MAPEH Summative Test Reviewer Q4

• Festivals of Aklan, Cebu, and Batangas

  • Ati-Atihan Festival
  • Sinulog Festival
  • Sublian Festival
• Ati-Atihan Festival


  • Where: Kalibo, Aklan
  • When: Third week of January
  • Cheers: Hala Bira!, Viva Santo Nino!
• Sinulog Festival


  • Where: Cebu City
  • When: Third Sunday of January
  • Rhythmic music of drums, percussions, trumpets and native gongs
  • Yell: Pit Senyor
• Sublian Festival


  • Where: Batangas City
  • When: 23rd Day of July
  • Celebration reflecting the Batanguenos commitment and great love to their town's patrons, the Holy Cross of Bauan and Agoncillo and the Santo Nino of Batangas City
  • Eating, dancing the Subli, and singing verses with strict skeletal melody
• Festivals of Marinduque, Davao, and Bicol

  • Moriones Festival
  • Kadayawan Festival
  • Ibalong Festival
• Moriones Festival


  • Where: Marinduque
  • When: During holy week
  • Reenactment of the story of Saint Longinus who was the centurion who pierced the side of Jesus Christ and regained his vision after drops of blood and water his eyes
• Kadayawan Festival


  • Where: Davao City
  • When: 3rd Week of August
  • Originated from the tribal festivals of the Lumad and Muslims in the 70s
  • Used to be called Apo Duwaling to promote Mt. Apo, Durian, king of fruits and Waling-waling, queen of orchids
• Ibalong Festival


  • Where: Legazpi City, Albay
  • When: August
  • Commemorate the three heroes of the Bicol epic of Ibalong namely Baltog, Handyong and Bantong
• Philippine Theatrical Forms


  • Komedya
  • Sarsuela
  • Bodabil
• Komedya


  • Play written in verse which uses traditional methods of the marcha or march for entrance or exit
  • Batalla, choreograph fighting and magia, magical effects
  • Colorful theatrical traditions in the Philippines used by Spanish as method to spread Christianity
  • Theatrical form in which describes the conflict of Christians and Muslims
  • Types: Secular and Religious
• Secular Komedya

  • Usually performed in town celebrations
  • Moro-moro is an example of secular komedya, that uses stories that revolve around kings, queens, princes, princesses, animals, and supernatural beings
  • Most of the time, it portrays the Christians and Filipino Muslim class
  • Another is the Tibag or Arakyo, during Santacruzan; it is a reenactment of the search for the Holy Cross by Queen Helena and her son, Emperor Constantine
• Religious Komedya


  • Mostly performed to enhance religious festivities
  • Focuses on the life of religious icons like Jesus Christ, St. Michael, and other patron saints
  • Examples are: Siete Palabras, Comedia de San Miguel, and Senakulo
• Sarsuela


  • An art form of lyric theater drama, comical in nature and is incorporated with singing, dancing and dialogue
  • Play in prose
  • Portrays the typical Filipino realities and stories and social relations
  • Walang Sugat is one of the most famous Sarsuela in the country
  • Maria Carpena is known as the Philippine Sarsuela Star or Nightingale of the Sarsuela
  • Severino Reyes is known as Lola Basyang and Father of the Tagalog Sarsuela
• Bodabil


  • Another stage show that became popular during the Japanese period based on the French vaudeville
  • Developed because city growers wanted to uplift their emotional stability
  • It formed musical trends and musicians and performers
  • The entertainers helped to make jazz and blues popular and admired in our country
  • Different Bodabil stars: Bayani Casimiro, Dely Atay-atayan, Togo and Pugo, Chichay, Rogelio de la Rosa, Dolphy, Leopoldo Salcedo, Katy Dela Cruz, Luis "Loue" Borromeo
• Religious Festivals


  • Pahiyas
  • Obando Fertility Rite
  • Moriones
  • Ati-atihan
  • Dinagyang
  • Sinulog
  • Santacruzan o Flores De Mayo
• Pahiyas


  • Where: Lucban, Quezon
  • When: 15th of May
  • In honor of San Isidro Labrador
  • Kiping are leaf-shaped, multi-colored rice-paste wafers used to decorate their houses along with fruits, vegetables and flowers
• Obando Fertility Rite


  • Where: Obando, Bulacan
  • Celebrated every May
  • Dance ritual and Catholic festival to honor Obando's three patron saints: San Pascual, Santa Clara, and Nuestra Señora de Salambao
  • Couples who are childless can take occasion to appeal for heavenly intercession and dance to please the Virgin of Salambao
• Moriones


  • Depicts story of Saint Longinus, the Roman Centurion that miraculously gained his eyesight when his eye was hit by Jesus' blood when he stabbed Jesus beside his torso
  • Morion means mask or visor that covers the wearer's face which is part of the Medieval Roman armor in Biblical times
  • Moriones refers to the mask and costumes that march around for seven days from Holy Monday to Easter Sunday
• Ati-atihan


