CONTEMPORA

RY
PHILIPPINES
ARTS FROM
THE REGIONS
 MARINDUQUE PALAWAN

“Pillar of the “Cradle of

Moriones Philippine
Festival” Civilization

MINDORO ROMBLON
“Home of the “The marble
Indigenous Capital of the
Mangyan” Philippines”
 CONTEMPORARY
ARTS OF MIMAROPA
REGION
 MIMAROPA

• Being one of the youngest country’s regions, the oldest human skeletons,
referring to those of the Tabon Man, were found in the Quezon
Municipality of Palawan.
• is a social and cultural pot to various indigenous people’s tribes such as
 Mangyan of Mindoro
 Batak, Palaw’ an, and Tagbanua of Palawan, and
 Ken -uy and Kalamian of Romblon.

• Indigenous Muslim groups also inhabit some of the islands

of MIMAROPA. They are largely recognized as Molbog, Jama Mapun, and
Tausug.

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MIMAROPA
• Romblon,
has three main languages, Romblomanon, Asi and Onhan- they belong to the
Visayan Language Family.

• Marinduque,
on the other hand, has no indigenous groups except Tagalogs in its island geography
but many descendants of the Asi tribe reide in its southern part. They take roots on
their strong cultural relations through the conduct of their traditional living practices
in Banton Island.
RELEVANT FACTS ON
ARTWORKS AND
CULTURAL PRACTICES
OF MIMAROPA
REGION
MINDORO

It is coined as the "Home of the Indigenous

Mangyan”. The famous Puerto
Galera can be found here, specifically in Oriental
Mindoro.
• In Calapan City,
“City Museum” has been put up in their city hall to showcase the City’s
colorful history. A Special Program for the Arts (SPA), a project of the DepEd is
in place at JJ Leido National High School.

• Outreach projects on workshops are also undertaken from time to time.

• Municipalities such as Pinamalayan undertake locally initiated Ani ng Sining

programs.
• Mangyan”
• is a collective name for the native people of Mindoro, the 7th largest island in the
Philippines.
• The Mangyan Village, which is one of Puerto Galera’s interesting attractions, is located at
the foot of Mt. Malasimbo in Barangay Talipanan about 9 kilometers from the town center.
This village was established by philanthropist Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his wife Donya Bea
in the 90s which provides shelter and sustenance to many Iraya-Mangyan families.
• The tribal women of Mangyan tribe make boxes of all shapes and sizes, placemats, plates,
trays, trinkets, bowls, and baskets of all sizes that are beautifully woven by hand-
interweaving colorful vines called “nito” to make traditional designs.
• The indigenous arts and crafts of the Mangyans are transported for sale to two stores
opened by the Ayalas at Makati City.
• The products of the tribes’ work can also often be found in many countries in Asia in
particular India, Bangkok, and Singapore.
TWO FESTIVALS CELEBRATED IN THE ISLANDS OF MINDORO

1. Arawatan Festival 2. Pandang – Gitab

- It is an annual feast It is an annual feast in

celebrated in Occidental Oriental Mindoro which
Mindoro that aims to was inspired by women
highlight such local carrying oil lamps as
Filipino values of unity, they send off their
cooperation, and husbands to fish out to
camaraderie. the sea at early dawn.
 Sample Artwork (of Mangyan Tribe) in Mindoro

Crafts of the IrayaMangyan Community Village

located in Talipanan, Puerto Galera in the island of Mindoro. The Iraya
Mangyans are skilled basket weavers and produce crafts of high quality.
MARINDOQUE

It is coined as the
"Pillar of the
Moriones Festival”.
 • Morion means "mask" or "visor,"
a part of the medieval Roman armor that covers
the face.

• The "Moriones“
are men and women in costumes and masks imitating
the garb of Biblical Roman soldiers as interpreted by
local folks.

• The Moriones or Moryonan

tradition has stimulated the creation of other
M OR IO N festivals in the Philippines where cultural practices or
folk history are turned into street festivals. It is
annually conducted in the towns of Boac, Gasa, Santa
Cruz, Buenavista, and Mogpog.
 • Is a week-long observance of Christ’s passion during
MORYONAN Semana Santa (Holy Week) among the people of the
province. It is a folk religious practice to express their
panata (vow) as an act of penance or a way of
thanksgiving for good health, successful life, or bountiful
harvest or catch. Central to the event is the participation
of local moriones (penitents), in biblical Roman soldier
uniforms and masks, who walk around town under the
sweltering summer heat. It is a combination of art and
devotion of Marinduqueños; a solemn socio-cultural
activity rather than a tourist attraction.
• However, Moryonan was transformed and named
Moriones Festival to promote the local tourism of the
province during the 1970s. Interestingly, in 2012,
Moriones Festival and the art of mask-making were
included in the official inventory of the Philippine
Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) with the collaboration
of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) and ICH Courier of the Asia Pacific (ICHCAP).
ROMBLON

Romblon, known as “The Marble Capital

of the Philippines”, is also known for its
traditional weaving and basketry.
• Handicrafts are the main home industry where women are engaged. The province is
noted, especially, for its fine and delicate crochet laces and bedspreads.

