PPC LESSON 4

• Fashion and clothing - refers to the way the people of the Filipino society dress up in instances such as while they’re at home, at work, travelling, and when attending special occassions.
• It is said that just like the Filipino culture, the clothing and fashion of the Filipinos was also influenced by ancestors and colonizers.
• The Filipino style of fashion and clothing is said to be dictated by weather.
• Since the country is tropical (dry and rainy seasons), early Filipinos wore colorful woven cloths.
• KANGAN - is a pre-Spanish era attire characterized by a collarless shirt.

  This version of clothing became then the basis for barong tagalog.
• Loincloth and topless - men wore before??
• robe-like dress or topless - women wore??
• Prior to Spanish era, the tagalogs already wore Baro.
• The doublets symbolizes social status:

  ◆ Red for chiefs and the bravest

  ◆ Black or white for normal citizens
• Tagalogs and Visayans used Baro and Saya made from silk in matching colors.
• Camisa - was a Hispanicized version of Baro’t Saya. It is usually made up of pineapple fiber or muslin usually wore by women.
• Barong Tagalog - It is a collared and

  button-laced shirt or a suit.
• Additionally with Barong Tagalog while wearing it, underneath is the Camisa de chino worn by men which is a type of t-shirt
• American Era

  For women, they wore Traje de mestiza which is the modern version of the Maria Clara.
• American Era

  It had bigger sleeves and a narrower floor length skirt with a long train called Saya decola and replaced the full-wide skirt.
• 1950’s - When the war subsided, Philippines experienced rise in the economy that it gave the people for another opportunities for their needs.􏰀
• 1950’s - By the late _ the women began to wear dresses with floral prints and fuller knee-length skirts.
• 1960’s - It is the rise of British pop culture that affected United States and Philippines.
• 1960’s - For women, they started wearing miniskirts (created by Mary quant) and mini-dresses.
• 1960’s - Hairs became very stylish as they were styled bigger and higher with the use of hairspray.
• 1970’s - With Hippie culture, Filipinos adored to wear vintage wearing from the Victorian era.
• 1970’s - Additionally, it is also characterized with the use of long sleeves, laces, and collars
• 1970’s - Bell bottom pants also became popular.
• 1970’s - In this era, men started to grow their hair long and it was the first time it became acceptable to the society.
• 1970’s - Turtle necks also became popular alongside with sweater vests.
• 1970’s - By the mid-19_’s men starting wearing t-shirts as well as denim jeans and sweatshirts.
• 1980’s - Velour, velvet and polyester were popular fabrics used in clothes esp button up and v shirt
• 1990’s - Neon colored tops and leg warmers
• MUSIC

  The Filipino music is mixed with Asian, Latin American, European, American, and indigenous influences.
• Indigenous music - is a term for the traditional music of the indigenous peoples of the world, that is, the music of an "original" ethnic group that inhabits any geographic region alongside more recent immigrants who may be greater in number.
• GONG MUSIC - It is a cultural music of the Filipinos characterized by using the main focus: the gong.
• KULINTANG - It refers to the racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines alongside with its ensembles.
• HISPANIC MUSIC - When the __ occupied the Philippines, they greatly influenced its music. The three main forms introduced to the Filipinos were the harana, the kundiman, and the rondalla. Most of these forms were developed as a result of the fusion between tribal music styles and traditional Spanish and Mexican music.
• RONDALLA - It is a traditional string orchestra compromising of two-string, mandolin type instruments such as banduria and laud.
• HARANA AND KUNDIMAN - They are popular lyrical songs that dates back from Spanish era.
• AMERICANS - The United States occupied the Islands from 1898 until 1946 and introduced American blues, folk music, R&B and rock & roll which became popular. In the late 1950s, native performers adapted Tagalog lyrics for North American rock & roll music, resulting in the seminal origins of Philippine rock.
• ORIGINAL PILIPINO MUSIC (OPM) - It is referred only to Philippine pop songs particularly ballads. Underground bands emerged along with their perceptions of idealism

  and self-expression.
• The first one was “Charing” by 1017, a Davao- based band.
• The second one was “Porque” by Maldita a Zamboanga-based Chavacano band.
• The third one was O jo, kaluguran daca, a Kapampangan parody song.