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Arts and Crafts of Mindanao 1
Arts and Crafts of Mindanao 1
TO AS THE LAND OF
THE PROMISE IS THE
SECOND LARGEST AND
SOUTHERNMOST
ISLAND IN THE
PHILIPPINE
ARCHIPELAGO.
MINDANAOALSO HAS
THE LARGETS
CONCENTRATION OF
ETHNOLINGUISTIC
GROUP AND
CULTURALLY DIVERSE
ISLANDS.
THESEGROUPS ARE MOSTLY
MUSLIMS FROM THE BADJAO
IRANUN, JAMA MAPUN,
KALAGAN, KALIBUGAN (
SUBANEN WHO WHERE
CONVERTED TO ISLAM ) ,
MANABO MAGUINDANAO, SAMA
BANGINGI, SAMA PANGUTARAN,
SAMAL , SANGIL, TAUSUG AND
YAKAN GROUP.
OTHER GROUPS ARE THE
LUMANDS, OR THOSE
WHO HAVE MAINTAINED
THEIR INDIGENOUS
BELIEFS AND
TRADITIONS INSTEAD OF
CONVERTING TO ISLAM
OR CHRISTIANITY.
SOME LUMAD GROUPS
IN MINDANAO ARE THE
BAGOBOS AND THE
T’BOLIS.
BEFORE ISLAM TOOK
HOLD ON THE
PHILIPPINES, EARLY
FILIPINOS WORSHIPPED
NATURE AND BELIEVED
THAT PLANTS ANG
INANIMATE OBJECTS
ARE HOME TO ANCESTOR
SPIRITS.
THEY ALSO BELIEVED
THAT NATURAL
PHENOMENA ARE
CAUSED BY GODS. THIS
INDIGENOUS BELIEF
SYSTEM IS CALLED
ANIMISM.
THE BILAAN OR B’LAAN
IS AN ENTHNOLIGUISTIC
GROUP THAT INHABIT
SOME PARTS OF SOUTH
COTABATO, NORTH
COTABATO AND DAVAO
DEL SUR.
B’LAAN IS A
COMBINATION OF
TWO WORDS, BILA
WHICH MEANS
HOUSE AND AN
WHICH MEANS
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE KNOWN
FOR EMBROIDERY,
BRASS ORNAMENTS
AND BEADWORKS
THAT ARE
INTEGRATED IN
THEIR TRADITIONAL
CLOTHING.
THEB’LAAN WEAR
CLOTHES WOVEN
FROM ABACA
EMBELISHED WITH
EMBOROIDERY,
BUTTONS AND
BEADS.
IKATIS A PROCESS
OF DYEING THE
FABRIC WHERE THE
YARNS ARE TIGHTLY
WRAPPED WITH
STRINGS AND DYED
BEFORE WEAVING.
THETEXTILE USUALLY
CONTAIN THREE
COLORS – SHADES OF
BLACK OR BROWN, RED
OR DARKER SHADES OF
ORANGE AND ECRU (
THE COLOR OF THE
UNDYED ABACA )
THE BAGOBOS
ARE A GROUP
PEOPLE THAT
LIVE IN DAVAO.
ACCORDING TO
ANTHROPOLOGISTS,THE
NAME IF HIS
ENTHNOLINGUISTIC
GROUP COMES FROM
THE WORDS “ BAGO ”
( NEW ) AND “ OBO ”
( GROWTH ).
THISIS BECAUSE THEY ARE
BELIEVED TO HAVE COME
FROM THE MIXTURE OF THE
NATIVE POPULATION WITH
THE HINDU MIGRANTS THAT
ENTERED MINDANAO
DURING THE SRI VIJAYAN
AND MAJAPAHIT EMPIRES.
THECEREMONIAL
ATTIRE OF THE BAGOBOS
ARE ELABORATED.THEY
MAKE THESE CLOTHES
FROM SPECIAL TEXTILE
WOVEN FROM ABACA
FIBERS CALLED T’NALAK.
THEIRT’NALAK IS WOVEN
FROM DEEP BROWN
ABACA TREATED IN THE
IKAT PROCESS TO OBTAIN
INTRICATE
DESIGNS.ONLY WOMEN
ARE ALLOWED TO WEAVE
THIS FABRIC.
THEMEN WEAR T’NALAK
SHORTS, AN UNDERSHIRT
AND T’NALAK COAT. THE
BAGANI ( HERO / WARRIOR
) WEAR BLOOD – RED
CLOTHES AND A
HEADKERCHIEF CALLED
TANGKULU.
THESEARTICLES OF
CLOTHING REPRESENT
THEIR COURAGE. THE
WOMEN WEAR WRAP –
AROUND T’NALAK SKIRTS
AND BLOUSES.THIER
BLOUSES ARE ADORNED
WITH FLORAL PATTERNS,
CHECKERS OR PAISLEY
PRINTS.
THIST’BOLI IS FAMOUS
FOR THEIR
COMPLICATED
BEADWORKS,
WONDERFUL WOVEN
FABRIC AND BEAUTIFUL
ORNAMENTS.
THE T’BOLIS
REGARDS THE
T’NALAK AS SACRED.
TRADITIONAL
WEDDING RITUALS
INVOLVE THE
EXCHANGE OF THIS
TEXTILE.
DURING BIRTH, IT USED
AS A COVER. THE
WEAVERS BELIEVE THAT
THEIR ANCESTORS VISIT
THEM IN THEIR DREAMS
TO TEACH THE DESIGNS
AND PATTERNS THAT
THEY HAVE TO WEAVE.
MENS ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO TOUCH THE
MATERIALS USED IN
THEIR WEAVING
PROCESS. THE WEAVERS
IS FORBBIDEN TO MATE
WITH HER HUSBAND
DURING THE TIME THAT
CLOTH IS BEING WOVEN.
1.2. 3. GIVE THREE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM
MINDANAO.
4. KNOWN AS THE LAND OF PROMISE
5.THEY BELIEVED IN THEIR NATURAL PHENOMENA.
WHAT THEY CALLED ON THAT BELIEF.
6. SECOND LARGEST ISLAND IN THE ARCHIPELAGO
OF THE PHILIPPINES.
7.HOW MANY ARE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
PROVINCE OF MINDANAO.
8. BILA WHICH MEANS
9.OBO MEANS
10.THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR
ARTRWORK IKAT.
11. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR T’NALAK
SACRED AND HOLY .
12.13. TWO DOMINANTS COLORS IN THE
ART WORK IKAT.
14. SOUTH COTABATO, NORTH COTABATO
AND DAVAO DEL SUR.
15. A GROUP PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DAVAO.