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A RESEARCH ABOUT REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND PRACTICES IN DOING,


PROMOTING, AND PRESERVING CONTEMPORARY ARTS

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Subject CPAR 122

(Contemporary Philippine Arts From The Region)

Presented by:

Chris T. Evidente

ICT/ FVT4

November 2018

Presented to:

Sir Mark Angelo


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I. Introduction

The arts of the Philippines reflect a society with diverse cultural influences and

traditions. It reflects to its society and non-Filipinos the wide range of cultural influences

on the country's culture and how these influences honed the country's arts. While

drawing on Western forms, however, the works of Filipino painters, writers, and

musicians are imbued with distinctly Philippine themes. By expressing the cultural

richness of the archipelago in all its diversity, Filipino artists have helped to shape a

sense of national identity.

Philippine arts are being neglected and underappreciated by our own countrymen.

Art is a huge part of our history. Our ancestors have used it to express themselves,

make a statement, or even used it to give a fighting spirit to fellow Filipinos to revolt to

an empire. One of the things that shaped Philippines to what it is right now is art, it gave

us Filipinos hope, courage and pride.


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II. Research

National Capital Region

National Capital Region has a lot of historical

buildings showcasing the arts and culture of its land.

The region is the center of culture, economy,

education, and politics of the Philippines. The

Philippines prides itself in its rich cultural history,


The Tanghalang Pambansa at the Cultural
influenced most notably by Spanish and American Center of the Philippines Complex

colonialism. In a sense, Philippine culture can be said to be a marriage of the East and

the West. The city also has various art houses or buildings that show theatrical stage

plays.

An integral part of the ethnic culture is the fiesta. All the national fests and holidays

are celebrated with much éclat. Manila during one of the national holidays’ celebration

will have a chance to fully embrace music, theatrical and gastronomy traditions and

customs of local folks. Some of local traditions may seem to foreign tourists rather weird

and odd. Fiestas or religious festivals are celebrated year-round, mostly in honour of their

respective patron saints. Fiesta celebrations

involve whole communities, with locals decking the

exteriors of their houses in crops and decorations

and opening their homes to neighbours and tourists

"Spoliarium", displayed at the National Museum alike to partake in sumptuous feasts.


of the Philippines
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Metro Manila is the home to the National Museum of the Philippines, the national

museum of the country. The National Museum complex occupies the place and

buildings that were a part of a new capital center

proposed by Daniel Burnham in 1901. The national

theater of the Philippines, known as the Tanghalang

Pambansa, is situated on a 62-hectare (150-acre)

cultural center called the Cultural Center of the


San Agustin Church, which was built in 1604
Philippines Complex. is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Malacañan Palace is the official residence and principal workplace of


Quezon Memorial Circle the President of the Philippines.

Ilocos Region

Ilocanos are known to be hardworking and

frugal, hardy in the face of adversity. Respect

and humility in everyday dealings mark the

Ilocano personality; they live simply, The Eco-Cultural Park of Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte and
Tadek dancers during the opening of the park on 2013.
concentrating on work and productivity. The (File photo by Imee Marcos page)
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physical environment of Ilocandia has effected the Ilocano way of life. Ilocanos are

thrifty and used to difficulties and hardships. They work hard to earn a living thus to an

Ilocano every centavo counts. As long provinces makes agriculture in the area not

profitable.

Ilocos Norte is the northernmost province on the western side of Luzon. The northern

part of the Cordillera mountain range separates Ilocos Norte from the provinces of

Cagayan, Apayao, and Abra on the east. A narrow coastal plain connects it to the

province of Ilocos Sur to the south. On June 13, 1572, Salcedo and his men landed in

Vigan and then proceeded towards Laoag,

Currimao and Badoc. As they sailed along the

coast, they were surprised to see numerous

sheltered coves where the locals lived in

harmony. As a result, they named the region


Damili Festival Street Dancers

"Ylocos" and its people "Ylocanos".

The serious outlook of the Ilocano is reflected on his

physical movement as well as in his writings. He is not

lyrics types; he is the epic type. An Ilocano epic depicting

this sobriety is Biag ni Lam-ang, a poetry piece that

requires sustained effort. Among the well known Ilocano Biag Ni Lam-Ang

writers are Salvador Lopez, Loepoldo Yabes, Manuel Arguilla, and Consorcio Borje.
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The ancient literature of the Ilocano consisted

of songs for different occasions. The Ilocano war

song expressed the vigor and joys of the warriors

coming from battle; the dal-ot, popular among the

peasants was sung during a baptismal party, a


Spanish Houses In Vigan Ilocos
wedding or a feast; the badeng or love song is a

serenade. Pamulinawen, a popular Ilocano love song expresses longong for a loved

one.

The Ilocano are proud of their dances. One of their favorites is the kinnotan, or ants

dance, in which a group of dances gesticulates

toward a person being attacked by ants and then

makes motions of scratching the man. The

Kinnailongong is another Ilocano dance showing a

man and a woman sings and dances towards him,


Kannawidan Ylocos Festival
and then dances with him.

Cordillera Administrative Region

CAR, is an administrative region in the Philippines situated

within the island of Luzon. In this region, we can see one of

the eight wonders of the world, The Banaue Rice Terraces.

