Contemporary

Philippine Arts
from the Regions
Quarter 1 – Module 6:
Significance of Art Forms from the
Regions
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You are expected to relate significance of art forms from the regions.

This module consist of only 1 lesson, namely:

 Lesson 6 – Significance of Art Forms from the Regions
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. Identify contemporary art forms from the regions;
2. Relate the significance of art forms from the regions;
3. Interprets the different art forms from the regions.
 What I Know

This module will help you learn about the significance of art forms from the regions.
But before we proceed to our discussion, let us assess your previous knowledge by
answering this test. Read the instruction below.

Take a few minutes to answer this pretest to find out how much you already
know about this topic.

Multiple Choices: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is a kind of painting that lent itself to the patriotic needs of the

Filipinos.
a. Madonna of the Slums c. Spoliarium
b. Planting Rice d. The Blood Compact
2. This often describes as a folk dance that represents the attempts
of the Filipino rice farmers to catch and prevent the tikling bird from
stealing ripe rice grains from the fields.
a. Cariňosa c. Sayaw sa Bangko
b. Maglalatik d. Tinikling
3. The following are Filipino dances except:
a. Maglalatik c. Singkil
b. Paso Doble d. Tinikling
4. A device for producing a musical sound.
a. Folk Architecture c. Musical Instruments
b. Music d. Performing Arts
5. It is an art form, and cultural activity, whose medium is sound.
a. Folk Architecture c. Musical Instruments
b. Music d. Performing Arts
6. Who painted the Spoliarium?
a. Ang Kiukok c. Fernando Amorsolo
b. Antonio Luna d. Juan Luna
7. Maglalatik is an original Filipino dance that originated in what
region?
a. Region III c. Region IV B
b. Region IV A d. Region V
8. It is an original native dance of the Philippines in which the coconut
 halves are attached to the torso of the dancer.
a. Maglalatik c. Singkil
b. Paso Doble d. Tinikling
9. Oblation in UP Diliman is an example of?
a. Architecture c. Painting
b. Dance d. Sculpture
10. Spoliarium is an example of?
a. Architecture c. Painting
b. Dance d. Sculpture
11. Why does the man in the Oblation in UP faces upwards and arms
outstretched?
a. Because it symbolizes selfless offering of oneself to his
country.
b. Because it symbolizes new beginning of the country.
c. Because it symbolizes that Filipinos can do a better job in
sculpture.
d. Because it symbolizes the sacrifices of those who sacrificed
their lives for the country.
12. Who is the artist of the Oblation in UP?
a. Arturo R. Luz c. Guillermo Tolentino
b. Eduardo Castrillo d. Napoleon Abueva
13. Who painted the Planting Rice?
a. Ang Kiukok c. Fernando Amorsolo
b. Antonio Luna d. Juan Luna
14. He was a dominant figure in the visual arts of the Philippines during
the decades before the Second World War and into the post-war
period.
a. Ang Kiukok c. Fernando Amorsolo
b. Antonio Luna d. Juan Luna
15. Originally performed in Binan, Laguna as a mock-war dance that
demonstrates a fight between the Moros and the Christians over the prized
latik or coconut meat during the Spanish rule, the dance is also shown to
pay tribute to the town’s patron saint, San Isidro Labrador.
a. Maglalatik c. Singkil
b. Paso Doble d. Tinikling
 Lesson
Significance of Art Forms
6 from the Regions
Hello learners! Welcome to our new lesson, Significance of Art Forms
from the Regions in which Filipino artists made an important contribution to
express the country’s own unique culture, history and even their life experiences
through painting, songs, sculpture etc. These art forms became a part of our
identity as a citizen of this country.

In this module, we are going to explore the different art forms from the
regions and explain its significance.

What’s In

Activity 1: I have talent!

Look around your house and reflect on what you are feeling right now or what you
have observed in your surroundings/community through drawing/painting/poster
making/sketch, song composition, poem writing etc.

Answer the following question:

1. What are the contemporary practices in the arts that you have observed in your
region? Did you use these practices to make your drawing/painting/poster
making/sketch, song composition, poem writing etc.?
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 What’s New

Activity 2: Can you recognize me?

Instruction: Look closely on the picture and re-arrange the jumbled letters under
each picture. Write you answer on the next column.

