Arts Q1: Arts and Crafts of Luzon Attires, reflect their culture and traditions (ex: religious
Fabrics, and Tapestries Crafts and practices and rituals).
Accessories and Body Ornamentation Ginaspala Wanes is a belt worn by a married women of
Bontoc and Kankana-y that has Inawin designs
composed of continuous zigzag pattern.
TEXTILE (Attire, Fabrics and Tapestries)
Bakwat is a belt used by
Inabel is a handwoven fabric mothers after giving birth. It is
made by Ilocanos which is more designed with white beads as
popularly known as “Abel Iloco”. accents and patterns of rivers
It comes from the root word and mountains with bead
“abel” which means “to weave”. works on the central portion
The word Inabel of Ilocanos of the cloth. It is made by
literally means “woven”. It is Gaddang weavers of Nueva
created by skilled artisans using Vizcaya.
traditional wooden looms. It
comes with different patterns inspired by nature. One of Tingguian Designs
the most recognizable patterns of Inabel is Binakol (also
Tingguian designs are very
known as binakel, binakael, or binakul). Binakol
meaningful for the people of
(meaning “twill”) can be easily recognized by its
Abra. Their clothing has a simple
interlocked geometric patterns which represent the
linear design but are assigned
waves of the sea that protects people from malevolent
with many meanings. Some of
spirits.
their textiles are reserved for
Kain is the basic dress for women of use only during special occasions
Cordillera region. It is a type of wrap- such as birthgiving, weddings,
around skirt (tapis in Tagalog) and harvesting. They use natural
characterized by horizontal stripes dyes from different trees and
bordered by decorated panels along plants (mahogany-red, jackfruit/ginger – yellow, narra -
the joins and edges, uses bright colors brown, malatayum-indigo).
especially fiery red and embroidered
Batangas Embroidery
with beads and shells. Some kain used
other colors like red, yellow, white, Piňa and jusi are the traditional
black and green which signify the color fabrics in Batangas. In Taal,
of things in nature. hand embroideries are
characterized by a smooth
Kadangyan is a burial cloth
stitch, fine, composed of fine
for the rich people of
delicate shapes, embossed, and
Mountain Province. It is a
durable. Barong is an
Cordilleran term which
embroidered formal men's
literally means “rich”. In
wear in the Philippines and it is the most versatile
earlier days, only the
apparel on special occasions like weddings and formal
grandmothers were allowed
affairs.
to weave burial clothes (Kadangyan) but now, any able
weaver is allowed to weave burial cloths for the dead. CRAFTS
The handwoven fabrics of Bontoc are Burnay (locally known as
characterized by different geometric tapayan or banga) is an
shapes and different shapes of things earthenware jar crafted by
from nature. Siniwsiwan is the a skillful potter with the
Bontoc’s blanket and clothing wanes use of potter’s wheel and
and lufid and ginaspala wanes. kiln. It is made by a grade-A
clay and fine sand. Burnay
is commonly used for
storage of water, grains,
fermented fish (bagoong),
Wanes and Lufid are basi (sugarcane wine), salt, and other condiments.
costumes of Igorots Burnay has small openings while those with bigger
from the Mountain mouths are called wangging.
Province. Wanes is a
long strip of Buri mat is the
handwoven loincloth smoothy woven mat
(bahag) for men and from Bolinao that is
Lufid is a wrap-around skirt (tapis) for women. These
clothes mirror the personality of every Igorot and
made of dried leaves of palm (buri, raffia, and buntal), Kiping is a traditional Filipino
dyed and woven. leaf-shaped wafer made from
glutinous rice. It originated
Labba is a bowl-shaped
from the City of Lucban,
coil basket of Kalinga
Quezon. It is used to decorate
that is made from finely
houses during the Pahiyas
split rattan and nito vine.
Festival. It can be eaten grilled
It is used for carrying and
or fried and can be dipped in
storing rice or
sugar, vinegar, or other sauce.
vegetables.
Giant
The lingling-o or
lanterns of
dinumug is a
Pampanga
common ancient
are known
artifact
for their
symbolizing
special
fertility,
features.
prosperity and
Before, giant
love found in the Ifugao, Bontoc and other Cordillera
lanterns of Pampanga used papel de hapon for
regions of the northern Philippines. It has a negative
coverings but were then innovated by using colored
space formed that be considered the internal female
plastics as a material for covering. In today’s ages,
reproductive system— the womb and the birth canal.
Pampangenos use fiber glass and homemade paper for
This fertility symbol captured the feminine essence that
their lanters. Every lantern has illuminated dancing
nurtures life within itself and gives birth to it.
lights that follow the beat of the music and are
Vakul headdress is the controlled by a rotor. Lanterns also come in different
headgear for Ivatan women designs and geometric patterns. On the other hands,
of Batanes that is used to giant lanterns are created using steel frames and other
protect them from the heat locally available materials.
of the sun and rains
ACCESSORIES AND BODY ORNAMENTATION
Kalinga's
Vests are worn by Ivatan men farmers. Vakul and vest tattooing is a
are made from the leaves of vuyavuy, a tree endemic to form of art
Batanes. 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
Singkaban of that uses indigenous materials like a charcoal mixed
Bulacan is the with water in a coconut shell, a thorn of a citrus tree as
art of creating a needle, a bamboo thorn holder, and a bamboo used
an entrance to tap it.
arch and other
decorative
materials In Mountain Province,
mainly from bamboo. the close examination
of the Kabayan
mummies reveal that
Pastillas of Bulacan they have body
is different from tattoos similar to
other pastillas in the patterns found in
country. It has a their textiles.
unique, colorful, and
intricately designed
paper wrapper which
is locally known as “pabalat or borlas de pastillas”
