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Department of Education
Division of City Schools
MASBATE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
Masbate City
Filipino Artists
Alexander Abon Eugene Cubillo II Jojo Legaspi Orville Tiamson
Alexander de Moscoso Federico Alcuaz Jonathan Ching Pardo De Leon
Andres Barrioquinto Federico Sievert Jonathan Olazo Popo San Pascual
Anita Magsaysay-Ho Felix Hidalgo Jose Joya Raoul Rodriquez
Amiel Roldan
Ferdinand Doctolero Joseph Lofranco Reginald Yuson
Ang Kiukok Fernando Amorsolo Juan Luna Ricarte Puruganan
Armand Santos Fernando Modesto Julie Lluch Rico Lascano
Bembol dela Cruz Francesca Enriquez Jun Veliora Robert Besana
Bienvenido Banez Jr. Francisco Viri Juvenal Sanso Robert Langenegger
Carlo Gabuco Gabby Barredo Kelly Sonio Rock Drilon
Camille dela Rosa Galo Ocampo Kiko Escora Romulo Olazo
Cesar Legaspi Geraldine Javier Kristoffer Ardena Ronald Ventura
Charlie Co Glenn Bautista Lawrence Borsoto Santiago Bose
Christopher Zamora Gromyko Semper Leslie De Chavez Sid Hildawa
Clairelyn Uy
Guillermo Tolentino Lester Amacio Stella Tansengco-
Cristina Taniguchi Gus Albor Luis Francisco Schapero
Danilo Dalena Henri Cainglet Macario Vitalis Tatong Torres
David Medalla Honrado Fernandez Manuel Ocampo Tita Lim
Dennis Gonzales H. R. Ocampo Marcel Antonio Ver Camille
Demetrio Diego Ian Victoriano Mark Justiniani Vicente Manansala
Dindo Llana Ian Quirante Michael Adrao Victorio Edades
Don Barranco Ibarra dela Rosa Michael Bacol Vincent Balandra
Don Salubayba Ivan Acuna Michelle Tan Willy Gonzales
Edd Aragon Jaime De Guzman Mideo Cruz
Edmond Reboredo Jayson Oliveria Napoleon Abueva
Edwin Wilwayco Jecky Alano Nena Saguil
Elmer Borlongan Jeho Bitancor Norberto Carating
Elmer Roslin Jericho Vamenta Norman Posecion
Eng Chan Jerry Navarro Nunelucio Alvarado
Eric Guazon Jess Abrera Onib Olmedo
Non-Filipino Artists
Antonius Kho
Bai Yiluo
Martin Werthmann
Min Yi Ming
Min Yi Yao
The Luo Brothers
Qin Feng
Wang Xingang
Wipoosana Supanakorn
Yue Minjun
Zhang Dali
References
Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art website (2009). (accessed on
April 3, 2010)
Roberto Nolasco LinkedIn (2010). (accessed on April 3, 2010)
Vernacularization of the curator:Informal and independent contemporary
curatorial practice in the Philippines Riel Hilario: Musings and Sketches. (May
4, 2007). (accessed on April 3, 2010)
Specialties
Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art is a privately owned venue
for artistic expression. It is strategically located within a cluster of progressive
communities South of Manila. It has an independent exhibition area able to
accommodate large-scale works, and a spacious garden ideal for outdoor
programs, performances and sculpture installations.
Goals of Kulay-Diwa:
1. To discover and promote the works of talented, young and deserving
Filipino Artist;
2. To serve as a cultural outpost and make the arts more accessible to the fast-
growing communities South
of Manila; and
3. To foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local
regions,Southeast Asia and other countries.
Kulay (Color)
Diwa (Spirit, Thought)
History
Established in 1987.
The gallery opened on 7 February 1987, with the goal of discovering and
promoting the contemporary artworks of young and emerging Filipino artists and
facilitating cultural interaction among the Philippine regions and between the
Philippines and other nations. It is currently located in Parañaque City, Metro Manila.
2. Contemporary Arts
The visual arts also include a number of modern art forms, such as:
Assemblage, Collage, Mixed-media, Conceptual Art, Installation, Happenings
and Performance art, along with film-based disciplines such as Photography,
Video Art and Animation, or any combination thereof.