NILNTGIIK

KAAMLALTIG

UPILSARIMO
 NPILAGTN IERC

BOALTINO

Guide questions:

1. How these pictures do reflects you as a Filipino?

2. Do you think these are important to the lives and culture of the Filipinos?
Why?
 What is It

To further understand our topic, let us read more and understand the topic. If
you’re ready, let’s go!

I. Spoliarium (Juan Luna)

The painting features a glimpse of

Roman history centered on the
bloody carnage brought by
gladiatorial matches. Spoliarium is
a Latin word referring to the
basement of the Roman
Colosseum where the fallen and
dying gladiators are dumped and devoid of their worldly possessions. At
the center of Luna’s painting are fallen gladiators being dragged by
Roman soldiers. On the left, spectators ardently await their chance to
strip off the combatants of their metal helmets and other armory. In
contrast with the charged emotions featured on the left, the right side
meanwhile presents a somber mood. An old man carries a torch
perhaps searching for his son while a woman weeps the death of her
loved one.

II. Planting Rice (Fernando Amorsolo)

Truest Philippine culture, this is the

theme that composes most of
Fernando Amorsolo’s artworks. Rice
planting is among those that depicts
the real Filipino tradition that is still
applicable until the present time.

The painting is set on the rice field

wherein farmers, regardless of their
gender, are on with their usual work under a bright sunny day. Its visual
weight is light because the colors used were mostly pastel in nature. No
dark colors were used to produce a feeling of calm and peace. It was
an ideal picture of provincial life like most of his paintings. He painted
the details as to how it might look in real life. However, faces of the
farmers were not vividly detailed because their Buri hats covered them.
Supposing that the sun was on its peak.
III. Tinikling
It is a traditional folk dance which
originates from the Spanish colonial
era. The dance imitates the
movement of the tikling birds as they
dodge bamboo traps set by rice
farmers. Dancers mimic the tikling
bird’s grace and agility by dancing
between large bamboo poles. The
tinikling is one of the oldest dances
from the Philippines, and originated in the islands of Leyte in Visayas.
According to the legend, the Tinikling was started by people who
worked in the paddies and farms of the Philippines.

IV. Maglalatik
It is an indigenous dance from the
Philippines in which coconut shell
halves that are secured onto the
dancers’ hands and on vests upon
which are hung four or six more
coconut shell halves. The dancers –
all male – perform the dance by
hitting one coconut shell with the
other – sometimes the ones on the
hands, sometimes, the ones on the body, and sometimes the shell worn
by another performer, all in time to a fast drumbeat. Originally performed
in Binan, Laguna as a mock-war dance that demonstrates a fight
between the Moros and the Christians over the prized latik or coconut
meat during the Spanish rule, the dance is also shown to pay tribute to
the town’s patron saint, San Isidro Labrador.

V. The Oblation

The Oblation is a concrete statue by

Filipino artist Guillermo E. Tolentino
which serves as the iconic symbol of
the University of the Philippines. It
depicts a man facing upward with
arms outstretched, symbolizing
selfless offering of oneself to his
country. The statue’s height of 3.5
meters symbolizers three and a half
centuries of Spanish colonial rule,
while its pose of self-offering represents Tolentino’s interpretation of
Rizal’s second stanza above – in particular the “unknown heroes who
fell during the night”. Furthermore, its base is a stylized representation
of the Philippine archipelago, with rocks from Montalban Gorge to
highlight its cultural and historical significance
 What’s More

Since you have already identified the significance of the art forms from
the regions, let’s now proceed to the next part of our module which is
promoting arts from your region or from another region that you want to
promote.

ACTIVITY 3: Art Promotion

Assuming you are a tour guide, write a speech promoting arts from your
province or region. Take note of the following criteria.

CRITERIA:
Content - 60%
Organization of thoughts – 20%
Neatness – 20%
TOTAL 100%

Write it here:
 What I Have Learned

ESSAY

1. Why does art forms from different regions significant?

2. Why does art forms from different regions reflects the culture and history
of the Philippines?

CRITERIA:

Content - 60%
Organization of thoughts – 20%
Neatness – 20%
TOTAL 100%
 What I Can Do

Now that you have the concept with regards to the different materials and
techniques in art, it is time for you to apply your learning.