Cordillera Region is the Philippines' Premiere Highland Banaue Rice Terraces


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Region. This region has many spectacular scenic views and enchanting cool places. It

also is rich in historical and cultural heritage. This region is the home of the indigenous

tribes called Igorot.

Cordillera Administrative Region consists of the provinces of

Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province and

Apayao. Baguio is the regional capital center. The region is

rich in ancient culture because the people's way of life in this

place existed way back to the ancient Filipinos before the

Spain colonize the country. The people live amidst the rice

terraces that is towering the Northern Luzon. The Igorot,


An Ilongot family in traditional
clothing poses for a portrait
Tinguian, Apayao, and the Kalinga Tribes reign over Luzon's

Mountain Terrain. It is generally cool throughout the year in the region.

Cordillera also has various festivals these includes

the Panagbenga or Baguio Flower Festival

celebrated every February. The festival highlights

are the flower exhibits, garden tours, floral

competition, and parade of floats. Other festivals in


Kalinga Ullalim Festival
the region include the Ulalim Festival in Kalinga,

Lang-ay Festival in Mountain Province, Banaue Imbayah Festival, and the Tabuk

Matagoan Festival.
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Façade of the Saint Catherine of Alexandria Church in Palang-ah Falls


Tayum, Abra, Philippines

Cagayan Valley

Cagayan Valley is a region of the Philippines,

designated as Region II. It is composed of five

provinces, namely: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela,

Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino. It has four cities:

industrial center - Cauayan City, its regional

center - Tuguegarao, its investment hub - City of Bangui Wind Farm

Ilagan and its Premier City - Santiago City. Most of the region lies in a large valley in

northeastern Luzon, between the Cordilleras and the Sierra Madre mountain ranges.

The eponymous Cagayan River, the country's largest and second longest, runs through

its center and flows out from its source in the Caraballo Mountains in the south to the

Luzon Strait in the north, in the town of Aparri, Cagayan.


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Filipinos are characterized by its close family ties such that majority of married couples

with children lived with their parents. The value of

bayanihan, sharing, cooperation, brotherhood, self-

responsibility, respect, love, peace, and dignity, are

still very much alive in Cagayan.

Ladies and Deities

The culture of Cagayan is showcased in museums,

historical buildings and archeological sites spread

across the province. In Solana, the Neolithic

archeological sites in Lanna have yielded stone tools

used as early as 20,000 years back. The Cabarruan


Cagayan Museum & Historical Research Center

jar burial site, also in the town, features ancient

Filipino traditions of taking care of their dead. The Cagayan Museum is a repository of

the province´s cultural heritage. Iron Age pottery,

Chinese Ming and Sung dynasty porcelain pieces

as well as Church paraphernalia are on display

together with Paleolithic fossils. The oldest bell in

the country, cast in 1592, still peals from the tower


The San Carlos Borromeo Church of Basco,
Batanes.
of the church in Camalaniugan. The old brick works

in Tuguegarao lie inside the city and speak of a time when bricks were extensively used

to build the beautiful churches of the Cagayan Valley.


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Old songs, proverbs, and poems are still sung

today alongside the instruments Kuribaw, tulali and

the kuritang produced by Ibanags. These produced

warlike or sad music. It also exhibits the beauty of

the unoni, the berso, and the pabattang which

convey Ibanag history and their mores that the


Ifugao Maestro
ethnic group keep sacred and inviolable.

Central Luzon

Central Luzon is an administrative region in the

Philippines, primarily serving to organize the 7

provinces of the vast central plains of the island

of Luzon, for administrative convenience. The

region contains the largest plain in the country


Central Luzon rice farmers recover

and produces most of the country's rice supply,

earning itself the nickname "Rice Granary of the Philippines". Its provinces are: Aurora,

Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales.

Central Luzon has a very diverse cultural heritage

and colorful traditions, owing to the influence of

Spanish, American and Japanese colonizers, as

Filipino women doing chores


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well as the presence of different ethnolinguistic groups – Aetas, Sambals,

Capampangangs, Tagalogs, Ilocanos and Pangasinenses.

The region’s festivities, celebrations and religious

sites, the most prominent include the Carabao

Festival and Obando Fertlity Rites in Bulacan; the

Giant Lantern Festival and Lenten Rites in Pampanga;

and the Mango Festival in Zambales. Central Lzuon is


SINUKWAN FESTIVAL
also noted for products such as furniture, Christmas

lanterns, jewelry, marble products, meat products and sweets and delicacies. Centuries-

old churches, ancestral houses, as well as historical

monuments serve as landmarks that depict the rich

cultural heritage of the region.

Barasoain Church

Fiestas still abound in this community in celebration of Feasts

of Saints and Thanksgiving Festivals. The open doors during

fiestas signal an invitation for anyone to join the festive bouquet

BIKO of local delicacies from the original menu of Victorian tastes.

Home to quality diket – a variety of rice that is the original ingredient to native rice

cakes, kakanin like patupat, palitaw and tupig among other sweet cakes are some of the

learned and passed on culture of food delicacy in the town. Up to the present time, new

generation kept the recipe with its tastes that never parted on its original texture.

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