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• Antonio R. Buenaventura


  Conductor of the Philippine Army Band, known for popularizing Philippine folk songs and dances
• Jose Maceda


  Focused on understanding and popularizing Filipino traditional music, contributing to the appreciation of ethnic and traditional music locally and abroad
• The Order of the National Artist Award was established by the Republic of the Philippines on April 27, 1972, under proclamation No. 1001
• Lucrecia Kasilag


  Integrated Western influences with Philippine ethnic music in her orchestral productions, reinforcing Filipino appreciation for music
• Lucio San Pedro


  Master composer who creatively used folk idioms in his musical compositions, extracting Filipino essence and style from folk materials
• Ernani J. Cuenco


  Remarkable singer, composer, film scorer, and musician known for incorporating Kundiman elements in his ballad love songs
• Antonio J. Molino composed more than 300 works, with two-thirds of them using traditional music
• Maestro Lucio San Pedro was the conductor of 3 bands: Peng Kong Grand Mason Band, The San Pedro Band of Angono, Banda Angono Numero Uno
• Antonio J. Molino


  Contributed to Philippine music by using folk music in his works, innovating by incorporating traditional instruments like kulintangan and gabbang
• Levi Celerio used a leaf as an instrument
• Art or "sining"


  Different manners of expressing human skills and imagination in the creation of aesthetic conditions, objects and presentations
• Art


  A holistic experience, blending the artist's intent, the chosen medium, and the observer's sense to unlock layers of meaning and emotion that go beyond the visual realm
• 3 Major Traditions of Philippine Art

  • Ethnic
  • Spanish Colonial
  • American Colonial and Contemporary
• Indigenous art forms were already present before colonization
• Ethnic Art Forms


  • Influenced by geographical location and experiences of Filipinos
  • Diverse dances, with movements imitating animals in different regions
  • Visual arts: pottery, weaving, wood carving, and metal crafting using local materials
  • Architecture: structure using anahaw, bamboo, cogon, cane, rattan, and other lightweight materials
  • Folk literature: folk speeches, songs and narratives expressing their experiences
  • Theater arts: tribal presentations and rituals portraying their beliefs
  • Music: Indigenous musical instrument like bamboo flutes and brass gongs
• Visual Arts


  Different types of creative expression that you can see with your eyes. Artists use things like painting, drawing, and sculpture to show their ideas and feelings. It's a way for people to communicate and make the world more interesting and meaningful
• The Agono Petroglyphs


  • Situated in Binangonan, Rizal. Discovered by National Artist, Carlos "Botong" Francisco in 1965. 127 human and animals figures engraved on the rock wall and dated back to circa late Neolithic
• Manunggul Jar


  • Found in Manunggul cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan in the early 1960s. Burial jar which signifies the beliefs of early Filipino in the life after death
• Banga


  • Banga literally means pots, The pot dance is a performance of Kalinga in the Mountain Provinces of the Philippines. This dance shows the elegant grace of Igorot tribe and the skill and strength of women
• Spanish Colonial Tradition


  • Spaniards replaced indigenous arts with Western form during colonization
  • Religious and secular literature, theater arts, and dances became prominent
  • Introduction of Western musical instruments and the proliferation of zarzuelas (combination) and operas (All throughout singing)
  • Spanish Influenced painting, sculpture, and architecture with intricate designs
  • Despite Western Influence, Filipino artists retained their own touches in their act
• Zarzuela


  A type of musical theater that originated in Spain. It combines singing, acting, and often dancing to tell story. It typically includes both spoken dialogue and musical numbers, creating a blend of drama and music
• Walang Sugat


  • A zarzuela set during the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. It is about 2 brothers, 1st one revolutionary leader and the 2nd one is loyal soldier for the Spaniards and they both want the same girl
• Operas


  Dramatic performances where the story is entirely sung. They involve a combination of vocal performances, orchestral music, acting and often elaborate stage sets and costumes
• Langit Lupa Impyerno by Josef Luciano Dans


  • Wall painting found in St. James the Apostle Church in Paete Laguna. 1850; heaven, crucifixion of Christ, earth, Adam and Eve, hell, sinners
• American Colonial and Contemporary Tradition