• Local artisans are noted for their good woodwork. The Cathedral of St. Joseph, for
example, features this woodwork done by local artisans.
• It has no known arts councils in existence.

• Romblon holds “Biniray Festival” – a nine-day affair in January marked by a festive

atmosphere, merry-making and dancing and is organized as a collective effort by
government and the local church.

• A special program for the Arts (SPA), was piloted by DepEd in Looc National High
School where students experience training in singing and dancing.
PALAWAN

It was dubbed as the “Cradle of Philippine

Civilization” as the earliest archaeological
remains of the famous “Tabon Man” was found in
one of its islands -
It is known as the largest province in
the Philippines.
• In 1962, a team of anthropologists from the Philippine
National Museum which was led by Dr. Robert Fox
discovered the remains of Homo Sapiens (about 22, 000
to 24 - 000 years old) in Lipuun Point, Quezon, Palawan.
They named the unearthed fossils as the/as those of the
“Tabon Man”. Dr. Fox and his team’s archaeological
discovery earned Palawan the title as “Cradle of
Philippine Civilization”.
• Palawan is home to approximately 57
ethnolinguistic groups with 3 indigenous tribes:
Tagbanua, Palaw’an, and Batak (UNESCO,
2013).
The Tagbanua tribe
• is considered as one of the oldest tribes/ethnic groups in the Philippines with rich
cultural history.
• The populations of their tribe are mostly found in central and northern Palawan.
• Their shaped baskets (i.e. tingkop and bayong - bayong) and wood carvings are
their most distinguished artistic crafts. The bayong – bayong, in particular, is made
with different unusual shapes and produced with interesting blocks and V-shapes
where the plain buri sides are superimposed with colored buri.
• Also, they carve objects such as mammanuk (rooster), a ritual bowl, kiruman
(turtle), kararaga (a native bird), dugyan (a small ground animal), lizards, and wild
pigs which they use in their pagdiwata rituals.
The Palaw’an tribe
• is deemed to belong to the ethnolinguistic
groups that are originally Manobo – based.
Their geographic areas of origin are in South
Apuruan and Abo Abo. They are known
hunters, foragers, and cultivators who adopt
to live in far – flung upland areas of Palawan
(Ethnic Groups – Philippines, 2017).
Tagbanua weaver Celita
Salunday, weaving a pandan
mat
The Batak (or “mountain people”)
• are said to reside in the northeastern part of Palawan.
• They have strong commune with spirits that inhabit all
thriving elements of nature.
• Their economic activities are generally on the patterns of
Kaingin (Slash and Burn Method), hunting and gathering,
and Rattan pole collecting.
• They settle in eight communities in Palawan: Sitio
Riandacan (in Barangay Maoyon), Sitio Kalakwasan and
Calabagyog (in Barangay Tanabag), Sitio Tagnaya (in
Barangay Concepcion), Sitio Manggapin (in Barangay
Langogan), Sitio Tagnipa (in Barangay Tinitian), Sitio
Manabo (in Barangay Caramay), and Sitio Timbuan (in
Barangay Abaraoan, Roxas Municipality, Palawan). (Noel
Jagmis - National Commission for Culture and the Arts,
n.d.)
 • Palawan established, “Sining at
Kalinangan ng Palawan”
• which is an offshoot of the Palawan
Crafts Program of the provincial
government. The program was
formed in 2002 but it was only in
May 2006 that space for a facility
was established in the provincial
capitol building. Space is now used
Baragatan Festival in Palawan as a multimedia cultural library and
small showroom for traditional
items from Palawan.
• Puerto Princesa City, the capital of Palawan, which
holds its annual festi vals- the Subaraw diversity
Festi val
 GINTONG BINHI

• “Gintong Binhi”, the 1st MIMAROPA Arts & Culture Forum, is a

venue for the promotion of NCCA programs in the region.
• It improves or refreshes the skills of arts councils and organizations
in Program Development, Project Management, & Proposal
Making; establish NCCA desks in LGUs, schools, & cultural
institutions; reinforce the LGU-NCCA partnership in arts & cultural
promotion and organize an ad hoc of Regional Arts & Culture
Network in the region.
If you were a well – known local
artist, what particular
(indigenous) art product would
you upskill yourself to create
and eventually introduce to
creative industries as the
opportunity comes?
Activity 2: Open Up Directions: Patrick D. Flores, Director of
Philippine Contemporary Art Network (PCAN), asserted in
an exhibition walkthrough during the inauguration of PCAN
in 2017 that “The place where the artists are from
produces a particular form. The form eventually casts a
certain expression for the place…The place also forms a
subjectivity, but the subjectivity has a life of its own.”
Expound the relevant ideas implied in Dr. Flores’s
statement about the nature of regional contemporary arts
through writing a short essay with 10 - 15 sentences. Cite
related examples from the data you studied about the
Contemporary Arts and Practices of MIMAROPA to support
your claims. Write your essay

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Thank you!