This group of activities also includes high tech disciplines like computer
graphics and giclee prints. Another modern visual art, is the new
environmental or Land art, which also includes transitory forms like ice/snow
sculpture, and (presumably) graffiti art.
Watching animated
films with Filipino or
Topic: Animation Art Bicolano animators
URL: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/animation-art.htm like Finding Nemo
Animation Art
Animation (from the Latin word, animare, to breathe life into) is the visual
art of making a motion picture from a series of still drawings. Although twenty
first century animation is dominated by computerized film and video
technology, the creative figure drawing skills and draftsmanship of cartoonists
and graphic artists remain an integral part of the process. Famous twentieth
century animators include J. Stuart Blackton, George McManus, Max Fleischer,
and Walt Disney, and the team from DreamWorks Animation. Famous
animated film cartoons include Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck,
Jungle Book, the Simpsons, Shrek and Anime.
Types
There are various types of animations: animated full-length films, like
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fritz the Cat, and Shrek; films with both
animated and human characters, such as Roger Rabbit, and Lord of the Rings;
shorter-length cartoons or TV series, like Tom and Jerry, and the Simpsons;
and specific animations for TV and video commercials. The growth of
animation, both as an art form and as a commercial product, has led to its
growing importance as a study subject. Animation is now taught as a separate
figurative art course in a growing number of European as well as American arts
colleges. For related disciplines, see Photography and also Video art.
The Draftsman Animator
Animators complete their drawings on cels, transparent acetate sheets. If
drawn on paper, they are later transferred to cels using xerography. The most
common media for drawing the story are opaque inks and paints, applied with
a variety of specialist markers, crayons, and litho pencils. The basic process
revolves around the 'storyboard' - a series of one-panel sketches.
Accompanying action and dialogue summaries are written under each sketch.
Cartoons are particularly labour-intensive: the average short cartoon requires
40-50,000 separate frames or drawings. Making a character sit down can
require 10 or more drawings to depict each individual movement.
Head Animator
To achieve continuity and uniformity of images, one or more models are
made for each character. These models typically incorporate sketches of the
characters in various positions with various facial expressions, and are used by
the head animator to sketch the primary action sequence. For instance, if the
character is supposed to run, the head animator will draw the foot leaving the
floor, then in the air, and finally returning to the floor. Assistant artists then
complete the details.
Layout and Background Artists
Set design is very important. This is handled by the layout artist who
makes a series of linear drawings which are used by the background artist to
create the backgrounds. The latter can include anything from buildings, room-
interiors, landscapes, jungle and mountain to shopping malls. All colour is
usually filled in by computer.
Computer Animation
Since 1990, computer-created animation incorporating sophisticated
graphics software has become increasingly dominant: witness John Lassiter's
'Toy Story', the first feature film created totally with computer animation.
Whether traditional animation can survive this development is unclear,
although at present it seems that human skill is still needed to create the ultra-
realistic imagery which consumers now expect. (See also: Is Photography Art?)
History
Animated film derives from the old 'magic lantern' shows. These
originated with the work of Jesuit Monks like Althanasius Kircher and Gaspar
Schott, in the seventeenth century, and the turning windmills of Dutchman
Pieter Van Musschenbroek in the early eighteenth century. The influential
essay 'Persistence of Vision with Regard to Moving Objects' by the Swiss
physician Peter Mark Roget, author of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and
Phrases, stimulated interest in 'magic lantern' technology, and was followed
by several technical developments. First, the thaumatrope, invented by John
Paris during the 1820s. Second,the phenakistoscope, invented by the Belgian
Joseph Plateau. Thirdly, the stroboscope, designed by by Simon Ritter von
Stampfer and the zoetrope, invented by William Homer. Then, in 1845, came
the first movie projector, designed by Baron Franz von Uchatius. In 1888,
George Eastman invented celluloid film - a medium that projected images
much better than those painted on glass.
The first film cartoon - Humourous Phases of Funny Faces animated by J.
Stuart Blackton, appeared in the United States, in 1906. This was followed in
1908 by Emile Cohl's Phantasmagorie, and in 1911 by Winsor McCay's Gertie
the Dinosaur. In 1923, Walt Disney, started developing children's stories into
cartoons. Mickey Mouse first appeared in 1928, and Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs, in 1937. Since then, animation art has undergone huge
improvements. The new generation of animated cartoon graphics - as
evidenced in the films Lord of the Rings, Shrek, Toy Story and Anime - are
taking computerized animation to new heights.
