Dramas during the Spanish Colonial period

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    • 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
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