Activity 4: Comparison and Contrast

Instruction: Compare and contrast the art forms found in the Region XII and
the Region of your choice.

ART FORMS IN THE ART FORMS IN ANOTHER

GENRE REGION XII REGION/REGION OF
YOUR CHOICE

Music

Dance

Drama

Literature

Painting

Sculpture

Architecture

Others

CRITERIA:

Content - 60%
Organization of thoughts – 20%
Neatness – 20%
TOTAL 100%
 Guide Questions:
1. In what aspects does the NCR and your/another region different?

2. Why are these art forms significant?

Assessment

Congratulations! You have completed all of the activities. Now, you will further
be tested about the concepts that you have learned in this module. Let’s begin!

Multiple Choices: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is a kind of painting that lent itself to the patriotic needs of the
Filipinos.
a. Madonna of the Slums c. Spoliarium
b. Planting Rice d. The Blood Compact
2. This often describes as a folk dance that represents the attempts
of the Filipino rice farmers to catch and prevent the tikling bird from
stealing ripe rice grains from the fields.
a. Cariňosa c. Sayaw sa Bangko
b. Maglalatik d. Tinikling
3. The following are Filipino dances except:
a. Maglalatik c. Singkil
b. Paso Doble d. Tinikling
4. A device for producing a musical sound.
a. Folk Architecture c. Musical Instruments
b. Music d. Performing Arts
5. It is an art form, and cultural activity, whose medium is sound.
a. Folk Architecture c. Musical Instruments
b. Music d. Performing Arts

6. Who painted the Spoliarium?

 a. Ang Kiukok c. Fernando Amorsolo
b. Antonio Luna d. Juan Luna
7. Maglalatik is an original Filipino dance that originated in what
region?
a. Region III c. Region IV B
b. Region IV A d. Region V
8. It is an original native dance of the Philippines in which the coconut
halves are attached to the torso of the dancer.
a. Maglalatik c. Singkil
b. Paso Doble d. Tinikling
9. Oblation in UP Diliman is an example of?
a. Architecture c. Painting
b. Dance d. Sculpture
10. Spoliarium is an example of?
a. Architecture c. Painting
b. Dance d. Sculpture
11. Why does the man in the Oblation in UP faces upwards and arms
outstretched?
a. Because it symbolizes selfless offering of oneself to his
country.
b. Because it symbolizes new beginning of the country.
c. Because it symbolizes that Filipinos can do a better job in
sculpture.
d. Because it symbolizes the sacrifices of those who sacrificed
their lives for the country.
12. Who is the artist of the Oblation in UP?
a. Arturo R. Luz c. Guillermo Tolentino
b. Eduardo Castrillo d. Napoleon Abueva
13. Who painted the Planting Rice?
a. Ang Kiukok c. Fernando Amorsolo
b. Antonio Luna d. Juan Luna
14. He was a dominant figure in the visual arts of the Philippines during
the decades before the Second World War and into the post-war
period.
a. Ang Kiukok c. Fernando Amorsolo
b. Antonio Luna d. Juan Luna
15. Originally performed in Binan, Laguna as a mock-war dance that
demonstrates a fight between the Moros and the Christians over the prized
latik or coconut meat during the Spanish rule, the dance is also shown to
pay tribute to the town’s patron saint, San Isidro Labrador.
a. Maglalatik c. Singkil
b. Paso Doble d. Tinikling
 Additional Activities

1. Identify some of your local materials and appropriate techniques in

creating art.
2. Explain each techniques and performance practices applied to
contemporary arts.

References

Book Sources:

Angelita Benavides-Perez, Philippine Contemporary Arts Expressionsand

Expirementations, 5c Brilliant Creations Publishing, Inc. 2016

Online Sources:

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https://www.slideshare.net/johnvincentjose75/philippines-art
https://www.sunnysidecircus.com/countries/philippines/music-dances-philippines/tinikling/
http://simplyknowledge.com/popular/gk_detail/maglalatik
https://www.reddit.com/r/museum/comments/135o2q/juan_luna_spolarium_1884/
https://httppinoyartshub.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/planting-rice-by-fernando-amorsolo/
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/57702438946329370/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andryn2006/30854
https://httppinoyartshub.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/planting-rice-by-fernando-amorsolo/
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1949/
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https://writerscollide.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/rice-planting/
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