ARTS

Unit 1 – Lesson 3
Folk Arts and Crafts
Southern Tagalog and
Bicol Region
Southern
Tagalog
 Laguna
• This lakeside place is known as the home province of our hero. Dr.
Jose Rizal. Its soil is very rich and the area is surrounded with
natural resources.
• Generally, the local in Paete, Laguna are associated with the art of
sculpting. Paete is braded as the “Wood Carving Capital of the
Philippines.” Their distinct designs are flowers full of curves and
hooks, which is locally known as Ukit.
• Laguna is also known for its taka or papier-mâché art technique
and kayas, an art craft using scrapping techniques of softwood
thriving in the Sierra Madre mountain range to produce flora and
fauna decoration.
• The town of Lumban is known for handcrafted and embroidered
barong tagalog.
• In Liliw, Laguna, the beaderd art of making alfombra slippers has
been part of their local’s folk arts.
 Rizal
• Angono, Rizal is known as the “Arts Capital of the
Philippines.” Two of our famous National Artist came
from this place. They are Lucio San Pedro for Music and
Carlos “Botong” Francisco for Visual Arts.
• Most of the noted artist nowadays also live in Angono
like Orville Tiamson, Nemesio Miranda, and many more.
The town is also known for its existing petroglyphs which
date back to 3,000 B.C.E and have been shown as
evidence of the early artistic expression of the Filipinos
and listed as a national cultural treasure.
• Angono is also known for its Higastes Festival. It is
historically a festival showing the big faces of the
hacienderos made of papier-mâché. Traditional higastes
are composed of father, mother, and a child that
measure around 4-5 feet tall.
 Cavite and
Batangas
• Taal, Batangas is known for its embroidered
pinya fabric made from pineapple fibers called
callado. The silky but delicate fibers of
pineapples are woven into a costly fabric for
barong Tagalog, saya for wedding gowns, and
other formal attire.
• The Batangeños take pride in their art of making
Balisong. A knife that can be folded like a fan
that comes from various sizes and designs.
Balisong is also known as the butterfly knife.
 Quezon
• Lucban, Quezon is known for its
Pahiyas folk arts. They create kiping, a
décor that is made of glutinous rice
wrapped around with special leaves as
packaging and cooked over low fire,
the kipings can also be colored. Other
municipalities in Quezon also have
their own version of Pahiyas like the
Aranya’t Baluarte Festival in Gumaca.
Quezon, Pabitin, San Isidrohan, and
many more
 Bicol Region
• Bicolanos are popular for their exemplary skills in the art of
basketry, slipper making, bag making, and other modern
decorative crafts.
• Abaca and raffia are abundant in their natural resources. These
prompted them to maximize their local materials into traditional
and century-old folk art techniques like paghahabi in the town of
Buhi. Their weaving includes garments, mosquito nets, and
blankets.
• Sculpture is a branch of visual arts that operates
in three – dimensional (that exists in space) and
created by shaping and combining materials.
• Three – Dimensional - is an object that has
height, width, and depth.