Mapeh

• Kabuki


  • Began at the 16th Century
  • Tradition until now - Most Important
  • Most successful theater entertainment in the red light districts intacty
• Sakura


  • Popular traditional
  • Produces distinct characterites
  • Used in the Asian style of making melodies "Pentatonic Scale"-5
• Pentatonic Scale


  • Mainly from China
  • 5
  • Used in Noh and Kabuki
• Vocal Pattern & Techniques

  • Ipponchosi - Continuous Pattern
  • Nori - Adapted from Chanting or Joruri (narratives) in tayu sings
  • Yakuharai - Alternating 7-5 syllable. Poetical text
• Vocal & Instrumental Features

  • Japanese Shamisen Music
  • Dances and Movements - Accompanied by Shamisen
• Japanese Shamisen Music


  • Gagaku - Classic court Music. 18th century China
  • Kagura - Form of music dedicated to the deity's & Gods
  • No - Chant derives from shomyō Sophisticated & rich tradition of Buddhist Charity
  • Nagauta - Long song which reached a golden age in the 19th century as dance music
• Shamisen orchestra

  10 musicians
• Indonesian Theater Music

  • Shadow Puppet Wayang Kulit
  • Gamelan Ensemble
• Wayang Kulit


  • Well known Indonesia theater
  • Wayang - “Theater" -Kulit - Skin & leather construction w: buffalo worn
  • Performance - Audience and Stage are important
  • All materals prepared before hand by Dalang
  • Right Puppet-Good - Left Puppet-Bad
  • 2m wide stage - Played in Royal Public while using Gamelan
  • Dalang Manipulates puppets & Signals the orchestra
  • Dalang Acts of the characters
• Gamelan Ensemble


  • Saron - Xylophone w/ 7 Keys of heavy bronze bars
  • Gender - Bronze Xylophone w/ resonance chambers beneath
  • Bonang - Bronze bowls
  • Gong and Kempul - Hanging Gongs
  • Kenong & Ketuk - Single inverted bronze bowl
  • Gambang - Wooden Xylophone
  • Rebab - 2 stringed fiddle
  • Suling - flute
  • Kendang - Horizontal drum, beat w/ fingers on both ends
  • Tjelempung (Celempung) - Zither of 3 duble strings that are plucked
• Suluk 


  • Dalang sings the mood songs
  • Regular intervals
  • Never Accompanied by while ensemble
• Festivals Theatrical Arts


  • Thai Lantern Festival
  • Japan Kodo Taiko Drum Festival
• Thai Lantern Festival


  • People gather on River banks to float lanterns & candles
  • They Launch fireworks 5 Thai Centers at the sametime
  • They believe that bad like flies away w/ the lantern
• Japan Kodo Taiko Drum Festival

  • Kodo - Heartbeat/Children of the drum
  • Heartbeat=Ko-heart, do- rhythm
  • Children of the drums = Ko-child, do- rhythm
• Taiko Music

  Tradition that encourage meditation by soft or energetic sounds
• Japan Kado Group-Professional taiko drummer
• Japanese Theater

  • Noh
  • Kabuki
• Noh Plays

  • Oldest surviving theater, 1300d
  • Religious themes by combining dance, music, acting
  • Actors war traditional masks & elaborate costume
  • actors are all men. Shite - Main & Waki - Supporting
  • 1 Actor plays God or Hero
  • Shorter than Kabuki
• Kabuki

  • Showmanship. Eye to Eye with audience
  • Based on historical events, moral conflict, warm hearted & love stories, tragedy
  • Male actors play as women and men'
• Wayang Kulit

  • Celebrate important occassions
  • Bases on Ancient Hind epics: heroes & enemies
  • Religion (Hinduism) as purpose
  • Dalang - Puppeteer
  • Religius leader / Shamen, Commonicates w/ spirits
  • Accompanies by Gamelan
• Philippine Daus


  Fenced wl Asia
• Dance


  Set of movements w/ action & Symbolic value. Includes Music & beats
• Classification


  • Ballroom - Partner dance & Competitive
  • Social-Socializing w/others. Community Dance
  • Folk - Native. Portrays Culture and Nature
  • Festival-Occasions
  • Ceremonial-Religous
  • Occupational - Labor / Work. Magtanim ay di biro
  • Courtship - Interest to opposite sex
  • War-Battle. Maglalatik
  • Interprative / Creative - Symbolize
• Sukuting


  Different origins but both use sticks (imitate chapsticks)
• Sakuting

  • Fight between Christians and Non Religious
  • Lowland Christian struggles & Highland Non Religious
  • Blue-Christians & Red-Non Religious
• Performed by Girls & Boys but original is only boys
• Performs to every house during Christmas to get aguinaldo
• Meaning

  Rhythmic Sticks produce sound to accompany the dance
• Place of Origin of Binislakan

  Abra, Illocos Norte
• Binislakan


  • "Li-king-Tung" - "To look backward and Forward"
  • Means To use sticks
• Origin


  Almazen, Lingayen in Pangasinan
• Music


  2/4 and 2 parts -A&B
• Countings


  1 and 2 1 and 2
• Costume-Female of Binislakan


  Siesyo 3 Kimuno
• Costume-Male if Binislakan


  Camisa de Chino and Red pants
• Formation


  Partners stand 6ft apart
• Parent hood


  State of being a parent - Being a Father or Mother to your biological child. Grave Responsibility or tasks
• Parent hood


  • Not a role which can be played by chance
  • States where responsible couples arrive after deciding to make a family
• Factors for responsible parent hood


  • Happiness & Stability of Marriage
  • Physical & Emotional readiness of both
  • Financial stability
• Responsible parent hood


  • Series of Decisions parents make to ensure best possible life of family
  • Ability of parents to raise children in the Filipino way