  • Where: Kalibo, Aklan
  • Held in honor of the Santo Nino
  • Highlight: Native dance competition
  • The dancers cover their body with soot and paint their faces to portray the Ati, mostly made out of walis tambo, hair, tiger grass, etc.
  • Ati-atihan means "to be like Aetas"
  • Aetas are the first settlers of Panay, Aklan
• Dinagyang


  • In honor of Senyor Santo Nino, the Child Jesus
  • Thanksgiving celebration
  • Dagyang means "to make happy"
• Sinulog


  • Commemorates the acceptance of Christianity/Catholicism by the Filipinos
  • Grand street parade
  • Has Santo Nino
• Santacruzan o Flores De Mayo


  • During the month of May
  • One of the most colorful aspects of the festival is the portrayal of characters, holding pageants for the best well-dressed character
  • Each character depicts a personality and role and is recognized by an icon or symbol they carry during a parade
  • Santacruzan is Spanish term for sacred cross
  • The name of the festival is derived from flores, meaning flowers from Spanish
  • Other names include Flores de Maria (Flowers of Mary) or Alay (offering)
  • Sagala was introduced by Spaniards and has since then become part of Filipino traditions identified with youth, love and romance
• Non-Religious Festivals


  • Panagbenga Festival
  • Masskara Festival
  • Kaamulan Festival
  • Kadayawan Festival
• Panagbenga Festival


  • Where: Baguio City, Benguet
  • When: Month of February
  • Month-long annual celebration
  • Tribute to city-grown flowers
  • Featured: Flower Atop Floats Parade, street dancing
  • Flowers mostly included are chrysanthemums, orchids, astrobelias, roses and Baguio's original Everlastings
• Masskara Festival


  • Where: Bacolod City, Negros
  • When: Every 3rd weekend of October or closest weekend to October 19
  • Dramatizes the steadfast character of Negrenses as City of Smiles despite facing challenges
  • Showcase: beautiful costumes with different colorful fabrics and patterns
  • Masskara is a portmanteau coined by the late artist, Ely Santiago. Mass means multitude of people, Kara/Cara from Spanish means face, Masskara means multitude of faces
• Kaamulan Festival


  • Ethnic festival that celebrate customs and traditions of the seven tribal groups of the Bukidnon region: The Matigsalug, Tigwahanun, Higanu, Umayawnun, Manobo, Bukidnon, and Talaandig
  • Showcase: unique indigenous culture through activities, telling legendary stories, reliving ancient rituals, playing and listening to ethnic music and traditional dances
  • Kaamulan comes from the Binukid word amul meaning to gather
• Kadayawan Festival


  • Where: Davao City, Davao
  • When: Month of August
  • Festival of thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, wealth of culture and bountiful harvest and serenity of living
  • Derived from the Dabawenyo word, "madayaw" or good, valuable and superior
  • Displays/Highlights: fruits, flowers, vegetables, rices, corn grains as tribute, singing, dancing and offerings to divine protectors
  • The festival has three aspects: tribal, industrial and arts, and entertainment
• Kaamulan Festival


  Ethnic festival that celebrates customs and traditions of the seven tribal groups of the Bukidnon region
• Kaamulan Festival


  • Showcase unique indigenous culture through activities, telling legendary stories, reliving ancient rituals, playing and listening to ethnic music and traditional dances
  • Kaamulan comes from the Binukid word amul meaning to gather
• Kadayawan Festival


  Festival of thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, wealth of culture and bountiful harvest and serenity of living
• Kadayawan


  Dabawenyo word meaning good, valuable and superior
• Kadayawan Festival displays/highlights


  • Fruits
  • Flowers
  • Vegetables
  • Rices
  • Corn grains as tribute
  • Singing
  • Dancing
  • Offerings to divine protectors
• Kadayawan Festival


  Has three aspects: tribal, industrial and arts, and entertainment
• Shadow Puppetry (Shadow Play)


  Ancient art form that uses flat, expressed figures which are held together by sticks and sometimes thread to create movement, shown behind a thin layer of cloth or screen and a light source to create shadows
• Dance Drama


  A drama that is performed through dance movements, frequently with dialogue or sometimes even singing for retelling of famous national literatures
• Comedia (Moro-Moro)


  Earliest known form of organized theater by Spanish priests, usually performed during festivals or fiestas in villages, full of romance, melodrama and the highlight which is the battle of Christians and Muslims
• Sarswela o Zarzuela


  A play with song and dances usually written in prose, depicting peculiarity of romantic love among idealized Filipino characters, often accompanied by contemporary social, political, economical, or cultural issues for relevance and added interest, usually nationalistic in theme and plot and are showcased by actors wearing Filipinianas, Barong Tagalogs and other traditional costumes, told in integrated local folklore
• Senakulo


  Theater play usually depicting stories and events from the old and new testaments related to the life, sufferings and death of Jesus Christ, performed during the season of Lent, takes at least 8 days to be performed, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday in different places: on the streets, on stage, in a chapel or church
• Festival Dance


  Cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion instruments of same culture, portray people's way of life
• Types of Festival Dances

  • Religion-influenced Festival Dance
  • Non-religion-influenced Festival Dance