NAME: FERNANDEZ, Beatrix Graecia C.

DATE ACCOMPLISHED: February 22, 2021

SECTION: 12 STEM R – ST. PIO
INTEGRATIVE ART FORMS OF BAGUIO CITY

INTEGRATIVE ART FORM ABOUT

Completed in 1994, this never-ending
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? documentary film (actually more a cinematic
A Film directed by: Kidlat Tahimik essay) sets the tone and direction for the shorter
CINEMA works that Kidlat Tahimik subsequently shot.

Themes covered in earlier works re-surface in the

almost three-hour Why is Yellow at the Middle of
the Rainbow?: the Philippines’ culture and history,
the powerful US influence on the country,
technology and cinema, cultural globalization and
local traditions. Here, the personal is political, and
both are equally significant: the assassination of
the
Philippine opposition leader Benito Aquino which
triggered protests against the regime of the
dictator Marcos, and the story of Tahimik’s
hometown
Baguio, once a hill station for American soldiers
and diplomats stationed in the Philippines, as well
as his sons growing up, Tahimik’s attendance at
an
American film festival and the natural disasters
Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow (2021). that so regularly afflict the Philippine archipelago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Is_Yellow_the_Middle_of_the_Rainbow%3F Notwithstanding the disparity in terms of content
and movie-making techniques, Tahimik
nonetheless succeeds to thread together a stream
of images that at once uplift and captivate
audiences.
Pilipinas Got Talent allows Filipinos who are
Baguio Metamorphosis willing to showcase their talent to enter stardom.
CHOREOGRAPHY This
show brings entertainment and inspiration to
every individual who is watching.

The performers in one episode is a group of

dancers named Aloha Philippines. They have
joined Pilipinas Got Talent for the past years.
They are from Baguio City, and their ages range
from 9 to 42 years old. They performed a unique
dance using a white cloth, turning it round and
round,
mainly known as Metamorphosis. A sub-group of
Baguio Metamorphosis (2016). https://www.facebook.com/Baguio- Aloha Philippines that focuses on this type of
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dance is known as the Baguio Metamorphosis,
founded entirely by Ms. Karen Navarete-Anton.
 The “Song of Mateo” is a theater play adaptation
of the “Story of Mateo and the Native Title” written
in
2016 by UP Baguio Professor Linda Grace
Cariño. The play tells the story of Mateo Cariño’s
victory in the historic legal battle in the Cariño
versus Insular Government which secured the
doctrine of Native Title.
Song of Mateo
By Baguio City High School – Senior High School Arts and The Cariño Doctrine has been widely referenced
Design Class both domestically and internationally since it was
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE promulgated on February 23, 1909, according to
Professor Cariño.

The students of the Baguio City High School –

Senior High School Arts and Design Class acted
in the play. The production likewise featured Ibaloi
music culture known as Bakdiw – extemporized
leader-chorus poetic verses, which the students
learned through the guidance and expertise of
National Artist for Music Dr. Ramon Santos.

The Cordillera Stories through Theater Arts

Ponciano, M. (2017). First autonomy theater arts play features Benguet hero. initiated in 2014 is a joint project by the RDC-CAR
https://car.neda.gov.ph/first-autonomy-theater-arts-play-features-benguet-hero/
with the CAR Association of State Universities
and Colleges (CARASUC) and Ifugao State
University (IFSU).

According to Director Rimando, stories and scripts

for the provinces of Abra, Ifugao, and Kalinga
have also been developed for theater production.
Open Spaces, first staged in 2011, was originally
Mithiin ng Baguio
a music festival. It ran annually for 5 years until
By Open Spaces Baguio
funding stopped after the 5th staging in 2015. The
LITERARY and MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS
event advocates the preservation, enhancement
and protection of Baguio's public parks and
natural open spaces.

Open Spaces VI - Mithiin ng Baguio, re-structured

to respond to the current circumstances brought
about by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this staging,
the final output is a video documentary featuring
live theatrical, musical, dance and performance
art pieces filmed in various locations, woven
together to form a narrative that highlights the
historical,cultural and social significance of the
featured sites which include various areas of
Burnham Park, the Baguio Botanical Gardens,
Wright Park and Pine Trees of the World, among
others.
 Grupong Binhi Grupong Binhi is one of the last respectable
MUSICAL INTRUMENTS strands of folk rock musicians in the city, as
showbands and videoke bars replace their posts
because of the rampant commercialization and
urbanization of Baguio. Their songs are usually
about the romance of environment, social
inequality and peace based on justice. Their
melodic tunes weave well with songs of hope,
love and nostalgia. Grupong Binhi is in a way, in
the same wave as Asin and Sampaguita.

Their kind of music is the one that melts the heart

and it’s sad that there are only a few spots in town
where bands like them are celebrated.
Dimaranan, J. (2015). 8 Bands, Musicians and Cultural Organizations to Listen to in
Baguio.https://www.8list.ph/baguio-city-organizations/

Salidumay is a singing group under the cultural

organization called Dap-ayan ti Kultura iti
Salidumay Kordilyera or DKK. They got their name form a
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS folk song called “salidummay”, a lullaby chant
among the natives of the Cordilleras. This
organization promotes a massoriented culture as
they unite artists and cultural workers to defend
their land, life and resources against destructive
mining companies, militarization, to name a few.
DKK recently presented a Salidumay reunion
concert and it was splendid.

Salidumay gives the word “listen” a different heart,

when listening is no longer just about the joys of
sounds but more importantly, about the cries of
the marginalized and the troubled indigenous
Dimaranan, J. (2015). 8 Bands, Musicians and Cultural Organizations to Listen to in peoples. Voicing out the apprehensions and
Baguio.https://www.8list.ph/baguio-city-organizations/
interests of the community, Salidumay’s music
disquiets the city. Singing hymns from the
ancestors of their ancestors, the spirit of harmony,
in all its layers, lives in their songs.

REFERENCES:
Baguio Metamorphosis (2016). https://www.facebook.com/Baguio-Metamorphosis-
344715009390/photos/a.357216009390/10154842304159391
Cortez, S. (2018). Pilipinas Got Talent (PGT) 2018 Season 6 Aloha Philippines-Poi Dancing on March 17, 2018
Episode. https://attracttour.com/2018/03/pilipinas-got-talent-pgt-2018-season-6-aloha-philippines-
poidancing-on-march-17-2018-episode/
Dimaranan, J. (2015). 8 Bands, Musicians and Cultural Organizations to Listen to in Baguio.
https://www.8list.ph/baguio-city-organizations/
Kidlat Tahimik de|en. (2016). Why is yellow at the middle of the rainbow?. http://kidlattahimik.de/en/the-films/why-
isyellow-at-the-middle-of-the-rainbow/
Ponciano, M. (2017). First autonomy theater arts play features Benguet hero. https://car.neda.gov.ph/first-
autonomytheater-arts-play-features-benguet-hero/ Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow (2021).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Is_Yellow_the_Middle_of_the_Rainbow%3F