Indigenous Traditions
Rituals, dances, and customs are performed in celebration of different important community events.
Give at least three (3).
birth, baptism, circumcision, initial menstruation, courtship, wedding, sickness, and death; or for the celebration of tribal activities, like hunting, fishing, rice planting and harvesting, and going to war.
Give one (1) type of religious play during the Spanish period.
KOMEDYA (or moro-moro) and SI(E)NAKULO
A bodabil can be considered a theater play.
TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE. It is a performance showcasing songs, dances, and comedy skits that are popular in the United States.
He wrote "A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino".
NICK JOAQUIN
It is the representation or imitation of the real world in art and literature.
MIMESIS
It focuses on a love story between members of the upper class, spiced up with comic love episodes between servants.
SARSWELA
An "expanded" bodabil during the Japanese occupation with a short melodrama at the end of the show.
STAGE SHOW
A theatrical movement or style that dominated the 1950s.
REALISM
In most rituals, this person performs the sacrificial offering.
SHAMAN (mambunong, bayok, babaylan)
The two (2) principal types of komedya.
SECULAR and RELIGIOUS
This historical event, aimed to "civilize" Filipinos and Americanized the taste and aspirations of Filipinos.
Educational System in ENGLISH
The group that led the creation of a people's theater all over the country.
Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)
This is a dance-drama that shows how Prince Bantugan saves Princess Gandingan from the earthquake and the evil spirits of the forest.
Singkil of Maranao
The most outstanding among Philippine religious plays.
TRUE OR FALSE. Americans banned the importation of films causing the popularity of bodabil and other Western shows.
FALSE. It was the Japanese that banned the importation of films in the country.
A play which exposes the personal dreams and heartaches of Filipino expatriates in Switzerland.
BAYAN-BAYANAN
The most important dance among Philippine tribes.
WARD DANCE
Drama that dared to paint the bloody struggle of Filipinos against the American colonizers.
SEDITIOUS DRAMA or DRAMA SIMBOLIKO
He introduced bodabil in the Philippines.
BORROMEO LOU
During the Marcos regime censorship, this style was employed by some playwrights to relate historical events or persons to the present.
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