Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
Schools Division of Pangasinan II
Binalonan, Pangasinan
PANGANIBAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tayug

LEARNING MATERIAL
CONTEMPORARY
PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS
QUARTER 2, WEEK 1
MELC: Conceptualizes contemporary art based on techniques and
performance practices in their locality

K to 12 BEC CG: CAR11/12AP-0f-h-14

Prepared by:

RANDY S. GARCIA
SHS Teacher III

Content Evaluated by: Language Evaluated by:

AMALYN B. MACUSI CHRISTOPHER M. RABARA

Teacher III Teacher III

Reviewed by:

REBECCA C. CABIENTE JANET V. CABIENTE

Master Teacher I Principal I

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General Instruction: Read and understand the lesson before you are going to answer the
activity sheets that follow.
Lesson 1: TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES TO
CONTEMPORARY ART CREATIONS

Painting
Early Filipinos painting can be in red chip (clay mixed
with water) designs embellished on the ritual pottery of the
Philippines such as the acclaimed “Manunggul Jar” which is an
example of a burial jar. Philippine pottery has been a long
tradition, and evidence of this pottery-making has been found in
Sanga-Sanga, Sulu and Laurente Cave in Cagayan.
Pottery began the making of earthenware articles for
domestic as cooking vessel and storage container. The early pots
were made by hand-molding or the use of paddle or wrapping it
with cord and slapping it against the side to leave marks. Incised
designs also appeared in the pots in Masbate. Among the finest of
Philippine pottery designs are footed dishes that were decorated
with geometric cut-outs, molding, cording or finger impressions,
most of these were made in Batangas.
At this time, ship (a mixture of clay and
water) rather than glazes is still used by
Filipino potters to seal the pottery, and the
pottery is open-fried. (Fried in a bonfire
rather than in oven). Pottery traditions
continued to develop in certain locals, such
as Burnay Unglazed Clay pottery of Vigan.
The pottery traditions of Burnay is among
the pottery traditions that have been
maintained, along with those of Leyte and
Bohol.

Further evidence
of painting is manifested
in the tattoo tradition of
early Filipino who are
now referred to as the
Pintados or the “Painted
People” of Visayas.
Various designs referring
flora and facing with
heavenly bodies decorate
their bodies various
colored pigmentation.
Some of the most elaborate painting done by early
Filipinos that survive to the present are manifested among the arts and architecture of the
Maranao, who are well-known for the “Naga Dragons” and the “Sarimanok Craved” and
painted in the beautiful Panolong of their Torongans or King’s house.

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 Among the early modernist painters such as Damian Domingo, Juan Luna, Felix
Hidalgo, and others, a certain Elito Circa stood out. He is popularly known as “Amang
Pintor,” who gained recognition by using his hair to make his paint brushes and reigns his
painting with his blood on the right side corner.

Indigenous Art
The Itneg people are known for their nature
woven fabrics. The “Binakol”, which features
designs that incorporate optical illusions woven
fabrics of the “Gadang” people usually bright red
tones. Their weaving can also be identified by
beaded ornamentation. Other people such as the
Ilongot make jewelry from pearl, red hornbill beak,
plants, and metals. Some indigenous materials are
also used as a medium in different kinds of artworks
especially in a painting by Elito Circa, a folk artist
of Pantabangan and a pioneer for using indigenous
materials, natural raw materials including human
blood. Many Filipino painters were influenced by this and started using these materials such
as an extract from onion, tomato, tuba, coffee, molasses and other materials available
anywhere.
The lumad people of Mindanao such as the B’lan, Mandaga, Mansaka, and T’boli are
skilled in the art of dying abaca fiber. Abaca is a plant closely related to bananas and its
leaves are used to make fiber known as “Manila Hemp”. The fiber is dyed by a method called
“ikat”. “Ikat” fibers are woven into cloth with geometric patterns depicting human, animal,
and plant leaves.
Sarimanok is the most well-known design. The
figure represents a fowl with wings, feathered
tail and a head decorated with ornaments of
scrolled and painted motif of leaves, spirals, and
feather-like forms. It usually stands on a fish, and
another one hangs from its beak. The wooden
figure usually perched atop a bamboo pole,
stands among decorative flags during weddings
and
other

festive occasions.
Another one is hagabi, a wooden chair of
Ifugao which symbolizes status as a citizen in
their community. It depicts the wealth and power
of the own who is called “Kadanagyan”, or a
person who belongs to the higher status in their
society. Only the rich can afford to own it together with a ritual after the completion of their
chair. This chair is made of narra or ipil-ipil, and the original design is called “ginulding-
gulding,” meaning like a goat-like head.
At present, hagabi may have different shapes one end which is called “Ngiwi”, is like
the head of an animal with an elongated nose and two big ears.

