Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF CAVITE PROVINCE
CARMONA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Grade 7
MAPEH
(MUSIC)
QUARTER 4
MUSIC OF PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS
AND THEATRICAL FORMS

LEARNERS’ PACKET

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this module, the learners are expected to:

1. Identify musical characteristics of selected Philippine Festivals and theatrical forms

through video or live performance; (MU7FT-Iva-g-1)
2. Narrate the origins and cultural backgrounds of selected Philippine festivals;
(MU7FT-Iva-d-2)
3. Create movements to music of a particular Philippine Festivals;
4. Describes how an idea or story in a musical play is presented by watching a live
performance or video excerpt; MU10MM-IIIa-h-1
5. Explains how theatrical elements in a selected part of a musical play are combined with
music and media to achieve certain effects; MU10MM-IIIa-h-2
6. Creates appropriate sounds, music, gestures, movements, and costume using media and
technology for a selected part of a musical play; MU10MM-IIIc-h-4
7. Performs an excerpt from a 20th or 21st century Philippine musical and highlight its
similarities and differences to other western musical play. MU10MM-IIIg-h-5

Lesson 1 MUSIC OF PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS

Lesson 2 THEATRICAL FORMS

INTRODUCTION:
The unit is an overview of the festivals and different theatrical forms of the Philippines.
Through the lessons, you will identify the origin, characteristics and background of selected
Philippine Festivals. You will also learn the different theatrical forms such as Komedya, Moro-Moro,
Arakyo, Sarsuela and bodabil. Another part of the lesson will help you appreciate the different
Filipino Festivals and Theatrical forms. Organizing and presenting a performance of the discussed
theatrical forms and Festivals culminate the learner’s educational experience.

LESSON 1: MUSIC OF PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS

FESTIVALS
Philippine festivals are town fiestas celebrating
moments in history that defined identity, polity and
locality. Celebration of the arts and culture, albeit made
central to these festivities, only comes as a texture
instead of text in the whole exercise of the Festival.
SINULOG FESTIVAL OF CEBU
https://www.zenrooms.com/blog/post/festivals-in-
The Philippines has so many festivals: there are town the-philippines/
fiestas celebrating foundation days, patron saints and a combination of both. These festivals are
occasions when and where people converge, the same occasions when Government units and the
private sector become generous with funds. Fiestas become important avenues for artistic
engagement. As artistic ventures especially in the Philippine countryside are always wanting in

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venues and avenues for artistic engagement, it is in these convergences that the artists find their
audience.

The Philippine festival calendar is full. Every province, town and city celebrates foundation days,
patronal fiestas and historic celebrations. While it is a hodgepodge and flurry of sports and
commercial activities, oftentimes culture and the arts are the central motifs of the celebrations
allowing artists to dare and engage in new projects. Depending on the local expertise, these fiestas
become the stage for local visual arts, music and dance festivals. Cosmopolitan centers feature
contemporary arts while others highlight traditions indigenous to the locale.
(https://culture360.asef.org/)

A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centring on some characteristic

aspect of that community and its religion or cultures.

Festivals are an expressive way to celebrate glorious heritage, culture and traditions. They are
meant to rejoice special moments and emotions in our lives with our loved ones. They play an
important role to add structure to our social lives, and connect us with our families and
backgrounds. They give us a distraction from our day to day, exhausting routine of life, and give us
some inspiration to remember the important things and moments in life. Festivals were started to
pass the legends, knowledge and traditions onto the next generation.

All festivals are cultural in one way or another. There are many types of cultural festivals such as
National, Religious and Seasonal. They all serve the purpose of bringing happiness to our lives, and
strengthen our sense of community. (http://www.hattours.com/blog/festivals-2/)

PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS
LUZON

PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL - (transl. Flower Festival) is

a month-long annual flower occasion in Baguio. The
term is of Kankanaey origin, meaning "season of
blooming". The festival, held in February, was
created as a tribute to the city's flowers and as a
way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990
Luzon earthquake. The festival includes floats that
are covered mostly with flowers not unlike those
used in Pasadena's Rose Parade. The festival also
includes street dancing, presented by dancers clad
in flower-inspired costumes, that are inspired by the
Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came
from the Cordilleras.

