MAPEH | Quarter 4 | GFA 2023-2024

• A festival or commonly known as a "Fiesta" is part of the Filipino culture. Each city or province has a local fiesta. Being a very religious centered country
• Fiesta


  Commonly about the celebration of a city or Province' patron saint or of harvest. There is a fiesta going on at any time in the Philippines
• Ati-atihan Festival


  • Known as the wildest of the Philippine festivals
  • Participants portray the natives of Kalibo, Aklan called, "Ati or Aetas"
  • Held annually every third week of January
  • To honor the Santo Nino or the Holy Christ Jesus
  • People cheer and shout "Hala Bira!" and "Viva Santo Nino!"
• Sinulog Festival


  • Held on the third Sunday of January in the city of Cebu
  • To honor the Santo Nino
  • To commemorate the Filipino rejection of their former religious views, and acceptance of Christianity
  • The petitioners often yell out 'Pit Senior'
  • They flock to the festival for prayer requests and thanksgiving while dancing, believing that Santo Nino will hear them
• Sublian Festival


  • Performed with chanting and accompanied by drums
  • Subli come from two word: "subsub" (bending your body forward or downward) and Bali or (broken)
  • Features street dancing, harana, indigenous Filipino games, and Lupakan
• Moriones Festival


  • Participants played the rule of Roman soldiers and wear the Morion's costume so that no one can identify them
  • The Moriones scare children away and court the ladies by singing and dancing for them
• Kadayawan Festival


  • Kadayawan comes from the word "Madayaw" meaning thanksgiving for nature's gift; warm and friendliness greeting; and to describe things that are good, valuable, superior, and beautiful
  • This celebration originated from tribal festivals of the "Lumad" and Muslim tribes of Davao in the 70's featuring the dances and rituals of thanksgiving
• Ibalong Festival


  • Held in the Bicol Region
  • Aims to express friendliness, enthusiasm, and goodwill to all people
  • Bicolanos and tourists celebrate the festival to commemorate the three heroes of the Bicol epic in the town of Ibalong namely Baltog, Handyong, Bantong
  • The people parade in the streets wearing masks and costumes like the heroes and villains of the epic
• Philippine theater

  began With pre colonial indigenous drama, rituals, verbal jousts or games, and songs and dances praising their respective gods
• When the Spaniards came

  Indigenous dramas were discarded and changed into mainly two categories: the comedy or komedya and the zarzuela or sarsuela
• 6 Elements of Play

  • Plot
  • Character
  • Theme
  • Language
  • Rhythm
  • Spectacle
• Komedya


  Origins from the theatrical traditions of Spain and Mexico from the 16th to the 18th century, reached the Philippines through the Hispanic Christianization of the Philippines
• Komedya


  • It is a play written in verse which uses traditional methods: of the marcha (march) for entrance or exit, Batalla (choreograph fighting) and magia (magical effects)
• Komedya in Different Tribes

  • Moro-moro – for the Tagalogs and Ilokanos
  • Linambay – for the Cebuanos
  • Moros-moros – for the Ilonggos
  • Palo-palo – for the Ivatan
• 2 Types of Komedya

  • Secular Komedya
  • Religious Komedya
• Secular Komedya


  Performed at local fiesta, an example is the "Moro-moro" which portrays the clash between Christians and Filipino Muslims
• Religious Komedya


  Seen during church celebrations and it focuses on the life of Christ or any Saint, examples: Siete Palabras, Comedia de San Miguel and Senakulo; the lenten presentation of Passion of Christ
• Sarsuela


  An art form of lyric theater drama, comical in nature and it is incorporated with singing, dancing, and dialogue, originated from Spain and was made popular in the Philippines in the 1800's, portrays the typical Filipino realities and stories and social relations
• Sarsuela


  • Walang Sugat
• Shadow Puppetry


  An ancient art form that uses flat, expressed figures to produce cutout figures which are held together by sticks and sometimes, thread, to create movement, which are shown behind a thin layer of cloth or screen and a light source to create the shadows
• Bodabil


  Another stage show that became popular during the Japanese period, developed because city growers wanted to uplift their emotional stability from the usual stage acts to a stage presentation, forms musical trends and musicians, performers, and performance genres