Folk Arts

and
Designs of Luzon
Juditha A. Longakit
MAPEH - 7 Teacher
JLNHS
LUZON = largest island in the country
 Islands in Luzon
1.Batanes
2. Babuyan groups of Island
3. Catanduanes
4. Marinduque
5. Masbate
6. Romblon
7. Palawan
8. Mindoro

Manila = capital city of Luzon

Motif = In visual arts it means a repeated pattern
or theme.
= In textile arts such as weaving it is a
recurring fragment of that piece when
joined together makes a larger work.
Textile = Refers to a cloth that involves weaving
or making of cloth using a natural or
artificial threads or fibers

Folk arts = expressions of the community in their

crafts that are usually made because
of their utilitarian and functional
purpose instead of their mere
aesthetics.

Aesthetics = the science of judging beauty.

Dye  Coloring materials that are made of natural
or synthetic pigments for coloring fibers
used in cloth weaving.
Loom weaving  Is a process of weaving using
a loom .
loom = a device used to weave a cloth
Ilocos Region
Ilocanos = The largest ethno-linguistic groups
in the country
Majority of them are living in…
1. La Union
2. Abra
3. Isabela
Iloco or inabel fabric
= special fabric made from cotton which undergo
a painstaking binatbatan.
Binatbatan = beating of the cotton balls using a
bamboo sticks to separate the
seeds during the initial stage.
sagut = natural dye made from the sap of
black plum.
 Products from Ilocos Region
blankets bags
 Products from Ilocos Region
Camisa chino Bed linens
Panagabel = Oldest ilocano weaving tradition
that they have inherited from their ancestors.
Main ingredients of panagabel weaving
1. Tilar

2. Sinulid

3. Pasensya (patience)
 Famous foods of the Ilocanos

1. Dininding 2. pakbet
Pangasinan = Known as the salt capital of the
region during pre – Hispanic times.
 Arts and crafts from Pangasinan
1. Bolinao Mats
 Arts and crafts from Pangasinan
2. Bamboo crafts
 Arts and crafts from Pangasinan
3. bagoong 4. Tasty tapang bangus
Cordillera Autonomous Region ( CAR )
 Cordillera Autonomous Region ( CAR )
Benguet = located in CAR. Home of the
Cordilleran (politically correct term for Igorots)
People living in Benguet
1.Igorots = Hillside dwellers
 People living in Benguet
2. Tagalogs 3. Ibalois
 People living in Benguet
4. ilocanos 5. Kankaney
 People living in Benguet
6. ikalahan
Tinalik = Baskets made from rattan
Kalinga = also great weavers
Kalinga textiles

Characterized by……
1.Dominant red stripes
2.Motif of geometric patterns
3.Natures symbols interlaced with white, yellow
and black fibers .
Ifugao = means people from the hills
Ikat = loincloth weave by the ifugao
= an Indonesian term meaning to
bind together.
Ikat = Loincloth weaved by ifugaos
= a Indonesian term meaning to bind together.
Amulets = Made of gold, beads and bronze
and other materials
Kinds of amulets
lingling Dinumog

Used as fertility symbol and worn

around the neck.
Mountain Province
= Located in the codillera central mountain
and known for its hanging coffins and
mummified bodies.
Mountain Province
 3 types of mummies
Fire mummies Benguet mummies
 3 types of mummies
Kabayan mummies
Kadangyan Burial cloth
= Burial cloth for rich people and only
grandmothers are allowed to weave it during
the olden times.
Tattoo art
= another form of folk art in mountain province
= it is a part of their clothing and is considered
as decoration
= signifies a rite of passage from youth to adult life
= heroism
= status in the community
= bravery
Tattoo art
siniwsiwan = cloth fabric for the people of bontoc
used as blanket
wanes = mens G- string

Lufid = womans wrap around

 Motifs of bontoc
1. Geometric shapes
2. Man
3. Lizard
4. Mountain
5. Rains
6. Flower
Ginaspala
= A type of belt worn by married woman
Inawin Designs
Designs composed of continuous zigzag
pattern woven in a double faced with braided
warps that ends in tassels.
 Types of baskets in Bontoc
1. bobo = A type of basket used to catch fish

2. suklang = an everyday hat used by men for

their matches ,tobacco and beetle nut for chewing