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Art and Culture in the Cordillera Region

The Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines is comprised of the mountainous provinces of Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Apayao. Baguio City serves as the regional center. Visual and performing arts reflect the culture of the indigenous peoples of CAR. In painting, Benedicto Cabrera is recognized for works depicting social issues, while sculptures showcase figures from tribes like the Ifugao and Kankanaey. Traditional music, dance, and theater convey important stories and events through forms like chag-ay, didiyaw, and oppaiya. Architecture such as Bontoc houses and Baguio Cathedral also reflect the local heritage.

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Art and Culture in the Cordillera Region

The Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines is comprised of the mountainous provinces of Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Apayao. Baguio City serves as the regional center. Visual and performing arts reflect the culture of the indigenous peoples of CAR. In painting, Benedicto Cabrera is recognized for works depicting social issues, while sculptures showcase figures from tribes like the Ifugao and Kankanaey. Traditional music, dance, and theater convey important stories and events through forms like chag-ay, didiyaw, and oppaiya. Architecture such as Bontoc houses and Baguio Cathedral also reflect the local heritage.

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CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR)

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines is a land-locked region consists of the provinces of Abra, Benguet, Ifugao,
Kalinga, Mountain Province and Apayao. Baguio City is the regional center

1.VISUAL ART IN CAR

A. PAINTING

Benedicto Reyes Cabrera

Born April 10 , 1942. Better known as “BenCab”, is a Filipino painter and was
awarded national artist of the Philippines for visual arts (Painting) in 2006.

Sabel is arguably the most identifiable Yellow Confetti is a dynamic and powerfully
work of Bencab. Sabel was the name of resonant work which describes the civil
a homeless vagrant who wandered the resistance in the Philipines during the early
streets of Bambang where the artist to mid 1980s. This period became known as
usedCrisis
to stay.
In Humanity- an event or series of events that “People Power” or “EDSA”.
represent a critical threat to the health, security, or
wellbeing of a community or other large of group of
people.
B.SCULPTURES

Group Of Ten Hipag Figures

Rarely shown in such a large group display, both


figurative sculptures and ritual boxes exemplify
the talent of artists from the Ifugao, Bontoc and
Kankanaey tribes in the northern Luzon region of
the Philippines.

The Builders Igorot Five Warrior Statue

Was unveiled last  It is a sculpture of five


September1, 2009 in the Igorot men wearing
Centennial Park (formerly traditional clothing, head
Botanical Gardens) to mark . pieces and
100th year. The sculpture adornments, displaying
represented the early settlers their readiness for battle
who worked as a team to holding spears and shields.
build Baguio. The Igorot, the It is the centerpiece of the
Chinese, the Japanese. Igorot Garden park.
C. ARCHITECTURE
Bontoc House. The Mansion Baguio Cathedral

Bontoc House- the traditional bontoc house was made of wood or cargon grass. It was pyramid0shaped or A-shaped.

The Masion- House (also known as The mansion) is the official summer palace of the Pilippines.

Baguio Cathedral- Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral was able to withstand bombings from World War II. It even served as an
evacuation center during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines.
2. PERFORMING ARTS

A. MUSIC
CHAG-AY- an expression of secret love of Bontoc.

Didiyaw- song to a dead child of Bontoc.


B. DANCE
Oggayan- greeting and advice to newly weds of
UYAOY/UYAUYKalinga.

It is an Ifugao wedding
Oppiya-festival
kalingadance
song, accompanied by gongs and is performed by the affluent to attain the second
sung while cradling.
level of the wealthy class. Wealthy people who have per formed this dance are entitled to the use of gongs at their
death.

BANGA

The Banga or pot dance is a contemporary performance of Kalinga of the Mountain Province in the Philippines.

RAGRAGSAKAN

This dance portrays the walk of the industrious Kalinga women, carrying water pots on their head sand wearing the
FUGTONG
C. THEATER colorful hand-Woven “blankets of life” around their necks.Their walk imitates the climb up to the Rice Terraces in
Mountain Province.
It chronicles the story of a family being banished from their village because of them owning a black dog.

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