MIMAROPA is an administrative region in the Southwestern Philippines comprised of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan provinces. The region is known for its rich cultural traditions expressed through various arts and crafts, including Ambahan poetry and nito basket weaving in Mindoro, Moriones masks in Marinduque, marble and basketry in Romblon, and tingkop harvesting baskets and Manunggul jars in Palawan. The lesson provides details on the techniques, materials, and historical significance of these artistic works and aims to educate students on the diverse cultural heritage of MIMAROPA.

1. CHARACTERISTICS
OFARTSANDCRAFTSIN
MIMAROPA
ARTS7-2NDQUARTER-LESSON1
PREPAREDBY:EDESSAT.TORRES

2. HILEARNERS!
In this lesson, you will be informed about
MIMAROPA and the Visayas group of Islands.
You will be travelling and learning the different
folk arts and crafts from these different places.
You will become familiar with the different
designs, motifs, architectures and history of their
attires, fabrics, and crafts used by people of
different provinces.
This journey will help you appreciate the rich
culture and tradtition of the Philippines.

3. After going through this lesson, you are expected
to identify the characteristics of arts and crafts in
specific areas in Luzon Island Provinces and
Visayas.
Mindoro (Hanunuo, mangyan, writing basketry, and
weaving)
Marinduque (Moriones Mask)
Romblon (Marble and Basketry)
Palawan (Manunggul Jar)
Bohol (churches)
Cebu (furniture)
IloIlo (culinary arts and houses)
Samar (Basey mats), etc.

4. ACTIVITY
JUMBLELETTERS

15. CHARACTERISTICSOFARTSANDCRAFTSIN
MIMAROPA

16. MIMAROPA is an
administrative region
consists entirely of island
provinces located in the
Southwestern Luzon.
The term MIMAROPA is a
combination of the names
of its constituent
provinces namely
Mindoro, Marinduque,
Romblon and Palawan.
MIMAROPAREGION

18. Ambahan is a traditional poetry of
the Hanunuo-Mangyan in Mindoro.
It is traditionally written with the
point of a knife on a piece of
bamboo using the centuries-old
pre-Spanish syllabic script called
Surat Mangyan.
Once the letters had been cut, they
took a handful of ash and rubbed it
into the thinly-carved letters to
make them stand out more clearly.
AMBAHAN

19. Basket Weaving is the main source of
income in Puerto Galera, Mindoro.
They use Nito which refers to the
special vine that grows in the wild.
They make only what the earth allows
because Nito vine cannot be cultivated
or planted, ensuring the earth-friendly
and sustainable nature of their art.
Each Nito woven item is one-of-a-kind,
with no single design being the same
as the other. A large basket takes
roughly one week to complete.
BASKETWEAVING

21. Moriones festival in Marinduque is a week-
long commemoration of the life and death
of jesus Christ every Holy week. Morion
means masks that are made of wood or
papermache.
Some of these woods come from Dap-dap of
Santol/tree which are abundant in the
province. Mask makers get their wood
mainly in nearby forests. It takes months to
carve each mask which weighs at least 2
kilograms.
The participants use these masks to depict
the Roman soldiers escorting Christ on his
way to the Calvary.
MORIONESFESTIVAL

23. ROMBLON is known as the “Marble
Country” because all the islands
comprising the province have marble.
Quarries (the process of getting marbles)
on these islands produce raw marble for
sculpture and construction purposes.
However, before the discovery of these
marbles, Romblon had been famous for
its traditional weaving and basketry.
Handicrafts such as beautifully woven
mats and bags are major home industry
for their women.
MARBLEANDBASKETRY

25. TINGKOP is one of the unique
heritage crafts which are original in
Palawan. It is a cone-shaped colander
harvest basket which is made of hard-
strip bamboo.
These baskets are occasionally made
of blackened and natural bamboo,
which make the designs stand out.
The designs is created by an
extremely refined changing of the
under-over pattern of the ba,mboo
strips.
TINGKOP

26. The Manunggul Jar uncovered in
Palawan was a secondary burial jar that
has existed since the late Neolithic
period (895-775 B.C.) in the Philippines.
It served as a container for the dug up
remains of the dead.
It is made largely of clay and the upper
portion of the jar, as well as the cover, is
carved with curvilinear scroll designs
and painted with natural iron or
hematite.
There are 2 human images riding a boat
located at the top of the jar’s cover.
MANUNGGULJAR

27. The first human image, holding an oar
with a missing blade, is situated at the
back area. He seems to be controlling
the oar (bugsay) rather than paddling
the boat.
The second human image, with arms
folded across the chest, is situated at the
front. The manner in which the hands of
the front figure are folded across the
chest is also a widespread practice in the
islands when arranging the corpse.
These figures represent 2 souls on a
voyage to the afterlife.
MANUNGGULJAR

28. MINDORO
MARINDUQUE
ROMBLON
PALAWAN
MIMAROPA
REGION

29. ARTSANDCRAFTSINMIMAROPA
AMBAHANANDNITOBASKETS
(MINDORO)
MASKINMORIONESFESTIVAL
(MARINDUQUE)
MARBLE ANDBASKETRY
(ROMBLON)
TINGKOPANDMANUNGGULJAR
(PALAWAN)

30. DOYOUHAVEANY
QUESTIONSORANY
CLARIFICATIONS?

31. GIVETHREETHINGS
THATYOUHAVE
LEARNEDTODAY.

32. WHATISTHE
IMPORTANCEOF
LEARNINGABOUTTHE
ARTSANDCRAFTSOF
MIMAROPA?

33. THANKYOU
VERYMUCH!