  • Americans took over after more than 300 years of Spanish rule
  • Education influenced by Americans, some studied abroad, bringing back modern art concepts
  • Modern art defined by experimental approaches and avant-garde forms
  • Contemporary art from the 1970s to the present reflecting society and culture
  • Broadened art forms, diverse materials, and non-conventional artworks emerged
• Spanish influence: Intertwining of western and indigenous elements in Filipino art
• American influence: Introduction of modern and contemporary art concepts
• Art forms and practices in the Philippines expanded and evolved
• CPAR

  Composed of a Grand Collar featuring circular links portraying the arts, and eight-pointed conventionalized sunburst suspended from a sampaguita wreath in green and white enamel. Medallion divided into 3 equal portions, red, blue and white, recalling the Philippine flag. 3 stylized letters Ks- the KKK stands for the CPP'S motto: Katotohanan, Kabutihan, Kagandahan. - First Lady Imelda Marcos, CPP's founder.
• Honors and Privileges

  • The rank and title of National Artist, as proclaimed by the President of the Philippines
  • The insignia of a National Artist and a citation
  • Lifetime emolument and material and physical benefits comparable in value to those received by the highest officers of land such as:
  • Cash award of 100,000 pesos for living awardees
  • Cash award of 75,000 pesos for posthumous awardees, payable to legal heirs
  • A monthly life pension, medical and hospitalization benefits
  • Life insurance coverage for Awardees who are still insurable
  • A state funeral and burial at the libingan ng mga bayani
  • A place of honor
• National Artist for Literature

  Amado Vera Hernandez
• Amado Vera Hernandez


  September 13,1903 - May 24, 1970
• Amado Vera Hernandez


  Poet, playwright, and novelist, is among the Filipino writers who practiced "committed art". In his view, the function of the writer is to act as the conscience of society and to affirm the greatness of the human spirit in the face of inequality and oppression. Hernandez's contribution to the development of Tagalog prose is considerable - he stripped Tagalog of its ornate character than the "official" style permitted.
• Mga Ibong Mandaragot


  Hernandez's novel, the first Filipino socio- political novel that exposes the ills of the society as evident in the agrarian problems of the 50s
• Hernandez's other works


  • Bayang Malaya
  • Isang Dipang Langit
  • Luha ng Buwaya
  • Amado V. Hernandez: Tudia at Tudling: Katipunan ng mga Nalathalang Tula 1921-1970
  • Langaw sa Isang Basong Gatas at Iba pang Kuwento ni Amado V. Hernandez
  • Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol at Iba Pang Akda ni Amado V. Hernandez
• Jose Garcia Villa


  National Artist for Literature (1973), considered as one of the finest contemporary poets regardless of race language, lived in Singalong, Manila. The first of his poems "Have Come, Am Here" received critical; recognition when it appeared in New York in 1942, that soon enough honors and fellowships were heaped on him: Guggenheim, Bollingen, The American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards. He used Doveglion (Dove, Eagle, Lion) as penname, the very characters he attributed to himself.
• Nick Joaquin


  National Artist for Literature (1976), regarded by many as the most distinguished Filipino writer in english writing so variedly about so many aspects of the Filipino. Enriched the English language with critics coining "Joaquinesque" to describe his baroque Spanish-flavoured English or his reinventions of English based on Filipinisms. Aside from his handling of language, Bienvenido Lumbrera writes that Nick Joaquin's significance in Philippine colonial past under Spain and his probing into psychology of social changes as seen by young, as exemplifies in stories such as Dona Jeronimo, Candido's Apocalypse and the order of Melchizedek.
• Nick Joaquin's works


  • The Woman Who Had Two Navels
  • A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
  • Manila, My Manila: A History for the Young
  • The Ballad of the Five Battles
  • Rizal in Saga
  • Almanac for Manileños
  • Cave and Shadows
• Carlos P. Romulo


  National artist for Literature (1982), multifaceted career spanned 50 years of public service as educator, soldier, university president, journalist and diplomat. He was the first Asian president of the United Nations General Assembly, then Philippine Ambassador to Washington, D.C., and later minister of foreign affairs. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32. He was the only Asian to win America's coveted Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for a series of articles predicting the outbreak of World War II.
• Romulo's published works


  • The United (novel)
  • I walked with Heroes (autobiography)
  • I saw the Fall of the Philippines
  • Mother America
  • I see the Philippines Rise (war-time memoirs)
  • Forty Years: A Third World Soldier at the UN
  • The Philippine Presidents - his oral history of his experience serving all the Philippine presidents