The month-long festival starts at the 1st day of the month, with an opening activities organized by
the City government and private sectors. Many activities were also celebrated on the duration of the
month. But the most crowd-generating events were in the last week of the festival, the Street
Dancing and Float Parade, after it, Session Road was closed for a week for exhibits. Simulcast, Wright
Park honors their pony boys and horse trainers. Closing ceremonies were at the night of the last day
of the fest. (https://en.wikipedia.org)

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SUBLIAN FESTIVAL - a two week long celebration which
culminates every year on the 23rd of July, is rooted in the
Batangueños devotion to the town’s patron: the Holy Cross in
Bauan and Agoncillo, and the Sto. Niño in Batangas City.

This religious devotion translated to a dance from indigenous to

Batangas: the Subli. Traditionaly performed to the

accompaniment of drums and chanting, the Subli praises the
Patron in a combination of poetry, movement and music. The
term subli owes its meaning to two tagalog words "subsub"
meaning to fall with the head and "bali" which means broken.
Hence, the dancers appear to be lame and crooked throughout
the dance.

Today, the Sublian festival features not just devotional dance-song

but street dancing indigenous Filipino games, Harana (serenades), the Lupakan, Awitan at Sayawan:
an event which combines the sharing of Nilupak (local delicacy made of bananas and sweet potato)
with folk songs and dancesand even a Malunggayan Fiesta, a day that celebrates the nutritional
benefits of the malunggay (moringa) plant. The Sublian Festival also coincides with the city’s
founding anniversary. (http://batangascity.gov.ph/)

Sorteo Festival - The word Sorteo means to draw or raffle. The

festival was started way back in 1861 or four years after the
formation of Carmona. Carmona was earlier called Barrio Latag. It
was separated from its mother province in 1857. Carmona is the
only municipality in the Philippines that observes a triennial draw
of its communal lands among its locals – a practice that dates back
to the country’s Spanish colonization period. It is celebrated every
3 years from February 16 to 22. Since Carmona was basically
agricultural, the communal agricultural lands were offered to the
farmers for cultivation through a lottery.
(https://cavite.gov.ph/home/events/sorteo-festival)

VISAYAS

ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL - is a Philippine festival held annually in January in honor of the Santo
Niño (Holy Child or Infant Jesus) in several towns of the province of Aklan, Panay Island. The biggest
celebration is held during the third Sunday of January in the town of Kalibo, the province’s capital.
The name Ati-Atihan means "to imitate Ati", the local name of the Aeta people, the first settlers of
Panay Island and other parts of the archipelago. The festivity was originally a pagan celebration to
commemorate the Barter of Panay, where the Aeta accepted gifts from Bornean chieftains
called Datu, who fled with their families to escape a tyrannical ruler, in exchange for being allowed
to dwell in the Aeta’s lands. They celebrated with dancing and music, with the Borneans having
painted their bodies with soot to show their gratefulness and camaraderie with the Aeta who had
dark skin. Later on, the festivity was given a different meaning by the church by celebrating the

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acceptance of Christianity, as symbolized by carrying an image of the Holy Child or Infant Jesus
during the procession.

The festival consists of religious processions and street-

parades, showcasing themed floats, dancing groups wearing
colorful costumes, marching bands, and people sporting
face and body paints. The street parade is known as
"Sadsad", which is also what the locals call their way of
dancing where the foot is momentarily dragged along the
ground in tune to the beat played by the marching bands.
Even though the festival was given a Christian meaning, the
tradition of people painting their face and body, in honor of
the Aeta, has continued. Christians and non-Christians join the celebration which attracts tourists
from different parts of the country as well as foreigners. It has inspired other Philippine Festivals
such as Dinagyang of Iloilo City and Sinulog festival of Cebu, thus, it is known as the Mother of All
Philippine Festivals .

SINULOG - Festival is Cebu’s most famous yearly festivity in

honor of the Santo Nino de Cebu image in the Basilica Minore
del Santo Nino.

The Santo Nino image is one of the oldest religious relics in the
country. When Ferdinand Magellan arrived in Cebu in 1521, he
presented the image as a baptismal gift to Rajah Humabon, his
wife, Hara Amihan, and their followers in the Catholic faith,
after they were baptized.

The Sinulog takes place every third week of January and culminates on a Sunday. The major activities
during the festival week are the procession of the replica image in Cebu City’s major streets, a fluvial
procession of the replica in the Mactan Channel, and the grand street parade on Sunday featuring
floats and dancers representing schools, towns, and other organizations.

