Dramas during the Spanish Colonial period

• Precolonial drama performances were in the form of rituals
• During the Spanish colonialization, rituals were replaced with dramas
• During the Spanish colonialization, dramas were focused on the life of Jesus Christ
• Karagatan - Poetic contest usually played as part of the rites held in connection with the death of a person
• Based on a legend about a lady's ring that fell in the middle of the sea; The lady's hand is offered in marriage as a reward to any young man who could retrieve the ring

  Karagatan
• Duplo - Poetic contest held when a person dies and consists of jokes to relieve sadness
• Senakulo - Portrays the life, passion, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ
• Portrays the life, passion, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ

  Senakulo
• Tells how Reyna Elen and her son Constantino searched for Jesus's cross in Mount Calvary

  Tibag
• Festival in celebration of the life of Saint Longinus

  Mariones
• Saint Longinus - A blind Roman solider tasked to drive a spear through Jesus to make sure he was dead
• Play written about the victory of a Christian Filipino army over Muslim forces

  Moro-moro
• Play with songs and dances up to five acts, portraying the whimsies of romatic love

  Sarsuwela
• Sarsuwela - Play with songs and dances up to five acts
• Who searched for Jesus's cross in Mount Calvary?

  Reyna Elen and Constantino
• Special occasion participated in by women in some parts of Bicol region

  Lagaylay
• Lagaylay - Special occasion participated in by women in some parts of Bicol region
• Song-and-dance performance that aims to make a vow, make a petition, or offer praise and love toward religious icons

  Lagaylay
• Lagaylay - Song-and-dance performance that aims to make a vow, make a petition, or offer praise and love toward religious icons
• Presented before 12:00 A.M. on Christmas Eve

  Panunulayan
• Presentation of the search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for an inn where Mary can give birth to Jesus

  Panunulayan
• Depicts the moment when the Risen Christ met his mother

  The Salubong
• The Salubong is shown during the Easter morning
• Dramatic entertainment performed on a moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after a harvest

  Carillo
• Carillo (Shadow Play) - Dramatic entertainment performed on a moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after a harvest
• Carillo - The figures are moved like marionettes whose dialogues are voiced by the puppetteers
• The Sainete - Short musical comedy popular during the 18th century
• The Sainete - Form of exaggerated comedies shown between acts of long plays
• The Sainete - Mostly performed by characters from the lower classes
• The Sainete - Themes were taken from everyday life scenarios