
- a professional taiko drumming troupe based in Sado, Island, Japan

“Kodo” means:
“Heartbeat” - the primal source of all rhythms

“Children of the drum” - a reflection of Kodos desire to play their drums

Taiko - a drum group that refers to any type of drum in Japan

Uchite - the Taiko drummer

Theatrical Forms
Kabuki Theater
- means “act of dissolutely”
- a form of traditional Japanese drama with highly stylized song, mime, and dance, now
performed only by male actors

‘Ka’ -song
’bu’ - dance
‘ki’ - art/skills

Basic purpose of Kabuki:

to entertain and to allow the actors to demonstrate their skills

Thailand: These celebrations are both light festivals that take place on the full moon day in
November.

Yi Peng
- the floating lantern festival celebrated nationwide by releasing lotus-shaped baskets
Loy Krathong
- sky lanterns, decorated with good luck wishes and prayers are released to the sky on the two
nights of celebrations

Songkran Festival
- celebrates New Year’s Day in Thailand
- the world’s biggest water fight – begins in April

Theatrical Form in Thailand

Nang Yai
- a form of large shadow puppet play found in Thailand.

Puppets
- are made of painted buffalo hide
- story is narrated by songs, chants, and music

• Nang means ‘leather’

Philippine Festivals
Fiestas
- are one way of giving thanks for a good harvest and bountiful blessings

Ati-atihan Festival
- a Philippine festival held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño

Sinulog
- an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City

Panagbenga Festival
- an annual flower festival celebrated every February which takes place in Baguio City,
Philippines.

• ‘Panagbenga’ comes from a Kankanaey term meaning “season of blooming"

Moriones Festival
- celebrated every March or April during Holy Week in Marinduque.
- people dress like one of the characters from the bible or as Romans
- a reenactment of how Jesus suffered and was crucified according to Christian dogma.

Moriones
- masks and helmets worn

Masskara Festival
- held in October, a carnival parade in which the people are wearing colorful and smiling masks.

Bacolod City
- known for sugar cane production
- people will have a smile on their face upon eating the cane that is why they are called ’The
City of Smiles’

Philippine Theater
Bodabil
- this form of theater was an American import in the pre-war era
- became uniquely Filipino with the indigenization of the name.

Epic Poetry
- highest point of Filipino folk literature and dates back to the pre-colonial period

One of the most famous epic poem:

Biag ni Lam-ang

Duplo
- a poetic debate presented through song and dance
- started to be called the ‘balagtasan’

Moro-moro
- one of the most popular types of theater in the Philippines was the Moros y Cristianos

Senakulo
- a dramatic presentation depicting the life, sufferings, and death of Jesus Christ
- usually celebrated during the Lenten season

Sarsuwela
- a type of melodrama, usually written in prose containing from one to five acts
- depicts romantic love and Filipino characters

1. What is the other term for Chinese New Year?

D. Spring Festival

2. Which religious figure does the Lantern Festival honor?

A. Buddha

3. What mythical creature was said to have been driven out by local villagers in the Chinese
New Year origin story?
B. Nian

4. What is also known as the “Mother of all festivals” in the Philippines?

A. Ati-atihan

5. Which country did the ‘fiesta’ originate?

D. Spain

6. How long is the Chinese New Year celebrated?

D. 15 days

7. What is the meaning of the old Indonesian word ‘wayang’?

D. puppetry

8. At what age does a Noh actor begin his/her training?

A. 3 years old

9. Where is the Todo Kaido Drum Festival celebrated?

B. Japan

10. What is the other term for Yi Peng Festival?

B. Sky Lantern Festival

11. What does the Thai term ‘Loy Krathong’ mean?

C. Festival of Light

Refer to the following in answering items 12 to 13:

I. Bunrako
II. Kabuki
III. Khon
IV. Kyogen
V. Lakhon
VI. Noh

12. What are the two main forms of traditional theater in Thailand?
C. III and V

13. What are the oldest forms of Japanese theater?

D. IV and VI

14. Which of the following theatrical plays are influenced by the Americans?
A. Bodabil

15. Who was the king of Shang Dynasty who first celebrated the Spring Festival?
C. Emperor Tang