CON ARTS

• Local materials are the resources that can be found readily in large quantity at a particular location or area at a certain time
• Local materials can be used to fabricate a finished element
• Regions or provinces with unique artworks

  • Pahiyas (Lucban, Quezon)
  • Christmas Lantern (San Fernando, Pampanga)
  • Wood Carving (Paete, Laguna)
• Classic decorative, musical, or practical art of different cultures or regions, usually unique to the people of a specific location and used as an expression of society

  
  

  Folk Arts
• Folk arts

  • Sanikulas Cookie Mold Carvings (Mexico, Pampanga)
  • Pabalat/Pastillas Wrapper (Bulacan)
  • Taka-making (Laguna)
  • Pagbuburda (Taal, Batangas and Lucban, Laguna)
  • Singkaban/Bamboo Art (Bulacan)
  • Puni/Palm Leaf (Bulacan)
• Pahiyas is the time when people in Lucban, Quezon give thanks to San Isidro Labrador for a good harvest
• Pahiyas means "DECOR"
• Every May 15, the fronts of houses are elaborately decorated with brightly colored rice water, called KIPING, a type of rice dough made from a traditional recipe
• The parol or star lantern is the paramount Filipino Christmas symbol - colorful, crafted with love and aglow with the spirit of the season
• The CHRISTMAS LANTERN or PARUL SAMPERNANDU in Kapampangan can never be distanced from the town which created it, the City of San Fernando
• Wooden statues and crucifix, big and small, which are found in almost every Catholic church and home in every country, were usually made in Paete, a town that has became famous for its centuries-old wood carving tradition passed on through generations
• Pan de San Nicolas of Sanikulas baked by Atching Lillian L. Borromeo, Keeper of Kapampangan cuisine
• Stories from past generations retell that these 17th century wheat cookies introduced by Spain to the Philippines were stored in large jars and fed as a curative cookie to those who were sick with a healing prayer annually, on September 10th, the feast of San Nicolas de Tolentino
• Pan de San Nicolas, considered "the oldest cookies in the Philippines" are buttery and sweet from the coconut cream and have a firm shortbread-like texture
• The Sanikulas cookies are arrowroot cookies that have the image of St. Nicholas molded on it ergo the name Sanikulas. St. Nicholas is also known as "The Healer" from illnesses
• An exceptional piece of folk art's, a rarity, and a family's heirloom
• Why is it rare? This would commission the carvers of these molds with one of a kind design. They would also have the initial of the owner monogrammed on the molds. Molds are made of hardwood and are of different shapes and sizes. They would have been carved piece and a wooden presser
• Pabalat


  A form of papercutting originating in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines, involving making intricate papercut designs from wrappers used in pastillas, usually papel de hapon or japanese paper
• Tara-making is a colorful and vibrant pieces of art that people from the cultured town are known for. They are paper-mache figures of dolls in different forms. May it be a Filipiniana, a carabao or a horse. Being a paper-mache, it is made up of paper pieces or pulp and then hardened by gewgaw
• Tara-making is not an exclusive Pinoy art
• The first record recorded Taka creation in the Philippines was by Maria Bangue in the 1920's. Her first creation is a present as children's toy, but unfortunately due to fire, none of the original takas were saved
• Tara-making became more popular during American colonization period because people of Paete created more than just the traditional horse
• Embroidery is the main industry of the town of Taal, Batangas and Lucban, Laguna; it's what fuels the economy, close second are fishing and agriculture. Almost every townfolk is connected in one way or another with the making of barong tagalogs, embroided items like wedding gowns, handkerchief, purses, table mats and runners, scarves, dollies, abanicos and so much more
• Mostly done by women who are wives of the farmers and fisherman but not uncommon to see fisherman and farmers who are also carefully and delicately embroidering floral designs during their "Off-Season"
• Singkaban/Bamboo Art


  Art of shaving bamboo into artful creations, used as decor for arches and home, usually a celebrating art, being made by Singkaban craftsmen for fiestas, weddings and other celebrations that involve the entire community
• "Bayanihan" inspired the Singkaban/Bamboo Art form, ensuring that art is appreciated
• Puni


  A tagalog term from the province of Bulacan which means to beautify or decorate with the use of coconut leaf, where coconut leaves are fashioned by folding, plaiting, braiding, and simple weaving, which may have functional as well as aesthetic uses
• The most common presentation of Puni Art is Palaspas we see during Holy Week