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• Techniques and Performance Practices Applied to Contemporary Arts

  Filipinos are proven to be one of the most creative and colorful people in the world. The types of arts that are produced in different regions has its unique specialties or product to take pride. Philippines is very rich in natural resources. We can maximize the use of natural resources even in creating arts. Arts express the artistic feelings towards any aspects of life.
• Contemporary artist


  • Found used bottles, hay, rice stalks, plastic straw, and other recyclable materials useful in creating artworks
  • A real artist sees the beauty of art even the peelings of garlic and corn
  • They create artworks from wood, wire, thread, rattan, metal and leaves
• PAHIYAS FESTIVAL


  Pahiyas is the time when people in Lucban, Quezon give thanks to San Isidro Labrador for a good harvest. Pahiyas means "décor". Every May 15, the fronts of houses are elaborately decorated with brightly colored rice wafer called kiping, a type of rice dough made from a traditional recipe. When the festival is over, these kiping, are and cooked and eaten as rice chips. Fruits, grain vegetables, and woven palm hats are used as decorations. In the afternoon, San Isidro Labrador's image is carried across town in procession to assure farmers of more bountiful harvest in forthcoming season.
• Locals believe that keeping the tradition alive was essential because it brought them away from deprivation and misfortune in their town. In May 1963, what was originally a pagan festival transformed into the colorful, grand festival that Filipinos know today. Apart from holding a competition that chooses the house with the most creative design, the festival also included cultural shows, various contests, parades and exhibits that would boost the tourist of the town of Lucban. It was the idea of the Art Club of Lucban's Founder and President Fernando Cadeliña Nañawa.
• The highlight of the Pahiyas Festival


  The spirited tradition of "Kalas" takes place. The term literally means to romp away (the crowds tries to take decorations down from the house and owners try to stop it from happening) the harvests and decorations from the houses as a symbol of joy and merriment.
• Saniculas cookies


  Arrowroot cookies that have the image of St. Nicholas molded on it. St. Nicholas is also known as the "the healer" and the go to saint for those who need "healing" from illnesses
• Filipinos are proven to be one of the most creative and colorful people in the world
• The types of arts that are produced in different regions has its unique specialties or product to take pride
• Philippines is very rich in natural resources
• Arts express the artistic feelings towards any aspects of life
• Contemporary artist found used materials

  • bottles
  • hay
  • rice stalks
  • plastic straw
  • other recyclable materials
• A real artist sees the beauty of art even the peelings of garlic and corn
• Materials used to create artworks

  • wood
  • wire
  • thread
  • rattan
  • metal
  • leaves
• Pahiyas Festival

  1. People in Lucban, Quezon give thanks to San Isidro Labrador for a good harvest

  2. Fronts of houses are elaborately decorated with brightly colored rice wafer called kiping

  3. San Isidro Labrador's image is carried across town in procession to assure farmers of more bountiful harvest in forthcoming season
• When the Pahiyas Festival is over, the kiping are cooked and eaten as rice chips
• Fruits, grain vegetables, and woven palm hats are used as decorations
• Kalas

  The spirited tradition where the crowds try to take decorations down from the houses and owners try to stop it from happening, as a symbol of joy and merriment
• The Pahiyas Festival has become one of the most-sought after festivals across the Philippines, luring in locals from nearby towns and even tourists from other countries
• Saniculas cookies

  Arrowroot cookies that have the image of St. Nicholas molded on it
• St. Nicholas is also known as "the healer" and the go to saint for those who need "healing" from illnesses
• Saniculas cookie moulds

  • They are an exceptional piece of folk art and a rarity
  • The moulds would have the initials of the owner monogrammed on them
  • The moulds are made of hardwood and are of different shapes and sizes
  • They would have a carved piece and a wooden presser
• Pabalat

  Paper cut-outs that connote the state of the art practice, where the art is not only a cultural product or an artistic expression but also cuts through some cultural, social, even political discourses and issues
• Pabalat or Pastillas Cutting Art is a folk art or siningbayan, as it originated among the townsfolk reflecting their traditional culture and has been passed from generation to generation
• Makers of these intricate paper patterns do not see themselves as artists and do not consider their works as arts
• Taka

  A lightweight paper mache alternative to wooden sculptures, pioneered by Maria Piday in Paete, Laguna
• Traditional subjects of taka

  • manok, kabayo, kalabaw, dalaga (chicken, horse, carabao, maiden)
• Due to exposure and migration, European-influenced paper mache toys began to be made for export to other countries, such as Germany
• Taka-making

  1. Hand carving hardwood sculptures to create the takaans or molds

  2. Gluing and sun-drying layers of paper

  3. Hand-painting the papier-mâché figures
• Brown craft paper is used as a final layer for taka made for export, providing a thicker base and smoother finish
• Pagbuburda

  The art of embroidery, mostly done by women who are wives of the farmers and fishermen, but also by fishermen and farmers during their "off-season"
• Taal embroidery has always made an exquisite presence in the highlights of Philippine history, adorning garments of former presidents and first ladies
• Taal embroidery looks exquisite on jusi and piña fabric, as well as on cotton, linen and ramie
• Singkaban

  The art of shaving bamboo into artful creations that can be used as décor for arches or for the home
• Singkaban Festival


  An annual provincial event of Bulacan where Bulakenyo culture and arts are featured in a week-long celebration
• Puni


  The art of beautifying or decorating with the use of coconut leaves, through folding, plaiting, braiding and simple weaving
• Puni designs


  • Toys such as birds, fish, grasshopper
  • Food containers for suman, rice and various kakanin
  • Paraphernalia for religious rituals especially during Palm Sunday
• The art of puni is being revived through practical ways by preserving, developing and transforming these designs into decorative pieces used as decors, accessories and accents
• The Bulakenyos pioneered the revival of this ephemeral art, through continuous research, skills sharing and exchange, and contributions of various individuals
• Local materials in creating art and art techniques

  • Recycled Materials
  • Strings
  • Wood
  • Clay
  • Coconut Leaves
  • Bamboos
  • Buri (Silag)
  • Rattan
  • Abaca
  • Pandan
  • Charcoal
  • Shells
  • Coconut Shell
• Visual artists choose their materials for their art work in order for them to express their emotions, opinions, or messages