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GRADE 7 ARTS
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF MINDANAO
I. Attire, Textiles, and Tapestries
1. BILAAN / B’LAAN (South & North Cotabato, Davao del Sur)
“bila” – house “an” – people
Known for embroidery, brass ornaments, and beadwork – integrated in their
traditional clothing
Made from Abaca (embroidery, buttons and beads)
Wear heavy brass bells with numerous tiny bells
Cut mother-of-pearl into small shapes look like sequins (takmun) to form
geometric shapes
Ikat – process of dyeing the fabric where the yarns are tightly wrapped with
string and dyed before weaving. (black, brown, red or ochre – darker shade of
orange, and ecru – color of the undyed abaca)
1. BAGOBO (Davao)
“bago” – new “obo” – growth
T’nalak – made from abaca
Men’s wear - t’nalak shorts, a undershirt, and a t’nalak coat
Bagani - blood-red clothes & head kerchief called tangkulu
Women’s wear – wrap around t’nalak , skirts, and blouses (with floral
patterns, checkers or paisley prints) has shorts bell sleeves and waist area
that falss right above the abdomen
1. T’BOLI (South Cotabato)
T’nalak - sacred
Complicated beadworks, wonderful woven fabrics, and beautiful brass ornaments
Lang Dulay – dream weaver , received the National Living Tresures – Gawad
Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) award by the National Commission for Culture and Figure 1. Lang Dulay
the Arts (NCAA) in 1988
1. MARANAO (Lanao)
Maranao – means ‘People of the Lake’
Malong – tube skirt, multicolored cotton, cloth, bearing a variety of geometric or floral design
Kapa Malong or Sambisa Malong – traditional dance that demonstrate the various ways of wearing a malong
and its uses.
1. YAKANS (Basilan)
Used bold color and geometric shapes
Seputangan – square cloth used by women as head cover or as belt
Badjulapi – tight blouse with long sleeves, ornamented with gold, silver, or bronze buttons
Sawal – traditional tight-fighting trousers characterized by vertical stripes
Pinalantupan - skirt layered over trousers
II. Crafts,Figure
Accessories,
2. Malong and Body Ornaments
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Figure 3. T'nalak
SARIMANOK - legendary bird “san” – cloth “manok” - chicken
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Figure 5. Okir Figure 4. Face make up and body
Figure 6. Sarimanok
ornaments
OKKIR - traditional and unique carving
3. FACE MAKEUP AND BODY ORNAMENTS – applied to bride and grooms
WEDDING ATTIRE
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i. MALE
a. Pis – head cloth protection from spears and knives
b. Kandit – belt or sash made of gilim (red cloth)
c. Shirt - believed to be bulletproof
ii. FEMALE – short skirt over trousers
iii. BOTH
a. Saruk – hat worn to add elegance
ORNAMENTS
i. Crocodile tooth necklace - for fortune
ii. Triangular amulets – wrapped in black cloth (anting – anting) against bullets
iii. Snake bone belts - guard from pain
iv. Maniktegiyas – beads from dried fruits seeds to protect from illness caused by evil spirits
v. Maniksembulan - made of bamboo stems cut into short pieces, serves as added protection
FUNCTIONAL ARTICLES
i. Pegupaan - bamboo container
ii. Lutuan – a small bronze box with engravings carried at the waist
1. T’BOLI ACCESSORIES
i. Hilot – brass belt worn by women during festivals
ii. Suwatimimotifs - wooden comb
1. BRASS MAKING – Kulintang
III. Architecture
1. TOROGAN – ancestral house, dwelling place of the datu and his family
Maranao Torogan - one of the National Cultural Treasures through Museum Figure 7. Torogan
Declaration No. 4-2008
1. PANOLONG - wing-like ornaments of a torogan
2. BADJAO HOUSES - boat houses or house on stilts around Sulu archipelago
3. THE GRAND MOSQUE OF COTABATO – largest mosque of the Philippines
Named after Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid of Brunei
Occupies 5000 square meter of a five-hectare land
Figure 8.Panolong
1. FORT PILAR OF ZAMBOANGA – also called as Real Fuerza de Nueatra Señora del Pilar de
Zaragoza
Founded in 1635, engineered by Fr. Melchor de Vera, a Jesuit Priest
Built to protect people from pirates of the Sulu Sea
1. MONASTERY OF TRANSFIGURATION OF BUKIDNON – pyramid like structure founded by Fr. Abbot Eduardo Africa
- run by Benedictine Monks
- designed by Leonardo Locsin
7. SANTO ROSARIO CHURCH OF CAMIGUIN – buit in 1882 using coral stones
- with driftwood chandiliers and altars
IV. Sculptures
1. MAITUM JAR - for secondary burial, first
discovered in 1991
2. T’BOLI WOOD CARVING AND BRASS CASTING AND
POTTERY –use the lost-wax casting method
3. MARANAO WOOD CARVING AND METAL CASTING
a. Rarub-A-Klong- metallic armor (vest)
b. Kampilan – singled-edged steel sword with a handle made of hand
carved ivory
c. Batige – large manually carved wooden top inland with mother-of-
pearl, used by male to test their strength
d. Kendi – teapot or kettle
e. Gador - tobacco container
V. Functional Art
1. Balanghai - large wooden boat used by pre-colonial Filipino to transverse the seas for trade and
migration, oldest Pre-Hispanic watercraft found in the Philippines
2. Vinta - consist of sail of several colors and geometric shapes, small and not meant to be used for
long ocean travel, used for livelihood activities such as fishing and diving for pearls and
transportation around the archipelago.
