ART BEFORE COLONIZATION

• Mayvanuvanua


  ritual that opens the fishing season of DIBANG (flying fish)
• Canao


  officiated by a shaman or mumbaki it involves animal sacrifice where the entrails are read through a process of divination.
• Kashawing 


  ritual to ensure abundance during rice planting and harvesting.
• Tagbanwa


  shamans go into a trance amidst ritual chanting and dancing and are believed to be taken over the goddesses themselves.
• Kashawing


  Lake Lanao of Mindanao
• Kudyapi


  a three stringed guitar and also used for courtship among the Lumad and the Bangsamoro groups
• Kulintang


  an array based of gongs and is used for celebratory occassions such as festivals, weddings, engagement parties, and baptisms, as well as in musical competitions
• Gangsa


  flat gong and is a percussion instrument used in the Cordillera region during gatherings, celebrations, and even rituals
• Agong (Agung)


  a large bossed gong and it is heard in various occasions like weddings, water baptism called paigo sa ragat, and curing rites called kapagipat . Also played alone to announce an emergency and to mark the time of the day
• Paigo sa ragat


  water baptism
• Kapagipat


  curing rites
• Pangalay


  mimetic dance of seabirds to retain the feeling of close relationship with the environment through movement of palm, ocean waves, sea birds
• Kinabua of Mandaya


  performs swooping movements imitating the movements of eagle
• Banog-banog (Binanog-Banog) of the Higaonon and B'laan 


  courtship dance that portrays the flight of the birds
• Man-manok (Bagobos)


  imitate the movements of predatory birds
• Talip (Ifugaos)


  courtship dance mimetic of the movements of wild fowls
• Inamong of Matigsalugs and Kadaliwas (T’boli)


  represent the comedic movements of monkey
• Tinikling (Tagalog)


  evocative of the movements of the crane balancing itself on stilt-like legs or flitting away from the clutches of bamboo traps and represents the attempts of Filipino rice farmers to catch and prevent the Tikling bird from stealing ripe rice grains from the fields
• Hagabi (Ifugao)


  wooden bench that marks the socio-economic status of the owner, only Ifugao of the cadangyan (wealthy) class were allowed to have hagabi
• Bulul (Cordillera)

  granary god that plays important role in rituals and it appears in containers bowls and spoons. Also a carved wooden statue that the Ifugao people of Northern Luzon used to guard their rice crop
• Hagabi (Ifugao)


  wooden bench that marks the socio-economic status of the owner, only Ifugao of the cadangyan (wealthy) class were allowed to have this
• Sarimanok


  is the stylized design of a bird holding a fish in its beak and/or standing on a base in the shape of a fish, it is a legendary bird of the Maranao people.
• Sari


  various
• Manok


  bird/chicken
• Naga


  has the form of an elaborate mythical serpent or dragon with a vigorous S-curve and numerous curvilinear motifs to suggest its scales
• Pako Rabong


  is a stylized growing fern with a broad base gracefully tapering upwards
• Panolong


  This is where Sarimanok and Naga can be found and is the exterior floor beam
• Torogan


  The interior beams and posts of the large sultan's house
• Manunggul Jar


  excavated in Manunggul Cave Lipunan Point Palawan is dated to the late Neolithic Period (890-710). It has two anthromorphic or human forms atop the lid.
• Santos


  Christianized communities in Paete Laguna and Betis Pampanga are known for carving this.
• Okir


  geometric and flowing designs on Maranao artworks, in the Southern Philippines curvilinear decorations are employed in woodcarving.
• Dr. Norma Respicio


  “textile weaving has a long history, Philippine ethnolinguistic groups have a rich textile weaving tradition”.
• They use what type of looms?

  Foot and Backstrap Loom
• Pis syabit


  a headpiece woven by Tausug of Sulu
• Malong


  it has exquisite tapestry panels called langkit woven by the Maranao of Lanao Del Sur
• Tepo Mat


  a colorful double layered mat of Sama of Tawi-Tawi made of pandan leaves
• Ovaloid Baskets 


  made of nito and bamboo are used as a head sling to carry harvest
• Bubo


  fish traps made of sturdy bamboo strips in the Ilocos region
• Tattoos


  Visayas “Islas de los Pintaos” shared by Southeast Asia and New Zealand other ethnolinguistic groups that practices tattooing are Kalinga, Kankanay, Ibaloy and Ifugao.
• Jewelry


  The T'boli in particular are known for wearing brass chains bells and colorful beads