ConPhilArts: Third Quarter (Pre-Conquest)

Pre-Conquest, Indigenous, Pre-Colonial

Terms for Pre-Conquest

Mayvanuvanua

Earliest Forms of Theater/Rituals: From Batanes, from ritual that opens the fishing seasor dibang (flying fish)

Canao o Kanyaw

Earliest Forms of Theater/Rituals: Cordil Administrative Region, officiated by a shaman or mumbaki, involves an animal sacrifice

Kashawing

Earliest Forms of Theater/Rituals: Lake Lanao of Mindanao, ensure abundance during rice planting and harvest

Tagbanwa

Earliest Forms of Theater/Rituals: Palawan, shamans go into trance amidst ritual chanting and dancing, taken over by the goddesses themselves

Kudyapi

Ethnic Musical Instruments: A two-stringed guitar

Kulintang

Ethnic Musical Instruments: An array of bossed gongs

Gansa

Ethnic Musical Instruments: A flat gong

Agong

Ethnic Musical Instruments: Large bossed gong

Pangalay

Native Dance Forms: Sulu, A mimetic dance of seabirds

Kinabua

Native Dance Forms: Mandaya, swooping movements imitating the movements of Eagles

Banog-Banog

Native Dance Forms: Higaonon & B’laan, courtship dance that portrays the flight of birds

Man Manok

Native Dance Forms: Bago Tribe, dramatizes three roosters who compete against one another for the attention of a hen, Lady Lien

Talip

Native Dance Forms: Ifugaos, courtship dance that mimic the movement of wild fowls

Inamong

Native Dance Forms: Matigsalugs and Kadaliwas, comedic movements of monkey

Tinikling

Native Dance Forms: Tagalog, movements of the crane balancing itself on stilt-like legs or flitting away from bamboo traps

Bulul

Carvings: Cordillera, granary god that plays an important role in rituals; its Anthropomorphic form appears in containers, bowls, and spoons

Hagabi

Carvings: Ifugao, wooden bench marking the socio-economic status of the owner

Sarimanok

Carvings: bird holding a fish in its beak, standing on a base in the shape of a fish

Naga

Carvings: elaborate mythical serpent/dragon with a vigorous S-curve and numerous curvilinear

Pako Rabong

Carvings: stylized growing fern with a broad base tapering upwards

Panolong

Carvings: Sarimanok and Naga are found in this, extended floor beam, interior beams and posts

Torogan

Large Sultan’s house

Manunggul Jar

Pottery: excated in Manunggul Cave Lipunan Point Palawan, dated to the late Neolithic Period

Manunggul Jar

Pottery: During the metal age, the human figures are more pronounced with the lid as the head and base as the body

Palayok

Pottery: Used for cooking

Banga and Tapayan

Pottery: Used for storing liquids

Weaving

Impact knowledge about people’s belief system

Weaving

The reverence for spirits and nature criteria for beauty and the society’s sociopolitical structure

Pis Syabit

Weaving: headpiece woven by Tausug of Sulu

Malong

Weaving: exquisite tapestry panels called langkit woven by the Maranao of Lanao Del Sur

Tepo Mat

Weaving: colorful double layered mat of Sama of Tawi-Tawi made of pandan leaves

Ovaloid Baskets

Weaving: made of nito and bamboo, used as a head sling to carry the harvest

Bubo

Weaving: fish traps made of bamboo strips in the Ilocos region

Tattoos

Other Forms of Art before Colonization: Visayas “Islad de los Pintados", shared by Southeast Asia and New Zealand

Jewelry

Other Forms of Art before Colonization: T’boli known for wearing bass chains, bells, and colorful beads

Boaya

Other Forms of Art before Colonization: Made of shell, boar tusk, rattan, fiberband bone; Head hunting necklace

Filipino Bawisak Earrings

Other Forms of Art before Colonization: Bottom shell design representing butterflies or male generative anatomy

Linglingo

Other Forms of Art before Colonization: Ifugao, Warrior’s Silver ___ Earring Pair and Pendants

Lotoans

Other Forms of Art before Colonization: betel nut boxes of various shapes

Brass Kendi and Gadur

Other Forms of Art before Colonization: used in ceremonies and cherished as status symbols/heirloom pieces