The document discusses different types of traditional theater makeup and masks from East Asia. It describes the MassKara festival in the Philippines where dancers wear colorful smiling masks. It then explains various face painting styles used in Chinese opera, Japanese Kabuki theater, and Korean masks. The makeup and masks are designed to represent certain character traits or emotions through distinctive colors, lines, and patterns.

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2. ∙ reflects on and derive the mood, idea
or message from selected artifacts
and art objects (A8PLIIh-1)

3. MASSKARA
Celebrated every 4th Sunday of
October in Bacolod City,
Philippines.
Dancers wearing happy
masks and colorful
costumes
To lift the spirits of the locals and bring back the smiles on their faces, the
MassKara Festival was created. The smiling masks were a declaration of
the people of Bacolod

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jumbled
letters.

8. 1.What is Kabuki?
2.What is Peking Opera?
3.What is Shamanistic Rites?
4.How is it similar to the Masskara
Festival in the Philippines?

11. Jingju Lianpu
▪ Peking opera face painting or Jingju Lianpu
was originally called “the false mask”.
▪ It is done with different colors in accordance
with the performing characters’ personality
and historical assessment.
▪ The hero type characters are normally
painted in relatively simple colors, whereas
enemies’ bandits, rebels, and other have
more complicated designs on their faces.

13. 1. Guan Ju (Red). It means courage, devotion, uprightness, bravery,
and loyalty.
2. Huang Pang (Yellow). It indicates ambition, cool-headedness, and
fierceness.
3. Zhu Wen (Green). It signifies that the character is impulsive,
violent, and lacks self-restraint.
4. Zhang Fei (Black). It symbolizes fierceness and roughness. Black
face indicates either a rough and bold character or an impartial and
selfless personality
5. Lian Po (Purple and Reddish-Purple). It signifies uprightness and
cool headedness while the latter indicates a just and noble
character.
6. Cao Cao (White). It suggests craftiness treachery and
suspiciousness. They are common to the powerful villain on stage.
7. Jiang Gan - It is the Chinese Opera’s clown or chou.
8. Xiaohualian. It is (the petty painted face) a special makeup pattern
around the nose. Sometimes a small patch of chalk is painted to
show a secretive and mean character.At times, it is also painted on
a young page or jesting to enliven up the performance.

15. Kabuki Makeup or Kesho
is already in itself an interpretation of the actor’s
own role through the medium of the facial
features.
Mukimi-Guma or Suji-Guma
is an example of face painting. Lines are
painted into an actor’s face. These lines are
then smudged to soften them

16. Two Types of Kabuki
Makeup
1. Standard Makeup. It is applied to most
actors.
2. Kumadori Makeup. It is applied to villains
and heroes. It is composed of very dramatic
lines and shapes using colors that represent
certain qualities. dark red - passion or
anger dark blue - depression or sadness
pink - youth light green - calm black - fear
purple - nobility

17. Nihon Guma
• It is used for characters with strength
beneath their outward calmness. Lines
are drawn upwards from the corners of
the eyes and the two ends of the
eyebrows.

18. MUKIMI GUMA
▪ It is used for young, handsome and
virtuous characters. It has red lines
drawn upwards from the two ends of the
eyes and the face is painted with white.

19. SUJI GUMA
▪ It expresses the power and strength of the
hero. A red triangle is painted at the chin.
Then, a red line is painted which follows the
line of the chin. Also, the eyebrows are drawn
with black lines as highlight, in order to balance
the two red lines on the forehead.

21. Tal or T'al
▪ It is the Korean masks. It originated with
religious meaning and has a rich history.
▪ It is used in funeral services to help banish
evil spirits and theatre plays.
▪ It is also used for shamanistic rites and
were kept within temples where they were
honored with offerings.

22. The Roles of Colors in Korean
Masks
1.Black, Red and White Mask. Bright and
vibrant colors help establish the age and
race of the figure.
2.Half Red and Half White Mask. It
symbolizes the idea that the wearer has
two fathers, Mr. Red and Mr. White

23. •What are the two known theaters in East Asia?
•What country uses face mask instead of face
painting?
•What are the two types of face make-up of
Japan?
•How do the Chinese face paintings express the
mood or message of their art?
•How do the Japanese make-ups express the
mood or message of their art?

24. Fill-up the missing information in
the table below by identifying the
face painting/ mask/makeups or
describing the mood or ideas.

25. Masks/ Make
Up
Moods/Ideas
1. signifies uprightness and cool
headedness, while the latter indicates a
just and noble character.
2.Nihon
Guma
3. young and handsome with virtuous
characters
4.Tal
5. indicates ambition, cool-headedness, and
fierceness,