SELF-LEARNING MATERIAL in MAPEH 7 (ARTS)

Learning Activity Sheet in Grade 7

Name of Learner: ________________________________ Grade and Section: ___________________

Physical Fitness Assessment through Festival Dance
Physical Activity
• It is a bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles.
• It requires energy expenditures and produce progressive health benefits
• It requires only a low to moderate intensity of effort
Exercise
• It is a type of physical activity that requires planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement to
improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness.
Exercise Program
• It is a planned activity detailing a range of physical exercises and the amount of time each exercise should
be performed where it is typically tailored to individuals’ needs.
Regular physical activity improves health in the following ways:
• Reduce the risks of any illness like heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, colon and breast cancer, high
blood pressures etc.
• Helps the prevention of weight gain
• Helps with weight loss when combined with diet
• Increase cardio-respiratory and muscular fitness.
• Reduces depression
• Helps reduce abdominal obesity
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HABITS
• Participate in a lifetime physical activity program
• Eat right
• Maintain recommended body weight through adequate nutrition and exercise
• Sleep 6 to 8 hours every night
• Take personal safety measure
• Create your own exercise program
What is Festival Dance?
- are cultural dances performed with the strong beat of percussion instruments by the people in the community
sharing the same culture.
- It is usually done in honor of a Patron Saint as thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest.
- Festival dances may be religious or secular in nature, but the best thing about festivals is that they add to the
merry-making and festivities of the place.
- The reason why they are called festival dances after all.
Nature of Festival Dances
Ati-atihan Festival Moriones Festival
Place of Origin: Kalibo, Aklan Place of Origin: Marinduque
Nature and Background: A feast held annually in Nature and Background: An annual festival held
January to honor the Santo Niño. during Holy week; it refers to the masked and
costumed penitents who march around the town
for seven days.
Dinagyang Festival
Place of Origin: Iloilo City
Sinulog Festival
Nature and Background: It is held to celebrate
Place of Origin: Cebu City
the arrival of Malay settlers in Panay.
Nature and Background: The traditional and ritual
dance in honor of Santo Niño.
The Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia
Place of Origin: Naga City, Bicol Pahiyas Festival
Nature and Background: The feast day is Place of Origin: Lucban, Quezon
preceded by a novena in honor of the Lady of Nature and Background: One of the country’s
Peñafrancia. biggest and most colorful harvest festivals in the
Philippines. It celebrates an event to honor San
Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers.
 SELF-LEARNING MATERIAL in MAPEH 7 (ARTS)
Learning Activity Sheet in Grade 7

Name of Learner: ________________________________ Grade and Section: ___________________

Physical Fitness Assessment through Festival Dance
Physical Activity
• It is a bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles.
• It requires energy expenditures and produce progressive health benefits
• It requires only a low to moderate intensity of effort
Exercise
• It is a type of physical activity that requires planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement to
improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness.
Exercise Program
• It is a planned activity detailing a range of physical exercises and the amount of time each exercise should
be performed where it is typically tailored to individuals’ needs.
Regular physical activity improves health in the following ways:
• Reduce the risks of any illness like heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, colon and breast cancer, high
blood pressures etc.
• Helps the prevention of weight gain
• Helps with weight loss when combined with diet
• Increase cardio-respiratory and muscular fitness.
• Reduces depression
• Helps reduce abdominal obesity
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HABITS
• Participate in a lifetime physical activity program
• Eat right
• Maintain recommended body weight through adequate nutrition and exercise
• Sleep 6 to 8 hours every night
• Take personal safety measure
• Create your own exercise program
What is Festival Dance?
- are cultural dances performed with the strong beat of percussion instruments by the people in the community
sharing the same culture.
- It is usually done in honor of a Patron Saint as thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest.
- Festival dances may be religious or secular in nature, but the best thing about festivals is that they add to the
merry-making and festivities of the place.
- The reason why they are called festival dances after all.
Nature of Festival Dances
Ati-atihan Festival Moriones Festival
Place of Origin: Kalibo, Aklan Place of Origin: Marinduque
Nature and Background: A feast held annually in Nature and Background: An annual festival held
January to honor the Santo Niño. during Holy week; it refers to the masked and
costumed penitents who march around the town
for seven days.
Dinagyang Festival
Place of Origin: Iloilo City
Sinulog Festival
Nature and Background: It is held to celebrate
Place of Origin: Cebu City
the arrival of Malay settlers in Panay.
Nature and Background: The traditional and ritual
dance in honor of Santo Niño.
The Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia
Place of Origin: Naga City, Bicol Pahiyas Festival
Nature and Background: The feast day is Place of Origin: Lucban, Quezon
preceded by a novena in honor of the Lady of Nature and Background: One of the country’s
Peñafrancia. biggest and most colorful harvest festivals in the
Philippines. It celebrates an event to honor San
Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers.
What is Secular or Non-religious Festival?
 These are the dances which are celebrated by the different communities to showcase their
different cultures and values of industry and unity.
 They performed along the streets as they celebrated their bountiful harvest accompanied by
indigenous instruments.
Nature of Festival Dances
Lanzones Festival Masskara Festival
Place of Origin: Camiguin Island Place of Origin: Bacolod City
Nature and Background: It is an annual thanksgiving Nature and Background: The celebration of
celebration for the bountiful harvest of their sweet positivity or optimism in which the images of
lanzones during the third week of October. colorful and cheerful masks help the community
people to become resilient in their problems.
Ibalong Festival
Place of Origin: Legazpi City Kalilangan Festival
Nature and Background: It celebrates the epic story Place of Origin: General Santos, City
of Ibalong who was accompanied by three legendary Nature and Background: It celebrates the
heroes. People parade on the streets wearing masks tradition of sharing, hospitality, and altruism as
and costumes to imitate the appearance of the the part of the cultural heritage of Mindanao.
heroes and villains, portraying the classic battles
that made their way into history.

