Mapeh in priodical

• Zarzuela-it evolved from the word "zarza"the common bramble on the europan balckberry bush
• Moromoro-Which depicted the battle between the christian and muslims
• Carillo-Is a shadow play using cardboard cut-outs projected on a white screen during moonlit nights
• Hugas Kalawang-a drama played in the rice paddies during planting season.
• Pagibong-tarundong- a thanksgiving drama staged in appreciation of a bountiful harvest which is characterized by symbolic breaking of a portion of a paddy dike


  Pangangaluluwa-an all Saint's day socio-relegious practice of begging for alms for the souls of the departed
• Panunuluyan - which stages an appeal to a house owner for temporary shelter by actors who play Joseph and Mary and was performed in the chrismas season.
• Tibog - is a religious drama about Queen helen's long and tortuous search for Christ's cross which is staged during holy weeks.
• Moriones - a festival from holy wednesday until easter sunday in marinduque where participants wear colorful masks in commemoration of longinus


  Marinduqe - where carholic dogma regained his sight when the blood of christ dropped on his eyes and where Moriones festival is there
• Sta.Cruzan - a May celebration in commemoration of the finding of the Holy cross by Queen Helen
• Alay Kay Maria - a drama in which leis and garlands are offered to the Virgin Mary and is performed inside a church in the evening or afternoon
• The Ilocanos had songs and recitation while the Visayans had the corrido and the awit. Pampsngga had poetry


  The spanish comedia was the earliest form of theater that was intruduced to the filipinos . It was basically a religious drama