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Islamic Arts. This kind of art has two main artistic style. One is carved-line woodcarving
and metal working called “okir”, similar to the Middle Eastern Islamic Art, is associated with
men
and the other style is geometric tapestries and is associated with women.
Okkir or okkil (sometimes spelled as okir) refers
to a geometric and flowing designs based on leaf and vine
patterns. This pattern is the distinguishing marks of the
Maranao arts and Muslim influenced artworks in southern
Philippines and even in other southeast Asia.
There are two types of okir. Male designs are
called okir a dato.The female designs are called okir a
bay.
The Tausug and Sama-Bajau exhibit their own
“Okir” on elaborate markings with a boat like imaging. In
Okir design, the scroll is the dominant feature in the men’s work composed of various spiral
forms. In contrasts, the zigzag, and angular forms are the dominating motifs in women’s
geometric art “Okir-a-Bay” (ladies design).
Okkir's prominence in the Maranao art can be found in torogan, an ancestral home of the
highest title holder in a Maranao village which symbolizes power and prestige. It is usually
decorated during festivities. The prominent part of the torogan is the panalong, a proteunding
carverd beans in front of the house and styled with okir. This geometric and flowing design
can be found even in woven cloth or printed in textiles, wooden cemetery markers, woosen
boxes and others farming implements. It can also be found etched in knives, sword handles
and blades or casted into brass and silver objects such as the musical instruments.
The most popular of the “Malong”, style is
the land cap which is either dominantly red,
yellow, green, blue or violet. Red is the favorite
color along with yellow; these colors stand for
royalty or aristocracy. Often, men wear red land
cap and the women, the yellow.

The Bagobo are proud people with proto

Malayan features. They have ornate traditions in
weaponry and other metal arts. They are noted for
their skills in producing brass articles through the
ancient lost-wax process. These people weave
abaca cloths of earth tones and make baskets that
are trimmed with beads, fibers and horse’s hair;
weapons made by Muslim Filipinos such as
“kampilan”, are skillfully carved.

Kut-Kut Art. This is a technique combining

Oriental and European art process. Very few
known art pieces exist today. The techniques were
practiced by the indigenous people of Samar. Kut-
Kut is an exotic Philippine art form based on early
century techniques – sgraffito, encaustic and
layering. The merging of this ancient styles
produces a unique artwork characterized by

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delicate swirling interweaved lines, multi-layered texture and an illusion of three-dimensional
space.
References:

A. Books

Sandagan L. D. and Sayseng A. H. (2016). Contemporary Philippine Arts from the

Regions. Manila, Philippines. JFS Publishing Services

B. Online and Other Sources

https://steemit.com/arts/@maribel3/the-okkir-or-okkil

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Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade-Section: ___________________________________________ Score: ____________

CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

Worksheet No. 1
Title of the Activity #1: WORD SUPPLY

Most Essential Learning Competency: Conceptualizes contemporary art based on

techniques and performance practices in their locality

K to 12 BEC CG: CAR11/12AP-0f-h-14

Direction: Supply the blank with correct word/place to make each statement
correct.

1. In Okir design, the scroll is the dominant feature in the men’s work composed of various
_____________________ forms.

2 - 3. The Islamic arts has two main artistic style. One is __________________ woodcarving
and metal working called “okir”, and the other style is
________________________tapestries.

4 - 5. The ___________________ people of Mindanao such as the B’lan, Mandaga,

Mansaka, and T’boli are skilled in the art of dying abaca _____________________.

6. The most popular of the “Malong”, style is the land _______________________ which is
either dominantly red, yellow, green, blue or violet.

7. Among the finest of Philippine pottery designs are footed dishes that were decorated with
geometric cut-outs, molding, cording or finger impressions, most of these were made
in____________________________.

8-9. Philippine pottery has been a long tradition, and evidence of this pottery-making has
been found in Sanga-Sanga, ______________________ and Laurente Cave in
________________________.

10. “Ikat” fibers are woven into cloth with geometric patterns depicting human,
________________________, and plant leaves.

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Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade-Section: ___________________________________________ Score: ____________

CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

Worksheet No. 1
Title of the Activity #2: IDENTIFY ME

Most Essential Learning Competency: Conceptualizes contemporary art based on

techniques and performance practices in their locality

K to 12 BEC CG: CAR11/12AP-0f-h-14

Direction: Identify what or who is being referred to in each statement below.

1. This figure represents a fowl with wings, feathered tail

and a head decorated with ornaments of scrolled and
painted motif of leaves, spirals and feather-like forms.
2. A person who belongs to the higher status in Ifugao.
3. A folk artist of Pantabangan and a pioneer for using
indigenous materials, natural raw materials including
human blood.
4. The “painted people” of the Visayas
5. They are noted for their skills in producing brass
articles through the ancient lost-wax process.
6. This is a technique combining Oriental and European
art process.
7. A plant closely related to bananas and its leaves are
used to make fiber known as “Manila Hemp”
8. He is popularly known as “Amang Pintor”.
9. These people weave abaca cloths of earth tones and
make baskets that are trimmed with beads, fibers and
horse’s hair
10. A wooden chair of Ifugao which symbolizes status as
a citizen in their community

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Answer Key:
Activity #1.
1. spiral 2. carved-line 3. geometric 4. lumad 5. Fiber

6. cap 7. Batangas 8. Sulu 9. Cagayan 10. animal

Activity #2.
1. Sarimanok
2. Kadanagyan
3. Elito Circa
4. Pintados
5. Bagobo
6. Kut-kut art
7. Abaca
8. Elito Circa
9. Bagobo
10. Hagabi