The dancers are dressed in bright colored costumes doing the

Sinulog dance to the rhythm of drums, gongs, trumpets and
other band instruments. The Sinulog dance is a forward-
backward movement consisting of two steps forward and then
one-step backward. (https://en.wikipedia.org)

The Sinulog Festival is the festival that honors Senyor Santo

Nino. It is celebrated in different parts of the Philippines like Maasin City in Southern Leyte, Butuan
City in Agusan del Norte, Cagayan de Oro in Misamis Oriental, Pagadian City in Zamboanga, and
Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental, but is most popular in Cebu. Sinulog comes from the
word sulog, which roughly means "like Water current movement". The Sinulog is danced to the beat
of the drums which resembles the current of what is known as the Pahina River of Cebu.

The tempo of Sinulog Festival ranges from 140 BPM to 145 BPM.
(https://brainly.ph/question/2553463)

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The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city of Davao in the Philippines. Its name derives
from the friendly greeting "Madayaw", from
the Dabawenyo word meaning good, valuable, superior or
beautiful. The festival is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving
for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties
of harvest and serenity of living. Previously,[2] this festival
held in the third week of August every year which was
highlighting the 11 tribes of Davao City. In 2019, the
celebration was extended and held from 2 to 31 August. In
2020, Kadayawan Festival was celebrated from 10 to 17
August.

In the year 1970, Mayor Elias B. Lopez had encouraged all

the Davao tribes to showcase their thanksgiving rituals.
After that in the year 1986, the Davao City government
focused on uniting the people in the turbulent times of the
Martial Law. At this time the festival named "Apo
Duwaling". This name was created as a combination of
three natural wonders: Mt. Apo, Durian, and Waling-waling.
In the year 1988, this festival officially named as "Kadayawan Festival" by then Mayor Rodrigo
Duterte. At present, after over 30 years this gets celebrated with the full of enthusiasm and unity in
the people. (https://en.wikipedia.org)

The mood was extra cheerful. Like the previous years, everyone was tremendously excited to
witness and be awed again by the sights and sounds of the Indak-indak sa Kadalanan, the most
watched event of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw. The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city
of Davao in the Philippines. Its name derives from the friendly greeting "Madayaw", from the
Dabawenyo word meaning good, valuable, superior or beautiful.
The dances are very fast and lively, cheering to their patron Saint and greeting them people with
smile on their faces as they dance together with the repeating pattern of the music.

The tempo and rhythm of kadayawan are vivacissimo (in a very lively or vivacious manner — used as
a direction in music) and regular rhythm.( https://brainly.ph/question/2623423)

ACTIVITY #1: ASSESSMENT

I. DIRECTION: Read the statement or question and write the letter of the correct answer.

1. Kadayawan festival is a festival celebrated in _________.

A. BATANGAS B. CARMONA C. CEBU D. DAVAO
2. Festival is Cebu’s most famous yearly festivity in honor of the Santo Nino image in the
Basilica Minore del Santo Nino.
A. SUBLIAN B. SORTEO C. SINULOG D. KADAYAWAN
3. This festival is celebrated every 3 years from February 16 to 22 in one of the municipalities in
Cavite.
A. SUBLIAN B. SORTEO C. SINULOG D. KADAYAWAN
4. This festival is a month-long annual flower occasion in Baguio.
A. PANAGBANGA B. ATI-ATIHAN C. SINULOG D. KADAYAWAN
5. This festival originated in the Bauan and Agoncillo, Batangas.
A. PANAGBANGA B. ATI-ATIHAN C. SUBLIAN D. SORTEO

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II. DIRECTION: Read the statement and write the TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if
the statement is wrong.
1. Kadayawan Festival derives from the friendly greeting "Madayaw", from the Dabawenyo
word meaning good, valuable, superior or beautiful.
2. Sinulog comes from the word sulog, which roughly means "like Water current
movement".
3. The name Ati-Atihan means "to imitate Ati", the local name of the Aeta people, the first
settlers of Panay Island and other parts of the archipelago.
4. The word Sorteo means to draw or raffle. The festival was started way back in 1861 or
four years after the formation of Carmona. Carmona was earlier called Barrio Bukid.
5. The term subli owes its meaning to two tagalog words "sayaw" meaning to dance
with the head and "bili" which means buy.

