ARTS 7
1ST Quarter
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF LUZON (Highlands and Lowlands)
Cultural Communities in Luzon
IGOROT
Live in the mountain part of central cordillera.
IBANAG
Is a dominant ethnic group in Cagayan province, are mainly lowland farmers.
IVATAN
From province of Batanes, the northern most island of our country.
GADDANG
Live in Cagayan, Quirino, Central Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya.
TEXTILE (Attire, fabric and tapestries.
Kain
Is the basic dress for women in cordillera region.
• It is a type of wrap-around (Tapis in Tagalog)
• Characterized by horizontal stripes bordered by decorated panels long the joins
and edges.
• Uses bright colors especially fiery red and embroidered with beads and shell.
Kadangyan
• Is a burial cloth for the rich people of Mountain Province.
• Cordilleran term Means “rich”.
Inabel
• Is a handwoven fabric made by Ilocanos which is more popularly known as “abel
Iloco”.
• Inabel means “woven”
• Abel means “to weave”.
• Binakol most recognizable patterns of Inabel.
Bontoc’s Fabric
• Characterized by different geometric shapes and different shapes of things from
nature.
• Siniwsiwan is a bontoc’s blanket.
Wanes and Lufid
Wanes and Lufid are the costumes of Igorots from the Mountain Province.
Wanes is a long strip of handwoven loin cloth (bahag) for men.
Lufid is a wrap-around skirt (tapis) for women.
Bakwat
• Is a belt used by the mothers after giving birth.
• It is designed with white beads as accents and patterns of rivers and mountains
with bead work on the central portion of the cloth.
• It is made by Gaddang weavers of Nueva Vizcaya.
Tingguian Designs
• Tingguian designs are very meaningful for the people of Abra.
• Their clothing has a simple linear design but are assigned with many meanings.
• Some of their textiles are reserved for use only during special occasions such as
birthgiving, weddings, and harvesting.
• They use natural dyes from different trees and plants (mahogany red,
jackfruit/ginger – yellow, narra –brown, malatayum-indigo)
Batangas Embroidery
Piña and Jusi are the traditional fabrics in Batangas.
Piña - a traditional sheer fabric hand-loomed from pineapple leaf fibers.
Jusi - a traditional sheer fabric hand-loomed from abaca fibers.
Barong is an embroidered formal men’s wear in the Philippines and it is the most
versatile apparel on special occasions like weddings and formal affairs.
CRAFTS
Burnay
• Locally known as tapayan or banga.
• Is an earthenware jar crafted by a skillful potter with the use of potter’s wheel and
kiln.
• It is made with a grade A clay and fine sand.
• Is commonly used for storage of water, grains, fermented, basi (sugarcane wine),
salt and other condiments.
• Has small openings, while those with bigger mouths are called WANGGING.
Buri Mat
• Is the smoothy woven mat from Bolinao.
• It is made of dried leaves of palm (buri, raffia and buntal) dyed woven.
Labba
• Is bowl-shaped coil basket of Kalinga.
• Made from finely split rattan and nito vine.
• It is used for carrying and storing rice or vegetables
Lingling-o or Dimunog
• Is a common ancient artifact symbolizing fertility, prosperity and love found in
Ifugao, Bontoc and other parts of Cordillera regions.
• Has the negative space formed that be considered the internal female
reproductive system - the womb and the birth canal.
• Captured the feminine essence that nurtures life within itself and gives birth to it.
Vakul
Vakul Headdress is the headgear for ivatan women of Batanes.
Used to protect them from the heat of the sun and rains.
Vest
are worn by the Ivatan men farmers.
Vakul and Vest are made from the leaves of vuyavuy, a tree endemic to batanes.
Pastillas Wrappers
Pastillas of Bulacan is different from other pastillas in the country.
It has a unique, colorful and intricately designed paper wrapper which is locally
known as “pabalat or borlas de pastillas”.
