The document discusses several traditional Philippine art forms including pottery, wood carving, and metalworking. It describes how the Kalinga people make various types of pots for different uses. It notes that the Ifugao people are known for their bulul wooden sculptures and kinabagat human figures carved into house posts. Wood carving is discussed in Paete, Laguna and Betis, Pampanga where dukit carvings were made. Metalworking is described including rare dudong jewelry pieces and the hammering technique called pukpuk.
The document discusses several traditional Philippine art forms including pottery, wood carving, and metalworking. It describes how the Kalinga people make various types of pots for different uses. It notes that the Ifugao people are known for their bulul wooden sculptures and kinabagat human figures carved into house posts. Wood carving is discussed in Paete, Laguna and Betis, Pampanga where dukit carvings were made. Metalworking is described including rare dudong jewelry pieces and the hammering technique called pukpuk.
The document discusses several traditional Philippine art forms including pottery, wood carving, and metalworking. It describes how the Kalinga people make various types of pots for different uses. It notes that the Ifugao people are known for their bulul wooden sculptures and kinabagat human figures carved into house posts. Wood carving is discussed in Paete, Laguna and Betis, Pampanga where dukit carvings were made. Metalworking is described including rare dudong jewelry pieces and the hammering technique called pukpuk.
The document discusses several traditional Philippine art forms including pottery, wood carving, and metalworking. It describes how the Kalinga people make various types of pots for different uses. It notes that the Ifugao people are known for their bulul wooden sculptures and kinabagat human figures carved into house posts. Wood carving is discussed in Paete, Laguna and Betis, Pampanga where dukit carvings were made. Metalworking is described including rare dudong jewelry pieces and the hammering technique called pukpuk.
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Pottery is popular among the kalingas because they use
the pots for various purposes such as cooking ,carrying
water, and brewing sugar cane with called bayas.Kalinga women are trained by their mothers to make pots. Burnay making also become popular in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. The burnay is trdition of high temperature pottery brought in thePhilippines by Frookien Chinese settlers in the early of 20th century. The palayok is used for cooking, the banga for storage of drrinking water, the asinan the storage of salt and the basi for the fermentation of basi or in curing of bagoong. A traditional potter in Pampanga is called a mangulyutan. The Ifugao is best known for their sculpture called the bulul, the woode figure that resembles a human figure. There are also carved human figures in the central post of Ifugao traditional houses. These figures are called kinabagat. There is social ranking or hieracrchy among ifugaos that is demonstrated in many ways . one of these is through the use of a huge wooden bench called hagabi. Kadangyan is the owner who belongs to the upper class. Wood carving Paete,Laguna produces sculpted statues,images, intricatespieces of furniture and other products. The town’s name of Paete is from the word “paet”, ehich refers to the chisel that is the main tool used in wood carving. Paete has been declared the “ Wood Carving Capital” of the Philippines because of its many wood-carving products.The town of Paete is also known for its papier-mache product or the taka.The common motifs of the taka are simple curvilinear design of local flora and fauna.The more intricate design ares een on the wooden soles of Filipino footwear called bakya. The dukit, a term used for wood carving, originated from the bario of Sta. Ursula in Betis, Pampanga. The dukit has grown less popular with the scarcity of talyeris ( a wood carving workshop in front of the house) This has been due to the waning interest among younger generations in Betis in becoming a mandukit (woodcarver) apprentice. There are still a few remaining matecanan mandukit (master sculptors) who keep the tradition alive despite the challenges in preserving the art. Metalwork is an essential historical remembrance of the Philippines’ past. There are amny archeological sites where jewelry, weaponry, cannons, bells and many other metal product are found. A rare and highly valued jewelry is the dudong. The dudong is the small brass or gold pice that represent a human figure. The hammering method is known in Pampanga as the pukpuk. Panday pira was famous blacksmith during this time. He performed the pukpuk.In the town of Camalaniugan , Cagayan, you can find the oldest known bell in the Philippines. Bulul