Contemporary - Ethnic period

Ethnic, Spanish, American/Contemporary

what are the three major traditions?

Ethnic

- influenced by geographical location and experiences of Filipinos
- a tradition where they used available materials in the surroundings
- the dominant art were: visual arts, pottery, weaving, wood carving, metal crafting

Bulul

- wood carving - granary god

Hagabi

- wooden bench that marks the socioeconomic status of the owner

Santos

- carving in laguna and pampanga

Okir

curvilinear decorations

Palayok

- pottery - used for cooking

Manunggul Jar

- burial jar - discovered in a cave in palawan

Weaving

- this art impart knowledge about people's belief systems
- fibers were needed as well as pigments in order to do this

Pis Siyabit

a headpiece woven by the Tausug of Sulu

Malong

tube skirts

Langkit

exquisite tapestry panel in malong

Tepo Mat

colorful double-layered mat of the Sama of Tawi-tawi

Nito Basket

used to carry harvests

Bubo

fish traps

Tattoo

- badge of maturity and bravery
- protection from evil spirits

Jewelries

makes the wearer more attractive and considered pleasing to the god

Gold

jewelries worn by the tagalog

Cire Perdue

- lost wax process - Technique of metal casting

Kudyapi

three-stringed guitar

Kulintang

an array of bossed gongs

Agong

a large bossed gong

Gansa

flat gong

Pangalay

from the sulu archipelago is mimetic of the movements of seabirds

Man-manok

imitate the movements of predatory birds of Bagobos

Kadaliwas

dance of T'bolis represent the comedic movement of monkeys

Tinikling

the popular tagalog folkdance evocative of the movements of the crane

Mangyans

who discovered the bamboo poles cut into smaller nodes, used to compose short poems that tell courtship

Ticao Town

where in leyte did they discover a huge stone with baybayin written for invocation for a safe journey by the sea

Tahwid

- unity of god
- main belief of islam influencing the ways of art