CPAR

• Folk Architecture


  • Structures can be made of bamboo, wood, rock, coral, rattan, grass, and other materials
  • Buildings have connected indigenous and Hispanic motif, forming the bahay na bato architecture
• Folk Architecture


  • The Tausug people's DARU JAMBAGAN
  • Bahay na Bato in CEBU
  • (Palace of Flowers), the royal residence of the SULTAN OF SULU
  • Banaue Rice Terraces (Cordillera Region)
  • Batad Rice Terraces in June, Ifugao Province
  • Coral houses in Sabtang Island, Batanes
  • Bahay na BATO IN VIGAN
• Maritime Transport


  • Involves houseboats, boat-making and maritime customs
  • Buildings, usually made of wood chosen by elders and craftsmen, were used as the main vehicles of the people, connecting one island to another, where the seas and rivers were the roads of the people
• Maritime Vehicles


  • armadahan - two-masted double-outrigger boat
  • avang - the trading ship
  • bangka- the native and widely-available watercraft
  • birau / buggoh - the dugout canoe
  • guilalo - the large sailing outrigger ship
  • falua - the open deck boat
  • junkung - the small motorized boat
  • karakoa - the large outrigger warship
  • lepa - the houseboat
  • salisipan - the war canoe
  • vinta - the outrigger
• Weaving


  • An ancient art form that continues in the Philippines today, with each ethnic group
• Cloth/Mat Weaving


  • Expensive textiles are manufactured through a complicated and difficult method called back-strap looming
  • The piña fabric is considered the finest indigenous Filipino-origin textile
• Cloth/Mat Weaving

  • Double ikat mat from Sulu
• Basketry


  • Fine art basketry has produced intricate designs in the Philippines
  • Basketry items are intended for particular purposes, such as farming, storage of rice, travel kit, sword case, and so on
  • Materials used in basketries vary by ethnic group and include bamboo, rattan, pandan, cotton cloth, nito, beeswax, abaca, buri, bark, and dyes
• Basketry


  • tupil (lunch box), bukug (basket), kabil (carrying basket), uppig (lunch basket), tagga-i (rice basket), bay'ung (basket pouch), lig-o (winning tray) and binga (bag)
• Weaved Headgears, Fishnets etc.

  • The weaving patterns of fish traps and gears in the Philippines are vast, of which the Ilocano people may have the widest collection
  • Weaved headpieces are prevalent in the Philippines, where multiple cultures use a variety of fibers to link mediums that shape Filipino headgears
• Weaved Headgears, Fishnets etc.

  • Ivatan's headgear, a yakul
  • Weaved hornbill headgear of the ilongot
  • Bachelor's hat made of plants, teeth, tusk, shells and beat
  • Filipino fisherman with fish gear
• Carving


  • The craft of carving in the Philippines focuses on woodcarving and non-clay traditional sculptures
• Wood Carving


  • Bulul Art of Okir Paete, Laguna
  • Las Piñas Bamboo Organ
  • Kulintang from Mindanao
  • Detail of a torogan's panolong with a naga okir motif
• Stone Carving is an award-winning art form in the Philippines.
• Ivory Carving


  • Religious carvings of ivory, or garments as locally known, became common after the direct introduction of ivory from mainland Asia to the Philippines, where carvings centered on Christian symbols such as the Madonna with Child, the Christ Child and the sorrowful mother
• Folk Performing Arts


  • The bulk of folk performing arts in the Philippines are traditional dances, plays and dramas
• Folk (Oral) Literature


  • Includes epics, poems, myths, and other oral literature by a variety of ethnic groups in the Philippines