Philippine Flashcards — Combined

Binakul

Ilocano and Tingguian blanket design with optical illusion patterns symbolizing the rhythms of the universe; woven by Magdalena Gamayo.

Bulul

Cordilleran rice guardian figure carved from wood or stone, emphasizing form and proportion; represents protection of crops and community.

Santiago Bose

Artist highlighting Cordilleran ancestral culture, identity, and indigenous rights; influenced younger “cultural drifter” artists.

Komiks

The style and themes of Filipino comic books, exemplified by illustrators like Francisco Coching, influencing realistic woodcarving and other visual arts in Paete and beyond.

National Commission for Culture and Arts

Institutions established to preserve and teach local cultural practices, including epic chanting, embroidery (panubok), dance (binanog), music, and bamboo handicrafts, mainly among Panay-Bukidnon and Ati communities.

Suguidanon

Epic chants of the Visayan people narrating the adventures of brothers Labaw Donggon and Humadapnon.

Panubok

Traditional embroidery used to decorate the saipang blouse with patterns of flowers, stars, vines, birds, and insects, executed in zigzag, triangle, and diamond motifs.

Binanog

A traditional Visayan dance mimicking birds, originally performed during harvests and weddings, emphasizing foot stamping and graceful arm movements.

Mar Weaving

A textile tradition in Basey, Samar featuring central motifs and border patterns of flowers, leaves, and feathers, often woven from native grass like tikog.

Patadyong

Traditional plaid textile from Antique, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental, woven in stripes, squares, and rectangles, influencing contemporary Visayan artists like the Black Artists of Asia.

Rock Drilon

Iloilo-born painter and protégé of Jose Joya, known for abstract expressionism using textured overlays, subtractive methods, and playful forms of boundless coils and knots.

Mindanao Ethnolinguistic Communities

Various cultural groups including B'laan, Bagobe, Bukidnon (Talaandig and Manobo), Higaonon, Mandaya, Maguindanao, Mansuka, and Subanen, each with unique traditional arts and daily practices.

Malong

A versatile tubular cloth in Mindanao used as skirt, blanket, dressing cover, hammock, prayer mat, and in traditional dances like the maleng.

Subanen Beadwork

Traditional bead patterns called keritis, sabar, and buzangyawe, featuring repeated diamonds and zigzags in yellow, red, blue, and green.

Ukkil

A traditional Mindanao art form with curvilinear motifs symbolizing mythical dragons or serpents, used in textiles, woodwork, metal, and dance movements.

Saudi Ahmad

Painter from Zamboanga Sibugay depicting daily life, weaving, malong dance, and rituals using a unique two-layer watercolor technique for rhythmic textures.

Panolong

Carved wooden beams in Maranao houses decorated with ukkil motifs, often depicting flowing leaf, vine, and mythical designs.

Sarimanok

A composite motif derived from ukkil, showing a rooster holding a fish in its beak, symbolizing prosperity and cultural identity.

Kuntilang

Traditional Philippine musical instrument made of bamboo, struck to produce rhythmic tones, often used in Mindanaoan dances and rituals.