Weaving
Philippine weaving involves many threads being measured, cut, and mounted
on a wooden platform. The threads are dyed and weaved on a loom.[5]
They weaved rugs that they used for quilts and bedding. The quality of the
quilt/bedding was based on how soft, how tight together, and the clean pattern. The
patterns were usually thick stripes with different colors and with a nice pattern.
Pottery
Traditional pot-making in certain areas of the Philippines would use clay found
near the Sibalom River. Molding the clay required the use of wooden paddles, and the
clay had to be kept away from sunlight.
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Except for water storage pots, which have a uniform size, the other two kinds
can come in three different sizes, large, medium and small. Although this is true in
some cases, another larger type of vegetable/meat pot and smaller water storage pot
exists.
The type site of the Kalanay pottery complex is the Kalanay Cave found in
Masbate. From this site, the pottery is further subdivided into pottery types Kalanay
and Bagupantao.
Art forms
Literature
Tanaga is a type of Filipino poetry. Kut-kut is an art technique used between the
15th and 18th centuries. The technique was a combination of European and Oriental
style and process mastered by indigenous tribes of Samar island.
• Indigenous arts
Some indigenous materials are also used as a medium in different kinds of art
works especially in painting by Elito Circa, a famous folk artist of Pantabangan and a
pioneer for using indigenous materials, natural raw materials including human
blood.[12] Many Filipino painters and foreign artists were influenced by this and
started using these materials such as extract from onion, tomato, tuba, coffee, rust,
molasses and other materials available anywhere as paint.
In 2015/16, the Asia Society in New York presented an exhibit called Philippine
Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms. The exhibition presents spectacular
works of gold primarily discovered over the past forty years on the Philippine
islands of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The regalia, jewelry, ceremonial
weapons, and ritualistic and funerary objects attest to the recently uncovered
evidence of prosperity and achievement of Philippine polities that flourished
between the tenth and thirteenth centuries, long before the Spanish
discovered and colonized the region. Although the forms and styles of the
majority of these works developed locally, some indicate that Philippine
craftsmen had been exposed to objects from beyond their borders through
the robust cultural connections and maritime trade in Southeast Asia during
what was an early Asian economic boom.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/literature/literary_forms_in_philippine_lit.htm
Filipino writers continue to write poetry, short stories, novellas, novels and essays
whether these are socially committed, gender/ethnic related or are personal in
intention or not.
Of course the Filipino writer has become more conscious of his art with the
proliferation of writers workshops here and abroad and the bulk of literature available
to him via the mass media including the internet. The various literary awards such as
the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippines Free Press,
Philippine Graphic, Home Life and Panorama literary awards encourage him to
compete with his peers and hope that his creative efforts will be rewarded in the long
run.
Images
The Philippines has a larger and more vigorous artistic community than any
other Southeast Asian nations because it has four cultural heritages - Asian, European,
Mexican, and American. In Manila alone, the arts and culture capital, there are many
art galleries showcasing the works of talented local painters, sculptors, muralists, and
folk artists. Theatrical and orchestral performances are also very popular.
SCULPTURE
The principal figure is Andres Bonifacio, leader of the revolution against Spain
in 1896. Behind him stands Emilio Jacinto, the brains of the Katipunan. The Bonifacio
Monumen t - completed in 1933 -- marked the apex of Tolentino'’s career.
Bonifacio Monument
Napoleon Abueva (born 1930), one of Tolentino'’s pupils, is one of the pioneering
modernists in sculpture. He used various media. And his stylization bordered on the
abstract as in Allegorical Harpoon, in which the dominant horizantal thrust of the
figure evokes the vitality of primitive forms.
Allegorical Harpoon, Art Philippines
Abueva'’s more famous work is Fredesvinda , which was included in the First ASEAN
Sculpture Symposium held in Fort Canning Hill, Singapore, from March 27 to April 26,
1981.
