Department of Education

SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CITY OF MEYCAUAYAN

Pag-asa St., Malhacan, City of Meycauayan, Bulacan

Activity Sheet 7
in
MAPEH (Arts)
Fourth Quarter – Week 6
Analyzes the Uniqueness of Each
Group’s Performance of their Selected
Festival or Theatrical Form
(A7PR- IVh-2)
 FESTIVALS AND THEATRICAL FORMS
Non-Religious Festivals and Theatrical Forms

LET US KNOW

Just as we have religious festivals, we also have several non-religious

celebrations in the Philippines. These festivals focus on the cultural and
heritage aspect of our country and are celebrated with enthusiasm and
passion. Tourists even celebrate with the locals, taking in the wondrous and
artistic values of the costumes and props the locals have been prepared to
showcase.

LET US REVIEW

Find the name the following festivals in the box below and write
your answer in the space before the number.
_______ 1. ________ 2.

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__________ 3. __________ 4.

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_________ 5.
a. Flores de Mayo
b. Obando Fertility Rites
c. Ati-Atihan
d. Pahiyas Festival
e. Sinulog Festival
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 LET US STUDY

Non - Religious Festivals and Theatrical Forms

Non-religious festivals in the Philippines are those festivals not

usually associated with a patron saint or a religious event. While many of our
festivals are religious in nature, there are also many non-religious festivals.
Many of these are also new festivals that are meant to promote a particular
place, its tourism and culture. Different types of non-religious festivals in the
Philippines include food festivals, flower festivals and even agriculture-
related festivals. Below are some examples of these festivals in the
Philippines

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Panagbenga Festival (transl. Flower Festival) is a month-long annual

flower occasion occurring in Baguio. The term is of Kankanaey origin,
meaning "season of blooming". The festival, held in February, was created as
a tribute to the city's flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of
the 1990 Luzon earthquake. The festival includes floats that are covered
mostly with flowers not unlike those used in Pasadena's Rose Parade. The
festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-
inspired costumes, that is inspired by the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of
celebration that came from the Cordilleras.

The month-long festival starts on the 1st day of the month, with an
opening activity organized by the City government and private sectors. Many

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activities were also celebrated during the duration of the month. But the most
crowd-generating events were in the last week of the festival, the Street
Dancing and Float Parade, after it, Session Road was closed for a week for
exhibits. Simulcast, Wright Park honors their pony boys and horse trainers.
Closing ceremonies were at the night of the last day of the fest.

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The MassKara Festival (Hiligaynon: Pista sang

MassKara, Filipino: Pista ng MassKara) is an annual festival with
highlights held every fourth Sunday of October in Bacolod, Philippines.

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In later years, the Electric Masskara was added as another attraction
of the Festival. For several nights leading to the highlight weekend, tribes of
MassKara dancers garbed in colorful neon and LED lights on illuminated
floats make their way up and down the Lacson Strip, a one kilometer stretch
of merrymaking dotted with band stages, souvenir stands, exotic car displays
and roadside bars and food set-ups put out by restaurant and hotels along
the strip. It is said that

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beer consumption during the festival is so high that at one time during the
first few staging’s of the festival, it bled dry the Mandaue brewery of San
Miguel Corporation on nearby Cebu island. The company eventually built its
Bacolod brewery to serve the city and Negros Island.

The mask motif of the festival has changed from masks influenced by
native Filipinos to those influenced by the Carnival of Venice and the Rio
Carnival. Earlier masks were hand-painted and adorned with feathers,
flowers, and native beads, while contemporary masks feature plastic beads
and sequins.

The festival features a street dance competition where people from all
walks of life troop to the streets to see masked dancers gyrating to the rhythm
of Latin musical beats in a display of mastery, gaiety, coordination, and
stamina. Major activities include the MassKara Queen beauty pageant,
carnivals, drum, bugle corps
competitions, food festivals, sports events, musical concerts, agriculture-
trade fairs, garden shows, and other special events organized every year.

The Kaamulan Festival is

an ethnic cultural festival
typical Indigenous People of this
Province are broadly identified
into two ethnical origins namely:
the Bukidnon and the Manobo.
The Bukideño have distinct
physical characteristics who may
be describe as with slight build
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from medium and brown to light skin color. They speak binukid, which is
distinctive with up and down tone unlike other dialects. While the Manobo is
a Negrito mixture and resembles small bodies, dark skin, curly hair with
broad to flat noses. Socially, the so-called Bukidnon live in the relative
flatlands of the Bukidnon plateau and have already adopted Christian ways
and utilized modern technology while the Manobos live in the mountains and
do not want to mingle with the Christians and other people. It is believed that
Bukidnon have a more advanced stage of development and who have
developed their own culture and traditions.

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 The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city of Davao in
the Philippines. Its name derives from the friendly greeting "Madayaw", from
the Dabawenyo word meaning good, valuable, superior, or beautiful.