Panagbenga Festival
Place of Origin: Baguio City
Nature and Background: It celebrates a tribute to the beautiful flowers that bloom in their
community, further, a way of expressing their gratitude by means of floral offering in which
the floats are covered with flowers to highlight the parade.

Activity 1
TRUE OR FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if the statement is wrong.
________1. Festival dances help improve physical wellness.
________2. The meaning of M to SMART guide goal setting is momentum
________3. Intensity is the duration of the length of the activity, such as 40 minutes of exercise must be performed
to be effective.
________4. This refers to the number of exercises per week; for example, three to five times per week.
________5. A long-term goal does not require time and planning.
Activity 2
Matching Type. Match the following festivals in column A with the correct place of origin in column B.
A B
___1. Pahiyas Festival a. Naga City, Bicol
___2. Ati-atihan Festival b. Iloilo City
___3. Dinagyang Festival c. Marinduque
___4. Moriones Festival d. Kalibo, Aklan
___5. The feast of our lady of penafrancia e. Quezon Province
f. Legazpi City, Albay
Activity 3
Complete Me. Complete the following paragraphs or sentences below by writing the word/s to summarize the different festival
dances in the Philippines based on the lesson learned.
1. _______________ are usually done in different celebrations such as fiestas, weddings, thanksgivings and other occasions, are
cultural dances performed by the community people sharing their cultures. They are accompanied by loud and heavy beats of
drums.
2. Religious Festival Dance is celebrated in honor of a ______________.
3. Examples of ____________________ are Sinulog, Ati-atihan, Dinagyang, Peñafrancia, Pahiyas and Moriones Festival.
4. _______________________ are the dances which are celebrated by the different community to showcase the different
cultures and values of industry and unity. These are performed on streets as the people celebrate their bountiful harvest
accompanied by indigenous instruments.
5. Examples of _____________________ are Maskara, Kalilangan, Lanzones, Panagbenga and Ibalong Festival.
What is Secular or Non-religious Festival?
 These are the dances which are celebrated by the different communities to showcase their
different cultures and values of industry and unity.
 They performed along the streets as they celebrated their bountiful harvest accompanied by
indigenous instruments.
Nature of Festival Dances
Lanzones Festival Masskara Festival
Place of Origin: Camiguin Island Place of Origin: Bacolod City
Nature and Background: It is an annual thanksgiving Nature and Background: The celebration of
celebration for the bountiful harvest of their sweet positivity or optimism in which the images of
lanzones during the third week of October. colorful and cheerful masks help the community
people to become resilient in their problems.
Ibalong Festival
Place of Origin: Legazpi City Kalilangan Festival
Nature and Background: It celebrates the epic story Place of Origin: General Santos, City
of Ibalong who was accompanied by three legendary Nature and Background: It celebrates the
heroes. People parade on the streets wearing masks tradition of sharing, hospitality, and altruism as
and costumes to imitate the appearance of the the part of the cultural heritage of Mindanao.
heroes and villains, portraying the classic battles
that made their way into history.

Panagbenga Festival
Place of Origin: Baguio City
Nature and Background: It celebrates a tribute to the beautiful flowers that bloom in their
community, further, a way of expressing their gratitude by means of floral offering in which
the floats are covered with flowers to highlight the parade.

Activity 1
TRUE OR FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is true and FALSE if the statement is wrong.
________1. Festival dances help improve physical wellness.
________2. The meaning of M to SMART guide goal setting is momentum
________3. Intensity is the duration of the length of the activity, such as 40 minutes of exercise must be performed
to be effective.
________4. This refers to the number of exercises per week; for example, three to five times per week.
________5. A long-term goal does not require time and planning.
Activity 2
Matching Type. Match the following festivals in column A with the correct place of origin in column B.
A B
___1. Pahiyas Festival a. Naga City, Bicol
___2. Ati-atihan Festival b. Iloilo City
___3. Dinagyang Festival c. Marinduque
___4. Moriones Festival d. Kalibo, Aklan
___5. The feast of our lady of penafrancia e. Quezon Province
f. Legazpi City, Albay
Activity 3
Complete Me. Complete the following paragraphs or sentences below by writing the word/s to summarize the different festival
dances in the Philippines based on the lesson learned.
1. _______________ are usually done in different celebrations such as fiestas, weddings, thanksgivings and other occasions, are
cultural dances performed by the community people sharing their cultures. They are accompanied by loud and heavy beats of
drums.
2. Religious Festival Dance is celebrated in honor of a ______________.
3. Examples of ____________________ are Sinulog, Ati-atihan, Dinagyang, Peñafrancia, Pahiyas and Moriones Festival.
4. _______________________ are the dances which are celebrated by the different community to showcase the different
cultures and values of industry and unity. These are performed on streets as the people celebrate their bountiful harvest
accompanied by indigenous instruments.
5. Examples of _____________________ are Maskara, Kalilangan, Lanzones, Panagbenga and Ibalong Festival.