1st Quarter Lesson #1 MAPEH For Today's Learner 7

1. Sacred Music of Luzon
By: Jacob Borja, Jonas Montecillo, Hillary Lara, Aintenclie Garcia, Ann Margaret Doroja

2. Moro-Moro
• The Moro-Moro dance is the earliest form of theater performing in
the Philippines, starting in 1650. It is part of their cultural routine
when entertaining visitors. The dance is a play based off of two
poems, the “awit” and the “corrido”, that spread across the
Philippines around 1610. It usually shows the struggles between
Christians and non-Christians.

3. Moro-Moro

4. Santacruzan
“Santacruzan” is a religious-historical pageant held in the Philippines during the month of May.
It depicts the finding of the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by Queen Helena, the mother
of the very powerful Emperor, Constantine the Great who ended the persecution of Christians.
Constantine, the emperor of Rome some hundreds of years ago, had a dream in which he was
asked to go to the battle field to fight in the name of the Holy Cross. He conquered his enemy
and that victory led to his conversion into a Christian. He became the first Christian emperor in
history. His mother Reyna Helena, was inspired by all these experiences and in the year 326
A.D., she went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to seek the Holy Cross, the wooden cross on
which Christ was supposed to have been nailed. She successfully found the Holy Cross,
complete with its inscription INRI on its top.
The festivity commemorates the search of the Holy Cross by Empress Helena and her son, the
newly converted emperor. After finding the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, it was authenticated by a
miracle of healing attributed to it, and was brought back to Rome. The search was marked with a
joyful celebration of thanksgiving.
The religious procession is a re-enactment of the finding of the Holy Cross by Reyna Helena.

5. Santacruzan

6. The Pasyon
• The Pasyón (Spanish: Pasión) is a Philippine epic narrative of the life
of Jesus Christ, focused on his Passion, Death, and Resurrection. In
stanzas of five lines of eight syllables each, the standard elements of
epic poetry are interwoven with a colourful, dramatic theme. The
uninterrupted recitation or Pabasa of the whole epic is a popular
Filipino Catholic devotion during the Lenten season, and particularly
during Holy Week. In 2011, the performing art was been cited by the
National Commission for Culture and the Arts as one of the intangible
cultural heritage of the Philippines under the performing arts
category that the government may nominate in the UNESCO
Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

7. The Pasyon

8. Tiples
• The Tiples de Santo Domingo is an all-boy vocal group established in
1587 by Rev. Fr. Pedro Bolanos , O.P., and is currently the oldest
existing choral group in the Philippines. The word “tiple” in Spanish
means the soprano voice of a boy. When members reach the age of
puberty, their voices change either to a tenor or a bass. The boys
range from 8 years old to 14 sometimes a little bit older. The group
was eventually maintained to sing for annual celebration Feast of Our
Lady of the most Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila held in October.

9. Tiples

10. Pastores
• a song and dance ritual that marks the start of a festive re-enactment
of the oldest Yuletide celebration in Bicol, especially in Legazpi City. It
is staged before the celebration of the Mass on first day of the Misa
de Gallo.

11. Pastores

12. Senakulo
• The Senakulo (from the Spanish cenaculo) is a Lenten play that
depicts events from the Old and New Testaments related to the life,
sufferings, and death of Christ. Image Credit. Pasyon. The senakulo is
traditionally performed on a proscenium-type stage with painted
cloth or paper backdrops that are called telon.

13. Senakulo

14. Salubong
• "Salubong" (English translation: welcoming or to welcome) is an
Easter Sunday pre-dawn ritual or ceremony that reenacts the Risen
Christ's meeting with His mother. Some places in the Philippines hold
the ritual at early morning.

15. Salubong

16. Flores de Mayo
• Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "flowers of May") is a festival held in the
Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the
Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month. The Santacruzan
(from the Spanish santa cruz, "holy cross") is the ritual pageant held
on the last day of theFlores de Mayo.

17. Flores de Mayo