Fredesvinda, The Asean Sculptures
MUSIC
With the death of Nicanor Abelardo and Francisco Santiago, the two greatest
Filipino composers, Filipino music has been struggling. However, the efforts of such
musicians as Antonio J. Molina, Felipe P. Padilla de Leon, Lucio San Pedro, and others,
using folk literature and folk songs, have contributed to the revival of Filipino music.
The Philippines is rich in sound-producing instruments, such as percussions,
flutes and stringed instruments. Here are some examples:
Gongs – There are two types used in the Philippines. One is the flat gong which is a
narrow-rimmed gong without central protrusion and found exclusively in the north.
The other has a boss or central protrusion with narrow or very wide rim, widely used
only in southern Philippines.
Kulintang (gong-chime)
Reference/s:
Banas, Raymundo. Pilipino Music and Theater. Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., 1970Dioquino, Corazon, ed.
Compendium of the Humanities of the Philippines:The Musical Arts. Bicutan:National Research Council of the
Philippines, 1998Hila, Antonio. Musika: An Essay on Philippine Music. Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines,
1989
Pfeiffer, William. Music in the Philippines: Indigenous, Folk, Modern. Dumaguete City: Silliman University
Foundation, 1975
Santiago, Francisco. Development of Music in the Philippines. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1954
Tiongson, Nicanor, ed. CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art. Vol. VI Music. Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines,
1994
Articles
Maceda, Jose. Philippines. New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969
__________. Music in the Philippines. Handbuch der Orientalistik. Vol. VI Part III. Leyden: Brill, 1972
__________. Philippines. Dictionnaire de la Musique. Paris: Bordas, 1976
__________. Philippinen. Musikgeschichte in Bildern. Band I. Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag fur Musik, 1979
__________. Philippines. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Stanley Sadie, ed. Vol. XIV, 1970
__________. Filippine. Dixionario Enciclopedico Universale della Musica e dei Musicisti. Vol. II Torino: Utet, 1980
Santos, Ramon P. Philippines. Musics of ASEAN (Ramon P. Santos, ed.) Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines,
1995
Ramon P. Santos, Ph. D. is a composer and musicologist, having received training at the University of the Philippines,
Indiana University and the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was a full fellow at the Summer Courses in
New Music at Darmstadt and undertook post-graduate work in Ethnomusicology at the University of Illinois with
grants from the Asian Cultural Council and the Ford Foundation.
His works have been featured in major festivals in Europe and in Asia. Recently, he has been awarded residency
fellowships at the Bellagio Study Center and the Civitella Ranieri Center in Italy. In the field of musicology, he has
undertaken researches not only in Philippine and Asian contemporary music, but also studied Javanese gamelan
music and dance and Nan Kuan, and engaged in continuing field studies of Philippine traditional music such as the
Ibaloi badiw, the Maranao bayok, and the musical repertoires of the Mansaka, Bontoc, Yakan, and Boholano.
He has contributed major articles on Philippine music to various encyclopedias and anthologies such as The Garland
Encyclopedia of World Music, the Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, the Compendium of the Humanities in the
Philippines. He was chief editor and writer of the book Musics of the ASEAN, and has produced CD’s on Mindanao
Highland Music, Mansaka Music and Music of the Bontoc from the Mountain Province.
He is currently serving as University Professor of the UP, Commissioner for the Arts of the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts, and 2nd Vice President of the International Music Council.
Article Topic: Philippine Arts and Culture (Dance)
Images URL: http://park.org/Philippines/education/dance.htm
DANCE
Native dances occur in amazing diversity throughout the Philippines. However,
many of them are of varied origins and functions – Some are part of a tribal rite or
sacrifice; others are in native feasts and festivals to conciliate the spirits, seek
deliverance from pestilence or mark births and deaths; and still others have a lighter
burden to carry: flirtation or courtship, or to lighten the tasks of planting or harvesting.
Darangan Cultural Troupe Dancers
For more information, e-mail the secretariat at ncca@mail.pw.net
Source: National Commission for Culture & the Arts
http://www.philserv.com/ncca
PAINTING
In the last half of the 19th century, Filipino painters showed enough maturity
of concept and technique to merit critical acclaim. Damian Domingo got recognition
as the “father of Filipino painting.” Towards the end of the Spanish regime, two
Filipino painters won recognition in Europe – Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and Juan
Luna. Hidalgo’s Antigone and Luna’s Spolarium were both acclaimed in Europe as
masterpieces of Filipino painting. In 1884, Luna won the first Gold Medal at the
Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes for his Spolarium. This monumental painting
shows fallen gladiators being dragged to an unseen pile of corpses in a chamber
beneath the Roman arena.
