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Philippine
Visual Arts
Among
our most ancient arts is pottery, which combines design
and function. The Manunggul Jar excavated in Palawan is
evidence of the high artistic level which the art
attained in an ancient times. This large burial jar has
a cover which features tow men rowing a boat, suggesting
the belief of the early Filipinos in an afterlife that
one reaches after crossing a mythical body of water.
Around its body is an incised geometric pattern of lines
and dots. Extant examples of early Philippine pottery
show a wide variety of shapes and decorative techniques,
such an incision, stippling, appliqué, openwork and
impression by rope and mat.
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The
Indigenous Dramas
The rituals and dances which are
still performed with urgency and vitality by the various
cultural communities that comprise about eight percent of
the country's population are held or performed together or
separately on the various occasions of a person's birth,
baptism, circumcision, initial menstruation, courtship, wedding,
sickness and death; or for the celebration of tribal activities
like hunting, corn-planting, rice-planting and harvesting,
fishing and going to war.
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Philippine
Cinema Beginnings
Filmmaking
in the Philippines has entered the 70th year of its history.
Filipino artists have been making movies since 1919. That is
long enough for an art form to reach a high level of maturity
and relevance. That the Filipino film industry has produced
only a handful of works of enduring interest and value may
disappoint the film historian who approaches the industry
without understanding the relevant context.
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