Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions - Week 2

Vocabulary flashcards covering regional Philippine art forms, historical landmarks, monetary representations, and art traditions.

Banaue Rice Terraces

A landmark located in Banaue, Ifugao, referred to as the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' and featured at the back of the 20 peso bill.

MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park

A landmark located in Palo, Leyte, commemorating the Leyte Landing and featured at the face of the 50 peso bill.

Taal Lake/Taal Volcano

A famous natural landmark located in Batangas featured at the back of the 50 peso bill.

Mayon Volcano

A landmark located in Albay featured at the back of the 100 peso bill.

Barasoain Church

A landmark located in Malolos, Bulacan, featured at the face of the 200 peso bill.

Ethnic tradition

A major tradition of Philippine art featuring indigenous art primarily influenced by geographical locations and experiences of Filipinos.

Spanish Colonial tradition

A major tradition of Philippine art where indigenous arts were replaced with Western art forms, greatly influenced by religion and secularization.

Komedya

Religious and secular plays formed during the Spanish Colonial tradition in Philippine theater arts.

American Colonial and Contemporary traditions

A major tradition of Philippine art characterized by American education tutelage, technological innovations, and avant-garde artworks.

Contemporary art

Refers to the recent and current practice of art ranging from the 1970s up to the present, where artists experiment with non-conventional artworks and materials.

Belenismo sa Tarlac

The art of making Belen, organized by the Tarlac Heritage Foundation starting in 2007, which made Tarlac the Belen Capital of the Philippines.

Tarlac Heritage Foundation

An organization established by Dr. Isa Cojuangco Suntay and her mother, Doña Isabel, which organized Belenismo sa Tarlac starting in 2007.

Nueva Ecija

Known as the Food Bowl and Rice Granary of Central Luzon, whose primary agricultural products include rice, corn, onion, garlic, melon, and mango.

Giant Lantern Festival

A century-old festival held every year before Christmas in San Fernando, Pampanga, which originated as a religious activity called Lubenas or Novena.

Lubenas

A religious activity or Novena from which the Giant Lantern Festival originally developed.

Manuel L. Quezon

The Philippine President honored by the first Giant Lantern Festival for converting and opening Mount Arayat National Park.

Mango Festival of Iba, Zambales

A celebration of bountiful harvest held during April in Iba, Zambales, honoring Zambales mangoes acknowledged in 1995 by the Guinness Book of World Records as the sweetest globally.

Pabalat

The Bulacan folk art of making pastillas de leche wrappers from fresh carabao's milk.

Mount Samat National Shrine

Also known as the Shrine of Valor, a landmark in Bataan built to honor and remember the gallantry of Filipino and American soldiers during World War II.