This document provides an overview of the folk arts and designs of the Luzon region in the Philippines. It discusses the textile arts, weaving traditions, and crafts of different ethnic groups in Luzon. Some of the groups highlighted include the Ilocanos from Ilocos Region, known for their patterned fabrics and natural dyes. The Cordillera people such as the Kalinga, Ifugao, and tribes of the Mountain Province like the Bontoc are renowned for their woven textiles, baskets, amulets, and tattoo art designs that represent their culture and traditions.

1. Folk Arts
and
Designs of Luzon
Juditha A. Longakit
MAPEH - 7 Teacher
JLNHS

2. LUZON = largest island in the country

3. Islands in Luzon
1.Batanes
2. Babuyan groups of Island
3. Catanduanes
4. Marinduque
5. Masbate
6. Romblon
7. Palawan
8. Mindoro
= capital city of LuzonManila

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Dye Coloring materials that are made of natural
or synthetic pigments for coloring fibers
used in cloth weaving.
Loomweaving  Is a process of weaving using
a loom .

8. loom = a device used to weave a cloth

10. IlocosRegion

11. Ilocanos = The largest ethno-linguistic groups
in the country
Majority of them are living in…
1. La Union
2. Abra
3. Isabela

12. Ilocoor inabel fabric
= special fabric made from cotton which undergo
a painstaking binatbatan.

13. Binatbatan = beating of the cotton balls using a
bamboo sticks to separate the
seeds during the initial stage.

14. sagut = natural dye made from the sap of
black plum.

15. Products from Ilocos Region
blankets bags

16. Products from Ilocos Region
Camisa chino Bed linens

17. Panagabel = Oldest ilocano weaving tradition
that they have inherited from their ancestors.
Main ingredients of panagabel weaving
1. Tilar
2. Sinulid
3. Pasensya (patience)

18. Famous foodsof the Ilocanos
1. Dininding 2. pakbet

19. Pangasinan = Known as the salt capital of the
region during pre – Hispanic times.

20. 1. Bolinao Mats
Arts and crafts fromPangasinan

21. Arts and crafts fromPangasinan
2. Bamboo crafts

22. Arts and crafts fromPangasinan
3. bagoong 4. Tasty tapang bangus

23. Cordillera Autonomous Region ( CAR )

24. 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

25. 2. Tagalogs 3. Ibalois
People livinginBenguet

26. People living inBenguet
4. ilocanos 5. Kankaney

27. People living in Benguet
6. ikalahan

28. Tinalik = Baskets made fromrattan

29. 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 .

30. Ifugao = means people from the hills
Ikat = loincloth weave by the ifugao
= an Indonesian term meaning to
bind together.

31. Ikat = Loincloth weaved by ifugaos
= a Indonesian term meaning to bind together.

32. Amulets = Made of gold, beads and bronze
and other materials
Kinds of amulets
lingling Dinumog
Used as fertility symbol and worn
around the neck.

33. Mountain Province
= Located in the codillera central mountain
and known for its hanging coffins and
mummified bodies.

34. MountainProvince

35. 3 typesof mummies
Fire mummies Benguet mummies

36. 3 typesof mummies
Kabayan mummies

37. Kadangyan Burial cloth
= Burial cloth for rich people and only
grandmothers are allowed to weave it during
the olden times.

38. 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

39. Tattoo art

40. siniwsiwan = cloth fabric for the people of bontoc
used as blanket

41. wanes = mens G- string
Lufid = womans wrap around

42. Motifs ofbontoc
1. Geometric shapes
2. Man
3. Lizard
4. Mountain
5. Rains
6. Flower

43. Ginaspala
= A type of belt worn by married woman

44. Inawin Designs
Designs composed of continuous zigzag
pattern woven in a double faced with braided
warps that ends in tassels.

45. 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