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The document discusses several traditional Philippine art forms including: - Sanikulas cookies which feature molds of St. Nicholas and are believed to aid healing. - Intricate cuttings made from delicate Japanese paper to wrap pastillas candy. - The craft of taka-making using paper mache over wooden molds which originated in the 1920s. - Embroidered floral designs created by women in their spare time in Laguna. - Singkaban, the art of shaving bamboo into curled designs used for decorations. - Puni, the folding of palm leaves into woven toys, baskets and other items, including palaspas for Holy Week.

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Ppt.-Lesson 5

The document discusses several traditional Philippine art forms including: - Sanikulas cookies which feature molds of St. Nicholas and are believed to aid healing. - Intricate cuttings made from delicate Japanese paper to wrap pastillas candy. - The craft of taka-making using paper mache over wooden molds which originated in the 1920s. - Embroidered floral designs created by women in their spare time in Laguna. - Singkaban, the art of shaving bamboo into curled designs used for decorations. - Puni, the folding of palm leaves into woven toys, baskets and other items, including palaspas for Holy Week.

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Local Materials to

Contemporary Arts
Sanikulas Cookie Mold Cravings
(Pampanga)

Sanikulas Cookies- are arrowroot cookies


that have the image of St. Nicholas molded
on it’s ergo the name Sanikulas.
St. Nicholas is also known as “The Healer”
from illnesses. Legend says it you
consume these cookies when you are ill,
you get healed and recover in a shorter
period of time that it would usually take.
Sanikulas Cookie Mold Cravings
(Pampanga)

The molds are an exceptional piece folks


art and rarity. Sanikulas cookies maker
would commission the carvers of these
molds with one of a kind design. They
would also have initials of the owner
monogrammed on the molds.
Sanikulas Cookie Mold Cravings
(Pampanga)
Sanikulas Cookie Mold Cravings
(Pampanga)
Sanikulas Cookie Mold Cravings
(Pampanga)
Pabalot or Pastillas Wrapper
Cutting Art (Bulacan)
The wrapper was made out of the delicate
Japanese paper. The way to make it is so
delicate that only the ones with skilled
hands and perfect control of their motor
skills can produce the best kind.
Pabalot or Pastillas Wrapper
Cutting Art (Bulacan)
Pabalot or Pastillas Wrapper
Cutting Art (Bulacan)
Taka (Laguna)

The art of “Taka or “Taka-making” is not


exclusive pinoy art. Paper Mache has been
around the centuries. In the Philippines,
the first recorded or mention of a created
“Taka” was a woman named Maria Bangue
in the 1920’s. She has wooden molds that
were covered with strips of paper clipped
in the sticky paste.
Taka (Laguna)
Taka (Laguna)
Pagbuburda (Taal, Lumban,
Laguna)

The art of broidering is happily alive and


flourishing in the towns. Although it’s
mostly done by the women who are wives
of the farmers and fisherman who are also
carefully and delicately embroidering floral
designs during their “Off-Season”.
Pagbuburda (Taal, Lumban,
Laguna)
Pagbuburda (Taal, Lumban,
Laguna)
Singkaban or Bamboo Art

Singkaban is the art of shaving bamboo


into artful creations that can be used as
décor for arches or the home. Skilled
craftsmen patiently shave off the bamboo,
layer by layer, to create curls and delicate
twirls of their bamboo.
Singkaban craftsmen create these
gregariously designed bamboo arches for
fiestas, weddings and other celebrations.
Singkaban or Bamboo Art
Singkaban or Bamboo Art
Puni or Palm Leaf Folding
(Bulacan)

Puni or palm leaf folding was intended to


create artful toys for kids. However, puni
can also be used to create woven baskets,
bags, and even fans. The most common
presentation of Puni art is the “Palaspas”
we see every Holy Week. Because of the
abundance coconut leaves, Pinoys have
ingeniously created toys and other items
through Puni.
Puni or Palm Leaf Folding
(Bulacan)
Puni or Palm Leaf Folding
(Bulacan)

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