Good morning, this is the Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions subject. Specifically in this video, I will present to you the Pre-Colonial Arts or the Ethnic Arts. What were the arts before?
So when we say Pre-Colonial Arts, this is the term used during the period before colonization okay so as it was known that our forefathers were just hunters they hunt food for their survival okay so as you can see in the picture the forefathers hunted food and game that were shared among the members of the community and then when they told stories about their experiences in hunting okay so this mark the beginning of literature. Okay? So, ibig sabihin, informal yung mga arts before.
When they are telling the stories, then that was their form of literature. Okay? So, they also imitated the movement of animals as they hunted.
Okay? And it marked The beginning of theater or play acting. Okay, when they imitate the movement of the animals. Then, when they learn to add drum, beating, and attach rhythm to it, this marks the beginning of music and dance. Okay, so now we go to the different...
dance forms imitated from the movement of animals during the pre-colonial period, okay? So, we have here the pangalay dance in Sulu, okay? It is a mimetic of the movement of seabirds.
Now, when we say mimetic, it is imitative, okay? It imitates the movement of the seabirds. As you can see in the action they perform in their dance. And then we have the mandaya kinabua, banog-banog and mamanok. It imitates the movement of predatory birds.
These were the form of dances before colonization. And then we have here the talip dance of Ifugao. This dance was used for courtship. It imitates a mimetic movement of wild fowls. Talip dance in Ifugao.
And then we have the Inamo dance, Matigsalogs and Kadaliwas dance, Tiboli. This dance represents the kumilik. Movement of the monkey, okay?
As the term says, inamo dance. So monkey is known also as amo, okay? So inamo dance.
And then we have the very popular tinikling dance. Evocative of the movement of the crane, balancing... Balancing itself on stilt-like legs or flirting away from the clutches of the bamboo traps. This is very common also until today.
Okay? We are still doing this form of dance. Now, we go to the famous artworks during the pre-colonial period. Okay.
So, we have here the... Bulul in Cordillera. Look at the first picture. Bulul in Cordillera. A granary god that plays an important role in the rituals.
It is a form of carving. Then we have the Hagabi in Ifugao. It is a wooden bench. And then the sculpture, the making of sculpture, the santos, and the okur, okay?
Or the intausug, samal, badjaw, and this is a mythical sarimanok. And the last here is the... Manunggol jar, the last picture, this one.
Okay, the Manunggol. So it was discovered at the Manunggol cave of Palawan. So these were the arts, specifically the carving during the pre-colonial times.
Okay, alright, so we move on to the... Next, we have the first was the carving, right? And then the second famous work arts during pre-colonial is the weaving, okay? So we have here the textile weaving.
So the first picture, it speaks about the piece shabit in Tausug of Sulu, okay? This is a headpiece woven. And in the second picture, we have here the malong.
Until now, Muslims were very well known, were very famous when we talk about malong, okay? It was of Maranao of Lanao del Sur. Then we have another form of weaving, the mat and basket weaving, okay?
So in the first picture, we have here the tipo mat of sama of tawi-tawi, okay? A double-layered made from pandan leaves, okay? And then we also have the ovaloid basket of itbayat batani. So these were the forms of weaving, the mat and basket weaving during the pre-colonial times.
And we also have the ornamentation. So during those times, wearing of gold was already there. Okay?
So it was already practiced, rather. So the upper class of Tagalog were wearing gold jewelry. And then we also have here in Visayan, we have the very famous during those times was the tattooing.
And as you can observe, until now, tattooing is still being practiced by many of the Filipinos. So it was believed to protect the individual from evil spirits. It is also a sign of bravery and maturity. So as you can see that their arts before were still, some of those were still practiced. as of this contemporary days.
Okay? Alright, so that would be all. This is a very short video speaking all about pre-colonial era.
Okay? So, thank you so much for watching and I hope that this video, I hope that you find this video relevant to your field. Okay? So, thank you once again and God bless everyone. Good morning.