ACTIVITY #2: WHAT I CAN DO [FIESTA’S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES]

DIRECTIONS: Choose ONE FESTIVAL from the following: ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL, SINULOG FESTIVAL
OR KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL and answer the table below.

You may search and watch YouTube videos that will help you in answering this activity.

(Use this format in your paper/output)

WHAT IS THE NAME OF FESTIVAL? THE FESTIVAL IS_______________________

DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL DISTRINGUISHING THE DISTRINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS
CHARACTERISTICS FESTIVAL
(put important information about the ARE:__________________________________________
festival like its origin, where it is ______________________________________________
celebrated, why this festival celebrated ______________________________________________
and when it is celebrated)
INSTRUMENTS USED ( based on what INSTRUMENTS USED:
you have heard or watched in the video ______________________________________________
you will list the instruments you have ______________________________________________
observed) ______________________________________________
TEMPO/RHYTHM (REMEMBER: tempo is The tempo & rhythm of the music is
the speed or pace of a given piece and ______________________________________________
Rhythm is the pattern of sound, silence, ______________________________________________
and emphasis in a song or music) ______________________________________________
Music is important in a Festival because:
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

LESSON 2: THEATRICAL FORMS “PHILIPPINE THEATER”

KOMEDIYA - Descended from 16th century Spanish comedia (play). One of the colorful theatrical
traditions in the Philippines used by the Spanish as method to spread christianity.

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 - “Moro-moro” is a theatre dramatization of the conflicts between
Christian and Muslim heroes usually ending with the victory of the
Christian and conversion of Muslims to Christianity.
- This theatrical form describes the conflicts of Christians and
Muslims.

DETAILED EXPLANATION
The Komedya is a colorful theatrical tradition in Christianized Philippines
whose plot generally revolves around the social, political and religious
conflicts of Muslim and Christian heroes dramatized in colorful romantic Moro-moro | folk drama | Britannica
and stylized acting, and in exotic costumes, presented usually during 2021britannica.com

community festivals with the support and patronage of the community. Participants are usually
recruited from the communities where they are presented and the language of the script is the
language of the locality where it is presented. Thus, it is in Ilocano in the Ilocos, Kapampangan in
Pampanga, Tagalog in the Tagalog provinces, Cebuano in Cebu, etc.

HISTORY
This theater tradition has its origins in the theater traditions of
Spain and Mexico in the 16th-18th century. It came to the
Philippines through the Hispanic Christianization of the
Philippines, which is why many of the plots have Hispanic
characteristics.
The Philippine Komedya -- which eventually became adopted in
various ethnolinguistic sections of the country -- is said to have https://jacoblaneria.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/
begun in 1766 and was in a state of development until 1820 komedya-ng-kasaysayan/
from which year to 1896 it experienced what is called a flowering of this tradition. After the
Philippine revolution, it was again flourishing, and except in Manila, it was flourishing in the rural
areas of the Philippines until about 1982. But largely due to changes in the structures of Philippine
society and new media and aesthetics, this performing art is gravely endangered.

AREA WHERE PERFORMED

Ilocos, Pampanga, Tagalog Region, Bicol Region, Visayas (The Christian areas of the Philippines in
general)

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE PERFORMING ART

Music, Dance, Theatre

REASONS FOR SELECTION

It was once a major Filipino theatre tradition, but in recent time due to changing national politics as
well as the influx of modern theatre and cinema has gradually been fading and its actors
disappearing with little hope of successors. (https://brainly.ph/question/2758328)

TWO TYPES OF KOMEDYA SECULAR KOMEDYA AND RELIGIOUS KOMEDYA

SECULAR KOMEDYA - performed at local fiesta

Examples: Moro-moro, “Tibag” or ”Arakyo” from Nueva Ecija that is performed
during Santa Krusan.

RELIGIOUS KOMEDYA – Usually seen during church celebrations and it focuses on the life of Christ
or any Saint.
Examples: Panuluyan, Siete Palabras, Comedia de San Miguel and Senakulo.