The festival’s name is

derived from the Mandaya word
“madayaw,” meaning treasured
or valuable. In old-time people
used to display fruits,
vegetables, flowers, rice, and
corn grains on mates and were
showing the sign of respect for
the great year they have had.
Also, people were dancing and
singing in front of their homes, it
is continuing today as well.
In the year 1970, Mayor Elias B.
Lopez had encouraged all the https://images.app.goo.gl/TtfSk3yL8NsZWry47
Davao tribes to showcase their thanksgiving rituals. After that in the year
1986, the Davao City government focused on uniting the people in the
turbulent times of the Martial Law. At this time, the festival is named "Apo
Duwaling". This name was created as a combination of three natural
wonders: Mt. Apo, Durian, and Waling-waling.

In 1988, this festival

officially named as "Kadayawan
Festival” by then Mayor
Rodrigo Duterte. At present,
after over 30 years this gets
celebrated with the full
enthusiasm and unity in the
people.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte

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 LET US PRACTICE

Activity: “Design your own Costume!”

Imagine attending one of the non-religious festivals we have just heard

about and engaging in it. Draw your own design of the costume of the
festival you are attending, performing or commission to do. Do this activity
on a separate sheet of paper.

Draw your own design

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 LET US REMEMBER

The Philippines attracts travelers from all over the world due to their
inviting islands, gorgeous climate, and intriguing culture. The Philippines
collectively celebrates over 42,000 festivals every year.
Most local Philippines
festivities are religious or
cultural with many festivals
honoring the local Catholic
saint or historical periods of
time in the Philippines. There
are even festivals that celebrate
the local harvest or community
products.

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LET US APPRECIATE

Reflection:
Answer the following questions based on your understanding of the
lesson. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. In your opinion, why are most of our Non-religious festivals celebrated

with fancy clothing, enjoyed by locals, and the city that hosts it are
very proud of the festival?
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 2. Did you see how the Filipinos were enjoying the numerous non-
religious festivals? Each festival should be linked. How different are they
from each other or are they similar?
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3. What did you discover after studying the Non-Religious festivals here
on the Philippines? Explain your answer.
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Scoring (5) (4) (3) (2) (1) Points

Criteria Excellent Good Needs Needs more Fair
additional clarification
information
Complete
response with
detailed
explanation.
Shows
complete
understanding
on the
issue/theme.
Sensible
opinions
Highest possible ratings: 15 points SCORE:
Equivalent Rating: ____________
14 – 15 = 95 8 – 9 = 89 4 = 80 RATING:
12 – 13 = 93 6 – 7 = 86 1 – 3 = 75 Needs
Improvement
10 – 11 = 91 4 – 5 = 83
Rubrics for essay or paragraph type of questions

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 LET US PRACTICE MORE

ACTIVITY: DESIGN YOUR OWN FESTIVAL LOGO

Imagine you are chosen to make or

design a logo for the Kaamulan Festival,
create your most beautiful logo design.

Materials:
 Pens
 Ruler
 Tapes
 Scissors
 Coloring Materials. The Official Logo of the Website
of Panagbenga Festival
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Procedure:
1. Read the background and history of the Kaamulan festival in Bukidnon
for you to have an idea of what a beautiful and eye catching logo you can
make for the Kaamulan Festival.

2. Using all the materials you have, make your design. You are encourage
to make your own design.

Rubrics
Craftmanship 5 points
Functionality 5 points
Skill 5 points
Creativity 5 points
Total 20 points

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 EVALUATION

Identification: Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

_________ 1. The English name of this festival is The Blooming Flowers

Festival, which means “Season of Blooming”, is a month-long annual
celebration of a tribute to the city’s beautifully grown flowers.

_________ 2. The festival also includes street dancing, presented by dancers

clad in flower-inspired costumes, that is inspired by the Bendian,
an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from the Cordilleras.

_________ 3. This festival showcases the beautiful visual presentations for

several days, giving tourists an eyeful of colorful artistry in costumes and
masks.

_________ 4. This festival is considered one of the most authentic and well-
preserved traditional celebrations in the Philippines.

__________ 5. The city of Davao comes alive every year in August when the
festival begins, showcasing different dances, floats and tribal costumes and
jewelry.

__________ 6. This festival is started to give joy and hope to their towns people
after the crisis in 1980.

__________ 7. This festival features a street dance competition where people

from all walks of life troop to the streets to see masked dancers.

__________ 8. This festival started on May 15, 1974, during the fiesta
celebration of the then municipality of Malaybalay.

__________ 9. The dialect Bukideño speaks.

__________ 10. In the year 1988, this festival officially named as "Kadayawan
Festival" by ____.

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2020

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CAROLINA S. VIOLETA, EdD
Schools Division Superintendent

CECILIA E. VALDERAMA, PhD

Asst. Schools Division Superintendent

DOMINADOR M. CABRERA, PhD

Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division

EDWARD C. JIMENEZ, PhD

Education Program Supervisor- LR Manager

ALFONSO S. MIACO, Jr.

Education Program Supervisor, MAPEH

MARIELLE FAUSTINE L. LAPEÑA/

MONICA B. ALCONES/VANESSA V. LANUZO
Content/Language/Layout Evaluator

MARC LAWRENCE O. CAMARTIN

Developer / Writer

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