CONTEPORARY ART TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMING ARTS

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is one of the country’s biggest festivals, Held in the island province of Cebu. Devotion to Santo Nino de Cebu

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Sinulog

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from Aklan province. Is smeared with soot to darken their skin in honor of the Ati people, believed to be the first inhabitants of the country. Mother of Philippine Festivals

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Ati-Atihan Fest

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celebrated every January. Aside from the veneration of the Child Jesus, —- also highlights the arrival of the Malay settlers to the island of Panay

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Dinagyang

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— in Bacolod City started in 1980 when the province of Negros Occidental suffered two tragedies. To uplift the locals’ spirits, a group of artists and other stakeholders held a festival to celebrate Bacolod’s nickname of “City of Smiles.”

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Maskara Festival

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The parol’s traditional simple design may be credited to Francisco Estanislao, an artisan from the province of Pampanga, who crafted a five-pointed paper star lantern in 1908. Eventually, more durable materials, such as plastic and fiberglass, were used. But an authentic Philippine material that has become significantly popular for the parol is the capiz, iridescent shells indigenous to our seas, flattened and cut into precision.

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Giant Lantern Festival

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The —, Baguio City is dubbed the “Summer Capital of the Philippines” because of its cool climate, owing to its altitude.

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Panagbenga Festival

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The townsfolk of Lucban, Quezon, don their houses with fruits, vegetables and colorful kiping (a leaf-shaped wafer made of rice and dyed with food coloring) in celebration of the —.

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Pahiyas Festival

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— (Pampanga) The — cookies are arrowroot cookies that have the image of St. Nicholas molded on it. St. Nicholas is also known as “The Healer” of illnesses. A hard-carved cookie molder made of mahogany, yakal or molave from the town of Betis. Pan de San Nicolas is considered as the oldest cookies in the Philippines .

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Sanikulas Cookie Mold Carvings

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It is an art of wrapping candies wrapped with colorful Japanese paper that has very detailed designs the ends of the wrapper longer-falling like a gorgeous, paper-thin waterfall. In Bulacan, it is solely used in milky pastillas.

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Pabalat or Pastillas Wrapper Cutting Art

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Brown paper newsprint papier-mache pieces have been a long working tradition in these art crafts, especially the Paete, Laguna. It became a trademark of folk art that exist in bright and happy color combination, simplified curvilinear forms, flora, fauna, and others. In the Philippines, the first recorded or mention of a created “—” was by a woman named Maria Bangue.

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Taka

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is a long tradition of hand embroidery. Embroidery is the craft of designing fabric using needles to apply thread or yarn. This is mostly done by women who were wives of farmers and fishermen and an agent of flourishing the tradition. Aside from garment accessories, embroidery was used aswell in home décor items using piña and jusi fabric.

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Pagbuburda

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is a leasing handicraft business in the province of Bulacan. During fiestas, Santacruzan, and parades, — became the highlight of the event in which arches, streets and churches were designed and adorned with bamboo. — Festival is being celebrated Every second week of September

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Singkaban or Decorated Bamboo Art

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A creative way of decorating with the use of coconut leaves. Leaves are styled either by folding, brading, plaiting or simple weaving. This is common every Holy Week “Palaspas” because of the abundance of coconut leaves.

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Puni or Palm Leaf Folding