Indigenous arts are native arts that have developed naturally over time in a particular locality. They include houses like the bahay-kubo, bahay bale, and bahay na bato. Indigenous materials used include sawali, coco coir, bagasse, abaca, bamboo, palm frond stems, and mud bricks - all locally sourced natural materials. These materials are widely used in architectural structures like the iconic bahay-kubo nipa hut and the bahay na bato stone houses of the Spanish era. Other indigenous houses mentioned are the Ifugao bale known as a "no-nail house" and the mountain houses of the northern and southern
Indigenous arts are native arts that have developed naturally over time in a particular locality. They include houses like the bahay-kubo, bahay bale, and bahay na bato. Indigenous materials used include sawali, coco coir, bagasse, abaca, bamboo, palm frond stems, and mud bricks - all locally sourced natural materials. These materials are widely used in architectural structures like the iconic bahay-kubo nipa hut and the bahay na bato stone houses of the Spanish era. Other indigenous houses mentioned are the Ifugao bale known as a "no-nail house" and the mountain houses of the northern and southern
Indigenous arts are native arts that have developed naturally over time in a particular locality. They include houses like the bahay-kubo, bahay bale, and bahay na bato. Indigenous materials used include sawali, coco coir, bagasse, abaca, bamboo, palm frond stems, and mud bricks - all locally sourced natural materials. These materials are widely used in architectural structures like the iconic bahay-kubo nipa hut and the bahay na bato stone houses of the Spanish era. Other indigenous houses mentioned are the Ifugao bale known as a "no-nail house" and the mountain houses of the northern and southern
Indigenous arts are native arts that have developed naturally over time in a particular locality. They include houses like the bahay-kubo, bahay bale, and bahay na bato. Indigenous materials used include sawali, coco coir, bagasse, abaca, bamboo, palm frond stems, and mud bricks - all locally sourced natural materials. These materials are widely used in architectural structures like the iconic bahay-kubo nipa hut and the bahay na bato stone houses of the Spanish era. Other indigenous houses mentioned are the Ifugao bale known as a "no-nail house" and the mountain houses of the northern and southern
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Chapter
17 Indigenous Art : What are they?
Indigenous arts are those native arts that have
grown naturally through the years in a certain locality Indigenous arts include the Torogan of Muslim Mindanao (previously discussed), bahay-kubo, bahay bale , bahay na bato and other indigenous house. Indigenous Material • The materials in indigenous arts come from native materials or local materials that are found in the locality. • Some of these are: 1. Sawali =>This material comes from the outer covering of bamboo poles. 2. Coco coir => This by-product of coconut is used to minimize the use of cement and as sandwich panels for iinsulation. 3. Bagasse => This is sugar cane waste used for insulation or cement backing. 4. Abaca => This is a fiber material obtained from the leaf stalk of a banana plant. 5. Bamboo => this indigenous material has low degree of elasticity, low-concrete adhesion, but wide variable moisture content. 6. Palm frond stems => This material is often used for non-structural panel, walls, screens, and bases house despite being widely used, it is susceptible to termites and have to be replaced every 4 to 5 years. 7. Mud bricks => This material is brittle, has less strength, and cannot stand up well to tension.
• Indigenous materials are widely used in architecture
such as in the construction of bahay-kubo, bahay bale, bahay na bato, and other indigenous architecture structure. Bahay-kubo
• Bahay-kubo is cultural icon, a cultural heritage
and as a symbol of togetherness. • The Filipino translation of bahay-kubo is “nipa hut” • The typical nipa hut has no partition for rooms so as to accommodate the entire family. • This typical hut symbolizes the typical Filipino family as a closed knit family. Bahay na Bato
• In the Pilipino language , it is literally known as
“house of stone” or better still, “ stone house”. This is the type of a dwelling unit that existed during the Spanish time in the Philippines. • During the Spanish times, stone are found anywhere. • This type of indigenous house uses a Chinese tiled roof or sometimes nipa or cogon roof but today, these roofings are being replaced by styled galvanized irons with various shapes and design. • The bahay na bato in Batanes is not a symbol for wealth. It was constructed to protect the family from the ravage of a disaster such as a storm and typhoons. Ifugao Bale ( or Native House)
• This type of indigenous house is sometimes referred
to as “No-Nail House” because it was constructed without the use of nails. • According to Otley Beyer, a renowned anthropologist, the Bale is the “first prefabricated house in the world” because it can be relocated without destroying any part of it. • The Ifugaos observe the “ngilin” which is a pagan ritual, and during the construction of this house, the munhabats abstain from sex right before they start building the Bale. Other Indigenous Houses: The Mountain Houses In the masteral study of Rodrigo D Perez on the “Folk Architecture” he pointed out that Willy Henry Scott classifies the Cordillera house in Northern and Southern strains” The northern strain is exemplified in the Isneg and Lower kalinga house, Southern in the Ifugao, Ibaloi, kankanai and bontoc houses. The interior design of both northern and southern strain houses appers as an attempt, conscious or otherwise, to visually expand the one-room space by means of level and defined section. end