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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN MAPEH 7

Worksheet no. 1-Week 1&2 Quarter 4
FESTIVALS AND THEATRICAL FORMS
Name of Student:
Learning Area-Grade Level: ARTS –Grade 7
Date:

Kindly read the learners’ reference material before answering the activities.
Have you ever wondered why Philippine festivals are celebrated? It is their way to
promote patron saint or most known products. Filipinos thank their patron saints for
their abundant blessings during religious festivals. Other fiesta-like festivals, on the
other hand, are mostly celebrations of their well-known products that serve as their
identifiers. Performers are dressed in vibrant costumes and gracefully dance to upbeat
and percussive music.
In today’s activity sheet, we will learn different festivals and theatrical forms
celebrated in our country. Before answering the activities, kindly read the learners,
reference materials.

At the end of the learning activity students are expected to:

1. Identify the festivals and theatrical forms celebrated all over the country
throughout the year; A7ELIVa-1

2. Research on the history of the festival and theatrical composition and its
evolution, and describe how the townspeople participate and contribute
to the event and; – A7ELIVb-2
- Show appreciation for the festivals and theatrical forms
celebrated all over the country throughout the year.

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ACTIVITY 1
Word Pool
A. Direction: Analyze each picture carefully. Choose among the choices below
what festival is being referred to and indicate if it is Religious or Non-religious.

A. Masskara Festival D. Peňafrancia Festival G. Panagbenga Festival

B. Moriones Festival E. Sinulog Festival
C. Ati-Atihan Festival F. Dinagyang Festival

https://bit.ly/3gwWlZE https://bit.ly/3epQ2UY

1. _______________-__________________ 2. _______________-________________

https://bit.ly/3n9hgTN https://bit.ly/2RKVBp9

3. _______________-__________________ 4. _______________-__________________

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 B. Direction: Analyze each picture carefully. Choose among the choices below what
theatrical from is being referred to.

A. Sarswela C. Comedia/Moro-Moro
B. Shadow Puppetry D. Senakulo

https://bit.ly/3v36e59 https://bit.ly/2Qzky6t

1. _____________________________________ 2. _________________________________

https://bit.ly/32r5J8O https://bit.ly/3stHWQd

3. _____________________________________ 4. __________________________________

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ACTIVITY 2
Direction: Complete the table below. Conduct research online to fill out what is asked
in each item. If not possible, make use of the learners’ reference material.

Festival/ Theatrical Form Date & Location Brief History

Peňafrancia Festival

Panagbenga Festival

Senakulo

Moro- Moro

ACTIVITY 3

Reflection

1. Give a festival or theatrical form celebrated in your community.

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2. How can you express your appreciation in the festival/theatrical form celebrated in
our country?
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_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

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FOR ACTIVITY 3-Reflection

Rubric 3 2 1

Completeness of Focused on central Central idea, but Inadequate idea, little or

thought ideas with not as evenly no elaboration
elaborated text elaborated

Content Substantial, Sufficiently Limited content with

specific, and developed content inadequate explanation
illustrative content with adequate
elaboration or
explanation
Organization Sophisticated The functional Confused or inconsistent
arrangement of arrangement of arrangement of content
content with evident content that sustains
transitions. a logical order

Total Points Possible = 12 points

Lourdes R. Siobal et al. (2017) Music and Arts- Grade 7, Learner’s Material
First Edition, FEP Printing Corporation

Snowy Charlote P. Verde et al., Region V-Daily Lesson Plan, 2019-2020

Websites

Bryan Rapados. 2012. Panagbenga: the Baguio Flower Festival, Philippines

https://www.tripsavvy.com/panagbenga-the-baguio-flower-festival-philippines-1629218

Arnulfo Valderama Fortunado, et. al., Peñafrancia Festival & Divino Rostro feature novenas
and fluvial procession, April 5, 2021
https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/feasts-holy-days/penafrancia-divino-rostro-philippines

Adam Fort, October 23, 2019, The History of Maskara Festival in Bacolod
https://sarahfunky.com/travel/2019/10/23/the-history-of-the-masskara-festival-in-bacolod/

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http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/Cynthia/festivals/penafrancia_festival.htm

Sinulog.ph, Philippine Daily Inquirer, It’s more fun in the Philippines Sinulog festival fever,
April 5, 2021
https://asiasociety.org/philippines/it%E2%80%99s-more-fun-philippines-sinulog-festival-
fever

Aleah Taboclaon, Sinulog Festival in Cebu: Everything You Need to Know, April 5, 2021
https://guidetothephilippines.ph/articles/history-culture/sinulog-festival-cebu-guide

JR Bustamante, July 28, 2012, Sarswela

https://bit.ly/3txJfyI

As2jp, November 10, 2013, Philippine Zarsuela

https://thestageandthestudio.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/philippine-zarsuela/
https://pop.inquirer.net/73222/here-are-the-most-common-holy-week-traditions-in-the-
philippines/senakulo, Senakulo, April 18th, 2019

<a href="https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Moro -Moro+Play">Moro-Moro

Play</a>

https://gatstlouis.com/art/moro_moro, April 5, 2021

Nicole Del Rosario, July 24, 2019, Shadow puppet play “Sigaw” depicts the plight of Filipino
workers in the U.S.
https://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/shadow-puppet-play-sigaw-depicts-the-plight-of-filipino-
workers-in-the-u-s/
Antonio Liwanag, August 11, 2011, History of Puppetry in the Philippines
https://www.roppets.com/blog/history-of-puppetry-in-the-
philippines/#:~:text=Puppetry%20in%20the%20Philippines%20started,the%20back%20of%20t
he%20puppets.

