Arts

• Traditional drama


  Storytelling by elders narrating epics, legends, stories from distant lands, lives of gods and goddesses, conflict between good and evil, and aspects of life
• Traditional drama


  • Employs music, costume, and accessories to stories
  • Most Filipino dances tell a story
• Traditional drama


  • Sakuting dance
  • Hudhud narrative chants
• Santacruzan


  Dramatizes the search of Empress Elena for the Holy Cross
• Lutrina


  Similar to Santacruzan but celebrated by farmers asking for rains to water their crops
• Subli


  Set into dance and music narrating the search for the Holy Cross
• Cenaculo


  Drama about the life, passion, and death of Jesus Christ usually set in the town plaza
• Moro-moro


  Bloody skirmish between the Christians and the Moslems, immortalizing the conflict of Spain with the Moors
• Dupluan


  Form of game that narrates a story of a king seeking something among his loyal servants
• Philippine traditional drama


  • Plot and performance is the essential element
  • Major characters are often portrayed with extra-special roles, status, or experience, almost revered, edified, and idolized
  • There is always a protagonist and an antagonist
  • Audience are members of the cast and set the tone and mood of the story
  • Setting and theme are often defined and merged with the community
  • Spectacles are often simple
  • Music is supplied by the audience although there is already an accompaniment
  • Characterized with poetic dialogues and evocative mood
  • Aimed at expressing intense feelings and emotions that will make the audience cry, laugh, or even hate
• Zarzuela


  Form of Spanish or Spanish-derived musical theatre in which the dramatic action is carried through an alternating combination of song and speech
• Atang dela Rama was among the popular zarzuelistas
• Telenovela


  Filipino soap opera
• Fantaserye


  Filipino fantasy drama series
• Epic serye


  Filipino epic drama series
• Dubbing became popular in the later part of the 20th century and early 21st century, with Filipino dubbers making Mexican and Korean novelas more interesting to Filipino viewers by translating foreign dialogue into Tagalog
• Festivals are delightful events for the Filipinos, we love to celebrate almost every aspect of our existence
• Examples of Philippine festivals

  • Turumba Festival
  • Pahiyas
  • Sinulog
  • Pista ng Itim na Nazareno
  • Panagbenga
  • Ati-Atihan
  • Binirayan
  • Dinagyang
  • Kadayawan
  • Maskara
  • Kasadyaan
  • Moriones
  • Sorteo
  • Lechon
  • Boling-boling
  • Kakanindayog
  • Wagayway
  • Lubi-lubi
  • Coramlan
  • Bangus
• Philippine festivals


  • Each festival is unique
  • Flowers and ornamentals dominate some festivals
  • Kiping dominates others
  • Colors and paints dominate others
  • Products dominate others
  • Some are profit-oriented, others are religious in spirit, others are for a cause
  • The important element is that the community is united in these festivals