Spoliarium,Art Manila
After World War II, the Neo-Realist school of painting emerged, with such
notable members as Vicente Manansala, Hernando R. Ocampo, Victor Edades,
Arturo Rogerio Luz, Jose T. Joya, and others.
The name of Jose Joya (1931 - 1995) is synonymous to the best in Philippine
abstract expressionist art. He produced an excellent body of bold and lyrical works.
• Modern Art: Art from the Impressionists (say, around 1880) up until the 1960s or '70s.
• Contemporary Art: Art from the 1960s or '70s up until this very minute.
First, because it was around 1970 that the terms "Postmodern" and "Postmodernism"
popped up -- meaning, we must assume, that the art world had had its fill of Modern Art
starting right then.
Secondly, 1970 seems to be the last bastion of easily classified artistic movements. If
you look at the outline of Modern Art, and compare it to the outline of Contemporary Art,
you'll quickly notice that there are far more entries on the former page.
This, in spite of the fact that Contemporary Art enjoys far more working artists
making far more art. (It may be that Contemporary artists are mostly working in "movements"
that cannot be classified, due to there being around ten artists in any given "movement",
none of which have shot off an email saying that there's a new "movement" and "could you
please tell others?")
On a more serious note, while it may be hard to classify emergent movements,
Contemporary art -- collectively -- is much more socially conscious than any previous era has
been. A whole lot of art from the last 30 years has been connected with one issue or another:
feminism, multiculturalism, globalization, bio-engineering and AIDS awareness all come
readily to mind as subject matter.
Controversies
Over the years there have been several controversies involving the awarding of
National Artist or involving awardees.
4. Researches on
various art forms National Artist of the Philippines (All Arts Form)
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4. Researches on Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art
various art forms Source: URL: http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Kulay-
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13) addition to the picturesque perfect-cone Mayon Volcano, the iconic tourist attraction
in this charming province in the Bicol region.
An indigenous plant that thrives in tropical climate and rich volcanic soil, abaca is one
of the most versatile and sturdiest fibers in the world which can last up to a century.
Abaca can be made into cordage, handbags, baskets, storage containers, lighting
fixtures, home furnishings and novelty items, and its versatility accounts for its high
market demand.
With an 84-percent share of the world’s abaca fiber production, the Philippines is
considered the international abaca capital since the Spanish era, with Albay as center
of the trade.
In 2009, Bicol is the country’s highest abaca producer with 14,140 metric tons,
topping Eastern Visayas and Davao regions. About 43,000 hectares in the region are
planted with abaca, with an average yield of 383 kilograms per hectare.
Also known as “Manila hemp”, abaca fiber, in the form of woven cloth known as
“sinamay” has been long used as clothing in many parts of the country.
However, calamities such as pest infestation, typhoons and volcanic eruptions, and
lack of government support over the years, have dampened the once vibrant abaca
industry.
This age-old craft saw another glimmer of hope with the holding of the recent Abaca
Pinukpok Fashion Show organized by Albay Governor Joey Salceda to relive the glory
of the once proud fiber.
So-called because of the process of hammering the fiber to soften it, pinukpok is
blended with cotton, silk, piña or polyester to produce high-end fabrics. It is then
woven manually and fed to a rotary press machine to make it a fine and seamless
cloth.
Local designer Dan Clint “Klang Klang” Arispe took on the enormous task of designing
more than 200 pinukpok evening gowns and barongs for local officials, Miss Polangui
beauty pageant candidates, and the Magayon Dancers dance troupe to bring out the
natural elegance of Albay’s pride.
With the rousing success of the fashion show, conceived only two weeks before,
Salceda expressed optimism in staging a bigger event in Manila this year to sustain the
momentum.
The fiber has been showcased in previous trade fairs and fashion shows, the most
notable of which was Rampago Pinukpok spearheaded by Bicol’s Regional
Development Council, which featured the couture collection of top Bicolano
designers, with the special participation of noted designer Renee Salud.