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Quality Assured by: MARK ROWEN R. AUREUS T-I, SAN JUAN NHS, SDO CAM. SUR

Validated by: MA. FEMA O. CLORES, T I, AGDANGAN ES, SDO CAM SUR

Reviewed by: IMELDA A. NARDO EPS I-MAPEH

Layout Artist: EUGENE T. ABRAGAN, T II, Sagurong HS, SDO CAM. SUR

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Answer Key
Activity 1
A. B.
1. Panagbenga Festival- Non- 1. Moro-moro
religious 2. Shadow Puppetry
2. Peňafrancia Festival- Religious 3. Sarswela
3. Masskara Festival- Non- 4. Senakulo
religious
4. Sinulog Festival- Religious
Activity 2
1. Peňafrancia Festival 3rd week of September-Naga City
2. Panagbenga Festival February -Baguio City
3. Senakulo Lenten Season- anywhere in the Philippines
4. Moro-moro Usually during fiestas- anywhere in the \
Philippines
 Learners’ Reference Material

Philippine Festivals and Theatrical Forms

Non- Religious Festival

1. Panagbenga Festival or Flower Festival

A month-long annual celebration held in

Baguio usually in the month of February. The
Panagbenga Festival, which means "season of
blooming," which celebrates the local flora in a
massive flower festival. It started after the 1990
earthquake as a way to lift the spirits of the
locals and was so successful, that the organizers
brought it back and it's only grown since then.

2. Masskara Festival

The Masskara Festival is a good reason to

look for during October. There is the sheer joy felt
throughout the city during this time. The festival
had its beginning back in 1980 when the local
government and the villagers decided to hold a
‘celebration’ of sorts to express and relieve the
grief that they were experiencing due to the
economic crisis and city-wide tragedy. The
government saw this as a way to show that the city was tough and would always be
able to survive even in the direst of situations.

Religious Festivals

1. Sinulog Festival

For 32 years, the Sinulog Festival is a

traditional celebration in Cebu City held every
third Sunday of January to honor the Santo Niño
(Child Jesus). Basically, the festival is done by a
dance ritual, in which it tells the story of the
Filipino people’s pagan past and their acceptance
of Christianity. The word “Sinulog” means
“graceful dance”, wherein it all started in 1980
with a simple dance that represents
the “sulog” (or current) of a river in Cebu.

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 2. Penafrancia festival

The feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is

celebrated on the third Saturday of September
in Naga City, Bicol. The feast day is preceded by
a novena, nine days of prayer, in honor of the
Virgin. According to locals, a Spanish
government official from Peñafrancia, Spain,
settled with his family in Cavite in 1712. One
day, his daughter fell ill and the family prayed
for her recovery to the famous Madonna of Peñafrancia, a picture of whom was in
their possession. When the daughter recovered, the father vowed to build a chapel
in honor of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Manila. However, since he was being detained
in Nueva Caceras, he built the chapel in that city, now known as Naga, instead.

Theatrical Forms
1. Sarswela

In the Philippines, the sarswela is a

play with songs and dances usually written in
prose, containing from one to five acts,
depicting the vagaries of romantic love among
idealized Filipino characters, and often
incorporating contemporary social, political,
economic, or cultural issues for relevance and
interest.
As a dramatic form, the sarswela is not indigenous to the Philippines. To fully
understand its development in the country, one must go back to its origins in the
preceding century. Research reveals two principal influences which shaped the
Filipino sarswela, namely: the Filipino saynete, and the Spanish zarzuela.

2. Senakulo

Senakulo was derived from the Spanish

word cenáculo which means the “place where
Jesus Christ celebrated the Last Supper with his
disciples.” And in the Philippines, especially in
Bulacan, Rizal and Pampanga provinces, it’s
already part of the Lenten tradition to stage a
Senakulo, a play depicting the life and passion of
Jesus Christ.

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3. Comedia/Moro- Moro
The term moromoro refers to a type of
folk drama performed in villages throughout
the Philippines, usually during fiestas. Altho
ugh each village's moro-moro is different in
terms of treatment, all are full of romance
and melodrama, and the highpoint is always
a battle between Muslims and Christians.
Local people write the script, which is in
verse, and some performances include quite
elaborate scenery and costumes.
Music and dance are also part of the production. One of the most notable moro-
moros is held in San Dionisio in Rizal Province, wherethe drama is performed in
the church and the village square every spring, usually in April or May.

4. Shadow puppetry

Puppetry in the Philippines started since

the time of Dr. Jose Rizal, our national hero,
when he staged the play entitled “CARILLO”
or shadow puppetry. Rizal used a carton
and a stick and he placed this at the back
of a white cloth. Then he used a candle
light at the back of the puppets.
In the town of Angono, the giant
puppets are well known. These are made of
Paper Mache and bamboo sticks. They are
using these in celebrating the feast of St.
Clementine every last Sunday of November.
Aside from the traditional puppetry, there were puppet groups formed
since 1972 up to present. These groups were inspired by the different
puppetry art in other countries and those children programs seen on the
movies and television.

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