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MAPEH GRADE 7
Art and Crafts

- are important means of expression, which communicate views, ideas and feelings
though the use of skills and imagination. These are important parts of our daily lives
and can be found everywhere.
The sculptures and architectures of Luzon reveal many aspects of the people’s culture, traditions
and history. The elements and principles of art of these fascinating arts and crafts will lead you to
understand the rich culture and tradition of the Philippines that is handed down from generation
to generation.
LESSON 1: Arts and Crafts of the Ilocos Region and the Cordillera Administrative Region
(CAR)
ILOCOS REGION
Vigan – considered as the “Intramuros of the North”, retains the Spanish colonial architecture
along its narrow and cobblestoned streets known as Calle Crisologo.
TEXTILE
Inabel – is a hand weaving technique of the Ilocanos that is produce using traditional wooden
looms.
Binakol weave – represents the waves of the sea. They believe that this design protects them
from bad spirits.
POTTERY
Burnay – is an unglazed earthen jar with small opening.
- It is used for storage for water and rice grains and as container for salt, brown sugar,
basi (local wine) and bagoong (fermented fish).
WEAVING
The arts and crafts of Pangasinan include the smoothly woven Bolinao mats made from
buri or raffia leaves, and the bamboo crafts (baskets, furnitures) of San Carlos.
KALINGA
TEXTILE
The native Kalinga are skilled weavers. One of their products is their textile, which is
charscterized by red stripes and white, yellow, and black geometrical patterns.
The southern Kalinga women wear the wrap-around skirt or tapis called kain, which
reaches below the knee. It is worn below the abdomen, and when they walk, one of the thighs is
exposed.
The northern Kalinga women wears saya, an ordinary woman’s skirt covering the body
from waist to feet.
The colors used in their textile have cultural meanings: red signifies bravery; black is for
the sol or land; white is for the flowers of the coffee trees; yellow is for the sand; and green for
the mountains.
BASKETRY
The basketry of the Kalinga shows their fine craftsmanship.
Labba – is a bowl-shaped basket made from rattan, with sizes that vary from 20 to 150 cm in
diameter.
Tattoing
- Is another form of art of the Kalinga.
- It covers the chest and the arms, it may be considered as clothing and decoration.
- Also signifies a rite of passage from youth to adulthood, a mark of heroism, and
bravery and one’s status in community.
- The design consist of geometric patterns and lines.
Apo Whang Od – the last traditional Kalinga tattooist.
IFUGAO
SCULPTURE
Bul’ul – is a wooden sculpture that represents the rice granary spirits.
- It is used in rituals that are performed to call the ancestors to protect their rice fields
from pestilence and to ask for an abundant harvest.
- It is carved wooden human figure with simplified forms.
- These are dipped in the blood of pigs during ritual called tunod.
- Usually made of narra, which signifies wealth, happiness, and well-being to the
Ifugao.
Tunod – means “planting the seedlings in the soil”.
Lingling-o or dinumug – amulets of the Ifugao.
- Made from jade, gold, copper, bronze, stone and other materials.
- These are fertility symbols worn around the neck.
MOUNTAIN PPROVINCE
TEXTILE
Mountain Province is known for their burial cloth for the kadangyan or rich people.
Wanes- the men’s traditional attire, the G-string
Lufid – a short and narrow wrap around skirt that the women of mountain province wear.
The Bontocs create their textile patterns through the ikat- weaving method.
Ikat-waeving method – it is a process of tying and dyeing the threads to prepare the patterns
before they are woven into the textile.
ABRA
The Tingguians weave textiles for clothes and blankets. They are noted for their white
textiles with horizontal stripes found in the edges (like those in the bankudo or wrap-around
skirt) or vertical stripes in the center (like those found in the balwasi or female blouse).
LESSON 2: THE FOLK ARTS OF: CAGAYAN VALLEY and CENTRAL LUZON
CAGAYAN VALLEY
BATANES
- The Ivatan people are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group
native to the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the
northernmost Philippines.
Vakul – is a headgear designed to protect the wearer from

sun and rain. It is made from vuyavuy palm fiber.
Soot – generic term referring to the Ivatan rain cape made from
the finely stripped leaves of the vuyavuy palm.
ISABELA
- The second largest province in the Philippines in land area located in the Cagayan
Valley region in Luzon.
The Province of Isabela is also known as “The Queen Province of the North” “Top Corn
Producer of the Philippines” and “Rice Bowl of the North”. With its production of rice and
corn no doubt that the Isabela is the haven rice and corn in the Philippines.
Church of Tamauni
- Also known as the Church of San Matias
- One of the proudest treasures that Isabela has.
- It was built in the year 1783 and completed by 1805.
- The most famous feature of the church is its cylindrical bell tower (cake bell tower).
- It is the only one of its kind here in the country.
NUEVA VISCAYA
- In view of its location within the watersheds of the Caraballo and cordillera mountain
ranges and its distinction as the major of fruits and vegetables in the region.
- Is hailed as a “Watershed Haven and Agro-Forestry”.
Gaddang – are an indigenous Filipino people.
- a linguistically identified ethnic group sharing
centuries of residence in the watershed of the
Cagayan River.
Gaddang Textile
- this is a modern reproduction of the traditional striped.
- embroidered with small white beads.
Bakwat Belt
- used by mothers after giving birth.
- usually made of white with beads as accents and patterns
of rivers and mountains.
BULACAN
- Bulacan Arts and Crafts include Singkaban, patillas wrapper, fire cracker,
goldsmithing of Meycauayan.
Singkaban
- Also refers to “Sining at kalinangan ng Bulacan” (Arts and Culture of Bulacan).
- It is celebrated art wherein intricately structured bamboo arches which compliment
streets and church entryways during town holidays.
- One will likewise observe these decorated bamboo arches during Santacruzans and
parades.
Pastillas Wrapper – in Bulacan

- Usually made of papel de hapon or Japanese paper.
- The form may also have been an offshoot of papel picado from Mexico.
Pabalat – is a form of papercutting originating in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines.

- It involves making intricate papercut designs from wrappers used in pastillas.
PAMPANGA
- Is known for its delicious and heavenly dishes, from sisig and tocino to the best halo-
halo, hence it’s named as the Culinary Capital of the Philippines.
Giant Lantern Festival (Kapampangan: Ligligan Parul)

- Is an annual festival held in mid-December in the City of San Fernando in the
Philippines.
- The festival features of competition of giant lanterns because of the popularity of the
festival, the city has been nicknamed the “Christmas Capital of the Philippines.”

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MAPEH GRADE 7

Art and Crafts

Vakul – is a headgear designed to protect the wearer from

Pastillas Wrapper – in Bulacan

Pabalat – is a form of papercutting originating in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines.

Giant Lantern Festival (Kapampangan: Ligligan Parul)

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