Contemporary Art and History of Philippine Art Quiz

Traditional Philippine Art and Culture

• The Talip, a courtship dance, mimics the movements of wild fowls.
• The Inamong dance of the Matigsalugs and Kadaliwas (T'boli) represents the comedic movements of a monkey.
• The Tinikling dance evokes the movements of a crane balancing itself on stilt-like legs or flitting away from the clutches of bamboo traps.

Sculpture

• The Bulul is a granary god that plays an important role in rituals in the Cordillera region.
• The Hagabi is a wooden bench that marks the socio-economic status of the owner among the Ifugao people.
• The Sarimanok is a stylized design of a bird holding a fish in its beak and/or standing on a base in the shape of a fish.
• The Naga has the form of an elaborate mythical serpent or dragon with numerous curvilinear motifs to suggest its scales.
• The Pako rabong is a stylized growing fern with a broad base gracefully tapering upwards.

Pottery

• The Manunggul Jar is made out of terracotta (reddish-brown porous clay).
• The Maitum Jar is an anthropomorphic burial jar found in the Ayub cave in Maitum, Saranggani.

Textiles

• The Pis syabit is a head covering made from cotton or silk, square in shape, and provided with geometric patterns.
• The Malong has exquisite tapestry panels called langkit woven by the Maranao of Lanao Del Sur.

Weaving

• The Tepo Mat is a colorful double-layered mat made of pandan leaves, used by the Sama of Tawi-Tawi.
• Ovaloid Baskets are made of nito and bamboo, used as a head sling to carry harvest.
• Bubo is a fish trap made of sturdy bamboo strips, used in the Ilocos region.

Tattoos

• The Visayas region was known as “Islas de los Pintados” due to the widespread practice of tattooing.
• Other Philippine ethnolinguistic groups that practice tattooing include the Kalinga, Kankanay, Ibaloy, and Ifugao.

Jewelry

• The T'boli are known for wearing brass chains, bells, and colorful beads.
• Lotoans are betel nut boxes of various shapes.
• Brass Ketur and Gadur are used in ceremonies and are cherished as status symbols or heirloom pieces.

Contemporary Art

• Contemporary art is the art of the present, continuously in process and in flux.
• Characteristics of contemporary art include being site-specific, process-based, collaborative, and interactive.

History of Philippine Art

• Pre-conquest period art was integrated within rituals and everyday expressions.

Theater/Rituals

• Mayvanuvanua is a ritual that opens the fishing season of dibang (flying fish) in Batanes.
• Cañao or Kanyaw is a ritual officiated by a shaman or mumbaki in the Cordillera Autonomous Region.
• Kashawing is a ritual to ensure abundance during rice planting and harvesting in Lake Lanao of Mindanao.
• Tagbanua is a ritual where every thirteenth moon, three goddesses descend from heaven to bless the planting of rice in Palawan.

Musical Instruments

• Pipes, flutes, drums, zithers, kudyapi (a three-stringed ethnic guitar), kulintang (an array of bossed gongs), and gangsa (flat gong) are traditional musical instruments.

Native Dance Forms

• Pangalay is a mimetic dance of seabirds from Sulu.
• Kinabua of Mandaya performs swooping movements imitating the movements of an eagle.
• Banog-banog is a courtship dance that portrays the flight of birds, performed by the Higaonon and B'laan.
• Man-manok (Bagobos) imitates the movements of predatory birds.