Philippine Indigenous Art

• Identify the ARTFORM and where can We see them in the Philippines.

  • DANCE- AGUSAN DEL SUR
  • BANAUE RICE TERRACES- IFUGAO
  • BAHAY KUBO- CAN BE FOUND THROUGH OUT THE PHILIPPINES
  • MANUNGGUL JAR- PALAWAN
  • INABEL- ILOCOS REGION
• PHILIPPINE INDIGENOUS ARTS

  • Cruz (2019) identifies Traditional Cultural Expression as a form of Indigenous art that reflects the people's cultural heritage and history.
• Weaving/Paghahabi/Inabel - Ilocano textile weaving has roots

  even before the coming of the colonizers in Northern Luzon (Respicio, 2015)

  • TAGOLWANEN WOMEN- LUMADS
  • SODSOD
• • Pottery like MANUNGGUL JAR-PALAWAN
• Architecture - unesco cultural heritage- banaue rice terraces

  traditional houses in the philippines

  • TOROGAN- MARANAOS- LANAO DEL SUR
  • BAHAYKUBO
  • IFUGAO NATIVE HOUSE-BALE
• According to Sales (2017), Xiao Chua (2013),: (Bahay Austronesyo) (Why kubo is popular because of these reasons:)

  • Hot Climate
  • Materials used can be found in the the place
  • Protection from wild animals
  • Can easily be transferred (bayanihan)
  • Multifunctional
  • Close family ties
• Body/Physical Ornaments - use of traditional costume such as textiles, jewelries and tattoos
• Sculptures - such as Bulul, SARIMANOK/MARANAO -LANAO DEL SUR,Carvings from Paete, Laguna, and GOLDEN TARA
• FACTS ABOUT GOLDEN TARA

  • Also known as Golden Image of Agusan
  • Believed it was a deity called TARA 
  • Its a strong evidence of the relationship of Butuan (Mindanao) and kingdom of  Champa (Vietnam)
  • Found in Agusan Del Sur by Indigenous Manobo Women (Bilay Campos at Wawa River) (1917)
  • Shows craftsmanship