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SARSUELA
- An art form of lyric theatre drama, comical in
nature and it is incorporated with singing,
dancing and dialogue.
- Originated from Spain and was made popular
in the Philippines in the 1800’s.
- Portrays the typical Filipino realities and
stories in a particular country and social
relations which viewers can relate in their lives
such as elections and feasts, marriage and https://www.slideshare.net/hillainemarie/american-
family, vices and values. colonial-period-sarswela
- Examples of Sarwela during American Colonial Period:
• PAG-IBIG SA TINUBUANG LUPA – PASCUAL POBLETE
• TANIKALANG GINTO – JUAN ABAD
- Examples of Sarwela during American Colonial Period:
- • MALAYA – TOMAS REMIGIO
- • KAHAPON, NGAYON AT BUKAS – AURELIO TOLENTINO
- • WALANG SUGAT – SEVERINO REYES

BODABIL
- Stage shoe that became popular during the Japanese
period based on the French vaudeville.
- Bodabil was developed because city growers wanted
to uplift their emotional stability from the usual stage
acts to a stage presentation
- Featuring comedy, musical, monologue, skits,
impersonators, acrobats, and even magical acts.
- The entertainers helped to make jazz and blues
popular and admired in our country.
- BODABIL STARS
 BAYANI CASIMIRO
 DELY ATAY-ATAYAN
 TOGO AND PUGO
 CHICHAY
 ROGELIO DELA ROSA
 DOLPHY QUIZON
 LEOPOLDO SALCEDO
 KATY DELA CRUZ
https://pt.slideshare.net/KennyAnnGraceBati
anc/philippine-theatre
ACTIVITY #3: ASSESSMENT
III. DIRECTION: Read the statement or question and write the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is descended from 16th century Spanish comedia(play). One of the colorful theatrical
traditions in the Philippines used by the Spanish as method to spread Christianity.
A. KOMEDIYA B. BODABIL C. SARSUELA D. PELIKULA
2. A Theatrical form Featuring comedy, musical, monologue, skits, impersonators, acrobats,
and even magical acts.
A. KOMEDIYA B. BODABIL C. SARSUELA D. PELIKULA
3. An art form of lyric theatre drama, comical in nature and it is incorporated with singing,
dancing and dialogue and Originated from Spain and was made popular in the Philippines in
the 1800’s.
A. KOMEDIYA B. BODABIL C. SARSUELA D. PELIKULA

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 4. ___________ is a theatre dramatization of the conflicts between Christian and Muslim
heroes usually ending with the victory of the Christian and conversion of Muslims to
Christianity.
A. WALANG SUGAT B. TIBAG C. SARSUELA D. MORO-MORE
5. KAHAPON, NGAYON AT BUKAS by AURELIO TOLENTINO is an example of _______.
A. KOMEDIYA B. BODABIL C. SARSUELA D. PELIKULA

II. DIRECTION: identify if the example is KOMEDIYA, SARSUELA OR BODABIL

1. Senakulo
2. MALAYA by TOMAS REMIGIO
3. Arakyo
4. PAG-IBIG SA TINUBUANG LUPA by PASCUAL POBLETE
5. OH SALAPI featuring BAYANI CASIMIRO

ACTIVITY #4: WHAT I CAN DO

“ENTERTAINMENT: IT’S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES”

DIRECTIONS:
-Choose ONE FESTIVAL or THEATER FORMS, then choose one task, whether GUHIT or TIKTOK, from
the boxes below.

-GUHIT- CRITERIA FOR

-if you chose GUHIT, you will draw your chosen festival
or theatre form showing their music, costume and dance
in a bond paper. PERFORMANCE
-Write the importance of festivals in our lives.
Creativity 30%

Subject Matter/Content 30%

-TIKTOK-
-if you chose TITOK, you will CREATE A TIKTOK VIDEO of Technicality 20%
your chosen festival or theatre form showing their
music, costume and dance and send the VIDEO to your Wow! Factor 20%
teacher.
-Wait for your teacher’s instructions about this. TOTAL 100%

Suggested links for video and songs:

PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS
Sorteo festivals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLCSxlDCy2k and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuNNXTirG9o
Ati-atihan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GddP5BdwFE
Sinulog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMOMlk_Thpw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aOtWCjxEug
Kadayawan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiqOHuzVxDM
Panagbenga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40jJnf_dhgQ
Sublian festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kppJ010jNIg

THEATER FORMS
Moro moro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F79RBOJDJqc
7 Types of Theater in the Philippines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdqyVRGrH00

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