With the provincial top honcho as leading fashion model, Salceda is confident that
Albay’s fashionable “golden fiber” will tickle the fancy of the country’s top designers
and exporters to take the abaca industry to greater heights.
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Long before the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines to see natives in the most
arresting fabrics worn in a tribal manner, Chinese traders exchanged silk for these
durable wovens. Here are the 8 top indigenous weaves that may someday go global.
Say hello to our national fabrications and their exotic names, they are durable and
weather friendly colorful fabrics which was practical yet strikingly beautiful.
It can happen, already local designer Patis Tesoro, for instance, has met with
Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino and Giorgio Armani who are interested in piña,
known internationally as pineapple organza.
Via theweekendbackpacker.wordpress.com
It is worn by wrapping the cloth around one’s waist and holding the
ends together with the use of a tightly tied sash. It generally reaches down to
knee length, and the weaving pattern of describes the culture and temperament
of the wearer’s tribe.
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5.PINA
Piña fiber is the ingenious fabric derived from the leaves of the Spanish
Red Pineapple, and is the finest of all Philippine hand-woven fabrics.
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4. HABLON
The Hablon handloom-weaving industry is making a comeback in Miagao,
Iloilo. Hablon refers to the hand woven textile, made of jusi (banana fiber), piña
(pineapple fiber), locally grown silk threads, cotton, rayon, and other indigenous
materials that creates an attractive textile of emerald, lavender, pink, tangerine, and
crimson colors. Traditionally known for products such as the multi-colored, checkered
patadyong skirt, bandanas, and household items (mosquito nets, blankets, table runners,
etc.), Hablon fabric is emerging into a versatile and unique textile, currently making
waves in the Philippine and international haute couture particulary by designer Nono
Palmos for Nora Aunor.
Via mybeautifuliloilo.blogspot.com
3. Banaca
Once used to make common products such as slippers and ropes, the abaca is
repurposed into a luxury eco textile.A pioneer in the local eco-fashion movement,
designer Fernandina “Dita” Sandico Ong sustainably produced her signature fabric
from the exotic plant musa textilis. She christened it “banaca,” because abaca belongs
to the banana family called Musaceae.
“I’m leveling up the look by adding more embellishments and coming up with
bigger wraps,” she says. Sandico Ong is underscoring her forte as the “Wrap Artiste.”
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Jusi
Jusi originated during the Spanish colonial period. Also from pineapple,
this is a sheer stronger and tighter weave than pina and is tradionally worn
as Barong Tagalogs
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Source: http://www.philstar.com/agriculture/593861/albay-reenergizes-abaca-industry
Abaca: Weaving more opportunities into farmers’ lives. Abaca, known worldwide as
Manila Hemp, is an economically important crop indigenous to the Philippines. It is
the lifeblood of more than 200,000 farming families from 56 abaca growing provinces
in the country.
Abaca is also a top export commodity of the country with an average of US$80 million
annual export earnings. It has high demand in the global trade as raw materials for
cordage, textile, handicrafts, and specialty papers. Just recently, it has found its niche
in the automobile industry as the ‘strongest natural fiber material’ for dashboards and
car interiors.
Supplying 85% of the total world abaca fiber production, the Philippines prides itself
as the world’s top producer of abaca fiber. Despite its dominance in the world market,
however, the country is confronted by the reality that abaca remains a poor man’s
crop. The small farmers get meager income from abaca production which eventually
forces them to shift to other crops.
Some of the ills that confront the Philippine abaca industry include poor technology
adoption of farmers, lack of high-yielding and virus-resistant planting materials, and
prevalence of pest and diseases pressures – most notorious of which is the abaca
bunchy top virus (ABTV).
After many years of research and field tests, researchers from the University of the
Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) led by Dr. Antonio G. Lalusin were able to develop high
yielding and ABTV-resistant abaca hybrids. These hybrids are more vigorous, could
produce a yield of 1.56 mt/ha/yr, and give 20-30% higher fiber recovery than
traditional varieties.
Since traditional varieties are very susceptible to the dreaded ABTV disease, the new
UPLB abaca resistant hybrids are considered very promising in rehabilitating abaca
plantations affected by the ABTV disease.
