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• Guess letters to try and identify the word or phrases.

• If you suggests a letter that occurs, it will appear in all its correct positions. 
• But if you suggests many false letters and the hangman is finish to draw.
The game is over.
 ATTIRE,
TEXTILES,
AND
TAPESTRIES
Arts and Crafts of Mindanao
 Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

1. Identify the different characteristics of art and crafts in

specific areas in Mindanao.
2. Reflect on the mood, idea, or message communicated by
the selected artifacts and art objects.
3. Create artworks in specific area of Mindanao.
TRADITIONAL CLOTHING

01 B’laan 02 Bagobo

03 T’boli

04 Maranao 05 Yakan
 01
B’laan
Traditional Clothing
 The Traditional Clothing of the B’laan
● The Bilaan or B’laan is an ethnolinguistic group
that lived in some parts of South Cotabato,
North Cotabato, and Davao del Sur.

● Their name could have derived from “bila”

which means “house” and “an”, which means
“people”.

● They are known for embroidery, brass

ornaments and beadwork that are integrated in
their traditional clothing.
 The B’laan…
● Wear clothes woven from abaca embellished with embroidery, buttons,
and beads.

Abaca Plant Abaca Fiber

 The B’laan…
● Women wear heavy brass belts with
numerous tiny bells that hang around their
waistline.
 The B’laan…
● Also cut mother-of-pearl into small shapes that look like sequins called
“takmun” to form geometric patterns.
 The “Ikat” Process
• Ikat is a process of dyeing the fabric where
the yarns are tightly wrapped with strings
and dyed before weaving.
• The textiles usually contain three colors-
shades of black or brown, red or ochre
(darker shade of orange), and ecru (the color
of the undyed abaca).
• The B’laans put high value on their textiles
like blankets are considered as an important
part of the bride dowry.
 02
Bagobo
Traditional Clothing
 The Traditional Clothing of the Bagobo

● Bagobos are a group of people that lived in

Davao.
● According to the anthropologists the name of
this ethnolinguistic group comes from the
words “bago” (new) and “obo” (growth).
● 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.
 The Bagobo…
• The ceremonial attire of the
Bagobos are complicated in designs.
They make these clothes from a
special textile woven from abaca
fibers called t’nalak.

• Their t’nalak is woven from deep

brown abaca treated in the ikat
process to obtain intricate designs.
Women are only allowed to weave
this fabric.
 The Bagobo…

• Men wear t’nalak shorts, an

undershirt, and a t’nalak coat.
• Bagani (hero/warrior) wear blood-red
clothes and a head kerchief called
tangkulu and these represent their
courage.
 The Bagobo…
• Women wear wrap-around t’nalak skirts
and blouses. Their blouses are adorned
with floral patterns, checkers, or paisley
prints.
• It has short bell sleeves and the waist area
that falls right above the abdomen. They
also wear rows of bells around their
waists and ankles that produce tinkling
sounds when they walk
 03
T’boli
Traditional Clothing
 The Traditional Clothing of the T’boli

● The T’boli people are one of the indigenous

people of South Cotabato in Southern
Mindanao. They are famous for their
complicated beadwork, wonderful woven
fabrics, and beautiful brass ornaments.
The T’boli …

• Consider the t’nalak as sacred

like the Bagobos.

• The exchanged of this textile is

involved in traditional wedding
rituals. It is also used for ritual
purposes.
 The T’boli…
• Weavers believed that their
gods and ancestors visit them
in their dreams to teach them
the designs and patterns that
they must weave.

Lang Dulay
• the most famous T’boli dream weaver who received the
National Living Treasures- Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan
(GAMABA) award by the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts (NCAA) in 1998.

T-nalak
● It is a painstaking process that
requires patience, creativity, good
memory, and a range of skills learned
from a young age by the production of
the weavers.
• First, abaca fiber is stripped from the
abaca tree, cleaned, dried and
separated into strands. These strands
are then carefully selected, hand tied
and rolled into balls.
• The common colors are tones of red,
brown and black.
• After the weaving process, a male
member of the T’boli community is
tasked to soften and smoothen the
textile by “ironing” it with a small
seashell.
• Each motif has its own meaning such
as snake, flowers, or people’s names
 04
Maranao
Traditional Clothing
 The Traditional Clothing of the Maranao
• The Maranao people spelled as
Meranao, Maranaw, and Mëranaw.
• It is the term used by the Philippine
government to refer to the southern
indigenous people who are the "people
of the lake" occupy the lands
surrounding Lake Lanao.
• They are known for their artworks,
intricate weaving, wood carving, metal
craft, and their epics.
 The Maranao…
• Are known for their malong the
traditional Filipino tube skirt that is
made of hand-woven or machine-
made multi-colored cotton cloth,
bearing a variety of geometric or
floral designs.
• It can be worn by women as a shirt, a dress or a
gown. It can also be used as a hammock, a basket, a
sleeping bag, a bathrobe, or a baby carriage.
 The Maranao…
• Malong plays an important role of Maranao life. The newborn is
wrapped in it and, as he or she grows, it becomes a part of his or her
daily life as clothing and as material for everyday use.

Kapa Malong Malong or

Sambisa Malong
• is a traditional dance of Maranao
that demonstrate the various ways
of wearing a malong and its uses.
 05
Yakan
Traditional Clothing
 The Traditional Clothing of the Yakan

• The Yakans are the traditional

settlers of Basilan Island in the
Southern Philippines, situated
to the west of Zamboanga in
Mindanao. They are known for
their skills in weaving with their
very intricate designs in their
textiles.
 The Yakan…
• Yakan weaving uses bright, bold and often
contrasting colors in big symmetrical patterns.
The inspiration for designs comes from island
living and Islamic sacred geometry.
• Traditionally they wear colorful, handwoven
clothes. Yakan women wear tightfitting short
blouses and both sexes wear narrow cut pants
resembling breeches.
• They cover it partly with a wrap around
material while the man wraps a sash-like cloth
around the waist where he places his weapon -
usually a long knife.
 Activity: T’nalak Design
• Create a textile pattern that
represents an image about your
dream that imitate the T’nalak
design.
• Draw this on a piece of bond paper
using coloring materials.
 Reflection

Discuss your artwork in front.

• What images did you draw? What does it represent?

Recap…

What are the 5 ethnolinguistic groups living in Mindanao?

 Quiz: Answer the following questions. Arrange the jumbled letters to
know the answer.

1. The most famous T’boli dream weaver who received the National
Living Treasures- Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan award. – LNAG
DUALY
2. _______ weaving uses bright, bold and often contrasting colors in big
symmetrical patterns. - YKANA
3. They are known for embroidery, brass ornaments and beadwork that
are integrated in their traditional clothing. – BLIAAN
4. The name of this ethnolinguistic group comes from the words “bago”
(new) and “obo” (growth). –BAGBOO
5. It refer to the southern indigenous people who are the "people of the
lake" occupy the lands surrounding Lake Lanao. – RANAMAO
 Assignment

• Learner’s Material Music and Art. Read (pages 222- 224)

• Bring the following materials. ( Scissors, glue,

cardboard/folder/a piece of carton, coloring materials.
GOODBYE CLASS…