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    Contemporary Art Techniques and Performance in Luzon

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    The document summarizes traditional art forms from the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It describes various textile traditions like kain skirts and kadangyan burial cloths from the Cordillera region. It also discusses crafts such as burnay jars from Ilocos and buri mats from Bolinao. Body adornments and tattoos are also summarized, such as the batok tattoos of the Kalinga people and patterns found on the preserved Kabayan mummies. A wide variety of artistic traditions from indigenous groups across Luzon are concisely outlined.

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    The document summarizes traditional art forms from the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It describes various textile traditions like kain skirts and kadangyan burial cloths from the Cordillera region. It also discusses crafts such as burnay jars from Ilocos and buri mats from Bolinao. Body adornments and tattoos are also summarized, such as the batok tattoos of the Kalinga people and patterns found on the preserved Kabayan mummies. A wide variety of artistic traditions from indigenous groups across Luzon are concisely outlined.

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    The document summarizes traditional art forms from the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It describes various textile traditions like kain skirts and kadangyan burial cloths from the Cordillera region. It also discusses crafts such as burnay jars from Ilocos and buri mats from Bolinao. Body adornments and tattoos are also summarized, such as the batok tattoos of the Kalinga people and patterns found on the preserved Kabayan mummies. A wide variety of artistic traditions from indigenous groups across Luzon are concisely outlined.

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    Contemporary Art Techniques and Performance in Luzon

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    Techniques and Performance

    CONTEMPORARY ART
    Practices Applied to
    TECHNIQUES ANDContemporary
    PERFORMANCE IN LUZON
    ARTS AND CRAFT OF LUZON
    • Luzon, which was coined after the Tagalog word
    kalusunan (which means northern part), is the country’s
    largest island.
    • Indigenous communities can be found in the various
    regions of Luzon. The most prominent ones are the
    Ifugao, Gaddang, Ilongot, Negrito or Aeta, Igorot and the
    Palawan Tribes.
    • Other groups are the Ilocanos, Kapampangan, Bicolano,
    the Tagalog, and the Pangasinense, Ybanag, and etc.
    TEXTILE (Attire, Fabrics and Tapestries)
    KAIN
    • The basic dress for women of Cordillera
    region. It is a type of wrap-around skirt (tapis
    in Tagalog) characterized by horizontal stripes
    bordered by decorated panels along the joins
    and edges, uses bright colors especially fiery
    red and embroidered with beads and shells.
    Some kain used other colors like red, yellow,
    white, black and green which signify the color
    of things in nature.
    KADANGYAN
    • Kadangyan is a burial cloth for
    the rich people of Mountain
    Province. It is a Cordilleran
    term which literally means
    “rich”. In earlier days, only the
    grandmothers were allowed
    to weave burial cloths
    (Kadangyan) but now, any able
    weaver is allowed to weave
    burial cloths for the dead.
    BONTOC’S FABRIC
    • The handwoven fabrics of Bontoc are characterized by
    different geometric shapes and different shapes of things from
    nature. Siniwsiwan is the Bontoc’s blanket and clothing wanes.
    WANES AND LUFID
    • Wanes and Lufid are costumes of
    Igorots from the Mountain
    Province. Wanes is a long strip of
    handwoven loincloth (bahag) for
    men and Lufid is a wrap-around
    skirt (tapis) for women.
    • Ginaspala Wanes is a belt worn
    by a married women of Bontoc
    and Kankana-y that has Inawin
    designs composed of continuous
    zigzag pattern.
    BAKWAT
    • Bakwat is a belt used by
    mothers after giving birth. It
    is designed with white beads
    as accents and patterns of
    rivers and mountains with
    bead works on the central
    portion of the cloth. It is
    made by Gaddang weavers
    of Nueva Vizcaya.
    TINGGUIAN
    • Tingguian designs are very meaningful for
    the people of Abra. Their clothing has a
    simple linear designs but are assigned
    with many meanings. Some of their
    textiles are reserved for use only during
    special occasions such as birthgiving,
    weddings, and harvesting. They use
    natural dyes from different trees and
    plants (mahogany-red, jackfruit/ginger –
    yellow, narra - brown, malatayum-indigo).
    BATANGAS EMBROIDERY
    • Piňa and jusi are the traditional fabrics
    in Batangas. In Taal, hand embroideries
    are characterized by a smooth stitches,
    fine, composed of fine delicate shapes,
    embossed, and durable. Barong is an
    embroidered formal men's wear in the
    Philippines and it is the most versatile
    apparel on special occasions like
    weddings and formal affairs.
    C R A F T
    BURNAY
    • Burnay (locally known as tapayan or banga)
    is an earthenware jar crafted by a skillful
    Ilocanopotters with the use of potter’s
    wheel and kiln. It is made by a grade- A clay
    and fine sand. Burnay is commonly used for
    storage of water, grains, fermented fish
    (bagoong), basi (sugarcane wine), salt, and
    other condiments. Burnay has small
    openings while those with bigger mouths
    are called wangging.
    BURI MAT

    • Buri mat is the smoothy woven mat from Bolinao


    that is made of dried leaves of palm (buri, raffia,
    and buntal), dyed and woven.
    LABBA
    • Labba is a bowl-shaped coil basket of Kalinga that
    is made from finely split rattan and nito vine. It is
    used for carrying and storing rice or vegetables.
    LINGLING-O
    • The lingling-o or dinumug is a common
    ancient artifact symbolizing fertility,
    prosperity and love found in the Ifugao,
    Bontoc and other Cordillera regions of the
    northern Philippines. It has a negative space
    formed that be considered the internal
    female reproductive system— the womb
    and the birth canal. This fertility symbol
    captured the feminine essence that nurtures
    life within itself and gives birth to it.
    VAKUL AND KANAYI
    • Vakul headdress is the headgear for Ivatan women of
    Batanes that is used to protect them from the heat of the
    sun and rains.
    • Vests known as Kanayi are worn by Ivatan men farmers.
    Vakul and Kanayi are made from the leaves of vuyavuy, a
    tree endemic to Batanes.
    SINGKABAN

    • Singkaban of Bulacan is the art of creating an


    entrance arch and other decorative materials
    mainly from bamboo.
    ACCESSORIES AND BODY
    ORNAMENTATION
    BATOC
    • Kalinga's tattooing is a form of art that
    is usually covering the chest and arms.
    It is considered as a clothing and
    decorations of the Kalingas. Batok is a
    thousand – year tattooing tradition
    that uses indigenous materials like a
    charcoal mixed with water in a
    coconut shell, a thorn of a citrus tree
    as a needle, a bamboo thorn
    holder,and a bamboo used to tap it.
    KABAYAN MUMMIES
    • In Mountain
    Province the close
    examination of the
    Kabayan mummies
    reveal that they
    have body tattoos
    similar to patterns
    found in their
    textiles.
    Thank
    You!

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