MIMAROPA

MINDORO, MARINDUQUE,ROMBLON, PALAWAN

MINDORO

Look at the
picture what
are the
element and
principles of
art that are
used?
 MINDORO

• There are seven native groups living in

Mindoro. They called themselves
Mangyans. The groups living in the
Southern part of Mindoro are called
Hanunuo Mangyan which means
“true/real/ genuine” Mangyan while
another group called Iraya-Mangyan.
• One of their art forms is the Ambahan,
 MINDORO

• A rhythmic,poetic expression with meter of

seven syllables. Avariation of this is the
urukay, which uses eight syllables instead of
seven. It is frequently written bamboo tubes
or slats.
• Iraya-Mangyans of Mindoro are fond of
making Baskets with intricate patterns and
designs of human, animals, trees, and other
object. It is made of dried nito grass and
forest vines.
 MARINDUQUE

• The Moriones Festival in Marinduque is a

much awaited Lenten tradition that is
celebrated every Holy Week. “Morion”
means masks that are made froom wood or
papier- mache, with shells, animal hairs,
tassels, and crepe papers.People who act
as Roman soldiers during the festival wear
these mask together with a vest, capes and
wooden shields.
 MARINDUQUE

• Weaving is a skill that has been passed

through the years by people
Marinduque. Because of the
abundance of the buli (buri palm)and
raffia that grow in their areas, these
leaves become staple materials in the
weaving of the Marinduque.
 ROMBLON

• Romblon is known for its marble

products and its woven mats and
bags out of romblon plants.
 PALAWAN

• Palawan, known as the country’s last

frontier it is said that the first inhabitants
of Plawan are the Tagbanuas.
• TINGKOP is a cone shaped colander
harvest basket made of blackened
and natural bamboo.
• Tagbanua carves are well known for
their black wood sculptures of animals
 PALAWAN

• With simple etched or incised features

exposing the original white gdrain of
the wood.
• One of the most important ancient
artifacts from the Philippines is the
Manunggul jar (890-710 BCE).
 VISAYAS

• Is one of the three principal

geographical divisions of the
Philippines consisting of major and
minor island. It is divided into three
administrative regions: Central
Visayas, Eastern Visayas and Western
Visayas.
 PANAY ISLAND

• It is composed of provinces of Iloilo,

Antique, Aklan, Capiz, and the island
of Guimaras.
• Weaving is a primary form of arts and
crafts in Panay Island. It was once
tagged as the “Textile Capital of the
Philippines”.
• Weaving from indigenous fibers such
as jusi and pina.
 PANAY ISLAND

• The textiles of Iloilo are produced by the

weaving communities in Arevalo, Jaro,
and Molo.
• Patadyong is a wrap-around piece of
cloth worn by women as a skirt and is
usually paired with kimona. For a hundred
years, the time consuming hand weaving
of patadyong and hablon is still
practiced in Iloilo, particularly in Miag-ao.
 PANAY ISLAND

• Pina Weaving is an age-old tradition in

Aklan, the leading manufacturer of
Pina cloth in the country. These are
scraped with a broken china palte
and plummed by hand to reveal the
first set of fibers called BASTOS. After
this, it is scarped with a coconut shell
to get the finer Linawan fibers.
 AKLAN

• Weaving baskets, trays, and mats is

also a popular craft in Aklan.
• They use pandan and bariw plants.
• The process of pagrara or weaving is
often a form of social interaction.
• They start by removing the thorny sides
of the leaves using bukog, a simple
stripping machine made of bamboo.
 AKLAN

• When the bariw have turned a deep

brown shade, these are pounded
(palpag) until such time that the
leaves become soft. They will be tide
into bundle and pounded again
before stripping them in a machine
with blades called kulhadan.
• The strips are arranged to make kiyapis
 AKLAN

• (made from four strips of bariw leaves)

that will serve as the framework for the
mat called taytay before
“pagpaparas” will take place.
 KAPIZ (CAPIZ)

• Shell is also an important material in

the craft of Panay Island, particularly in
Aklan and Iloilo.
• Shells are bleached and dried before
being pressed or cut into different
shapes.
 NEGROS ISLAND

• In the pre- Hispanic times, the Island of

Negros is called Buglas after the type
of grass similar to sugarcane.
• In Valencia, Negros Oriental, sinamay
weaving is a world class industry.
• Sinamay is made from abaca twine
and indigenous plants similar to
banana.
 BOHOL

• For years this has been the town’s

industry and earned them the title
“Basket Capital of Bohol”.
• Their products are made from
whatever native product is on hand:
bamboo, rattan, wicker, nito, buri, sig-
id. The municipality of Tubigon is
known as the loom weaving center of
the province.
 BASEY, SAMAR

• Basey is known for its woven products

such as mats, wall decorations, and
the famous colorful sleeping mat
called “banig”.
• Mat Weaving
A typical banig usually measures
around 2x3 meters. It is made from
tikog, a reed grass that grows in
swampy areas along rice fields.
 FESTIVALS IN VISAYAS

• Ati- Atihan is a festivals in Kalibo, Aklan.

It is held every third Sunday of January
in honor of the aarival of the Santo
Nino as a gift from Ferdinand Magellan
to the queen of Cebu.
• They wear colorful costumes, including
the headdresses that are made of
 ATI-ATIHAN

• abaca fibers, shells, feathers, bamboo,

plants leaves, cogon, and sugar cane
flowers.
• All the participants cover themselves
with soot to look like the Ati, natives of
Aklan. The term “Ati-atihan” means
make belive “Ati”.
 MASSKARA FESTIVAL

• In Bacolod is considered as the most

spectacular display of coors of the
Negrenses. Masskara comes from two
words, “mass” meaning crowd and
“cara” which means face.
• Mask designs at present have evolved
from plain and simple to very ornate.
PINTADOS- KASADYAAN FESTIVALS
• In Tacloban City celebration honor
the feast day of the Santo Nino or the
Holy Child.
• The word pintados refers to the body
tattoos of the native warriors whos
bodies were adorned with tattoos from
head to toe with beautiful design and
incredible styles that look like armor to
resemble the tattooed warriors of pre-
colonial times.
 ARCHITECTURE
• Spaniard built churches
that helped propagate
their faith in the island of
Visayas.
1. Molo Church in Iloilo the
fusion of Gothic and
Renaissance styles. The
spires of the two towers of
the church, and the
ingterior elements, such as
the altar and pulpits, show
the gothic characteristics
of the church.
 MIAG-AO CHURCH

• Iloilo, is an example of a Baroque

Romanesque architecture that shows
through its massive quality, thick walls,
round arches, sturdy piers, groin vaults,
large towers and decorative arcades.
Miag-ao is also acclaimed as a
UNESCO World Heritage site.
 THE RUINS

• Talisay, Negros Occidental is an example

of neoclassical architecture built by a
wealthy haciendero for his Portuguese
wife in the early 1900s. The design is
elegant and the color changes from
white to gray and orange to red as the
sunset touches the stucture.