The high yielding and ABTV-resistant hybrids project is an R&D initiative under the
PCAARRD’s Industry Strategic S&T Plan for Abaca. Specifically, it is expected to
contribute in achieving a higher fiber yield from 0.53 mt/ha to 1.2 mt/ha and
increased fiber recovery from 1% to 1.5% by 2020.
The project on abaca production is a collaborative work among UPLB, Visayas State
University, University of Southern Mindanao, Bicol University, Western Mindanao
State University, University of Southeastern Philippines, Caraga State University,
Catanduanes State University, University of Eastern Philippines, and Philippine Fiber
Industry Development Authority.
Currently, the research team are mass producing and promoting the use of hybrids in
major abaca producing provinces such as Sorsogon, Catanduanes, Leyte, Southern
Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur, Surigao del
Sur, and Sulu. Once fully commercialized, 1,568 hectares of abaca farms is targeted
for rehabilitation out of the project.
By rehabilitating abaca farms with high yielding and virus-resistant hybrids, DOST-
10. Researches on PCAARRD and its partners hope to usher in better opportunities for the local farmers,
techniques an processors, and other industry stakeholders. Through the adoption of these UPLB
performance
hybrids, the government aims to ease the plight of poor abaca farmers and help
practises applied to
contemporary Arts improve their income and social status.
CAR11/12TPP-0c-e-
10) The initiative on the improvement of abaca production as supported by PCAARRD is
one of its commitment under DOST’s Outcome Oneto provide science-based know-
11. Identifies local
materials used in how and tools that will enable the agricultural sector to raise productivity to world-
creating arts class standards.
12. Critiques
PCAARRD’s commitment to Outcome One will be showcased by the Council in its
available materials
and appropriate participation to the National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) on July 24-28 at
techniques SMX Mall of Asia, Pasay City.
(CAR11/12TPP-0c-e-
12) The 2015 NSTW adopts the theme Philippines: A Science Nation Innovating for Global
13. Justifies the use competitiveness.
of materials and the
application of PCAARRD, on the other hand, adopts Strategic Industry Program for Agri-Aqua
techniques Growth (SIPAG) ni Juan as its theme to bolster its commitment to Outcome One.
(CAR 11/12TPP-0c-e-
13)
The Council pursues this commitment through its Industry Strategic S&T Plans, among
other programs, hence the tagline SIPAG ni Juan.
Topic: Art of the Philippines
Source: URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_the_Philippines
On Potteries
The first step in the manufacture of pots is the acquisition of the starting
material, clay. The clay is then pounded, added with enough amount of water, to reach
the wanted flexibility, and placed in a rotating plate. Using the hand-modeling and coil-
and-scrape techniques, the height, thickness and shape of the pot is established. After
this, the rim is designed by placing a wet rag on top of it and then rotating it in the
other direction. Furthermore, scraping of the walls can also be done if the walls
produced are too thick.
The pot, after the modeling stage, is then dried for a short period of time before
the base is shaped. Also, after additional heating, small amounts of clay are added
inside and outside the clay to maintain the evenness of the surface. A polishing step
can also be done through the use of a polishing stone. In some cases, pots are also
painted with red hematite paint for some stylized design.
Pots are ceramic vessels that are made by molding clay into its wanted shape
and then leaving it in an environment with an elevated temperature thereby making it
solid and sturdy. It is widely recognized as one of better tools that humans invented
since it managed to store the surplus of food Neolithic humans gathered.
Also, Rice, in his book Pottery Analysis, classified ceramic vessels into 17
categories depending on various factors that concern the use and production of the tool.
One of these is the content wherein he further divided a type of pot into four depending
on the state (liquid or solid) and temperature (hot or cold) of the food inside it. He also
said that a ceramic has three main uses. These three are storage, processing, and
transfer.
Based from these three uses that Rice gave, Skibo further characterized the
usage of ceramic vessels by dividing the tool’s function into two, (1) intended use and
(2) actual use.
Intended use, as the name implies, is how the tool’s supposed to be used. This
is the basis of the manufacture of the ceramic vessel since the form follows the
function. On the other hand, actual use is how the tool was used. This sometimes
disregards the pot’s form as long it can do a specific function.