2. History
The oldest human fossil
found in the Philippines is
the skull cap of a “Stone-
age Filipino”, about
22,000 years old.
Discovered by Dr. Robert
B. Fox, an American
anthropologist of the
National Museum, inside
Tabon Cave Palawan on
May 28, 1962.
3. The Negritos
They came during
the Paleolithic Age,
walking dry- shod
through Malay
Peninsula, Borneo
4. The Indonesians
First Sea- Immigrants
They were the
maritime Indonesian,
who belonged to the
Mongoloid race with
Caucasian affinities
They belonged to the
Neolithic Age
5. The Malays
They belong to the Iron
Age Culture
Daring and liberty-
loving
Belong to the brown
race
Prominent contributions
are Ati-atihan Festival,
Maragtas Chronicle and
the code of Kalantiaw
7. Music
Natives were without a doubt, music- lovers. Each
community had their own sets of musical instruments.
In the account of Pigafetta, the official historian of
Magellan Expedition, women from Cebu were
harmoniously playing
Cymbals (platiles)
Nose flutes, bamboo mouth organ (aphiw)
Brass Gong (gansa)
Flute (bansic)
Long Drum (colibao)
Bamboo Harp (subing)
WaterWhistle (paiyak)
Guitar (bugtot)
Xylophone (agong)
Drum (tugo)
8. Bamboo Zither
Ethnic Dances and
songs are usually
accompanied by
chordophones
such as TANGKOL
or Bamboo Zither
of Bukidnon.
12. Lean-to
Early Shelters: The
portable lean-to
which was both roof
and wall, suited the
lifestyle of the
nomadic Negrito.
13. Tausug House
To the seafaring
Tausug of Sulu, a
house built on flat dry
land or a site that
slope towards Mercca
is lucky. The one-
room, gabled roof
house known as bay
sinug has a separate
kitchen accessible
through a side porch.
14. Torogan
This ancestral
house home of
the Maranao
Sultan or datu has
a soaring, salakot-
shaped roof,
ornate beams and
massive posts- all
proclaiming
exalted status
The carved beam
is called Panolong
17. Bul-ul
Are carved Anito
figures of the Ifugaos
Represents Ancestral
Spirit and granary
gods
Bul-uls are places in
rice garanaries as
“Guardians of the
Harvest”
18. Sarimanok
Most well-known of the old
designs
Represents a fowl with wings,
feathered tail, and a head
decorated with ornaments of
scrolled and painted motif of
leaves, spirals and feather- like
forms
Usually perched atop a
bamboo pole, stands among
decorative flags during
weddings and other festive
occasions
19. Hagabi
A wooden chair of the
Ifugaos
Made of Narra or Ipil
Signifies royalty and
power
Only the rich people
can have this chair
together with the
rituals celebrated after
the chair has been
made
21. Manuggul Jar
Banga
Depicts on its lid two
boatmen riding a
banca on their way
to the great divide
Used for burial rites
by ancient people in
Palawan 890-710 BK
22. Wood Carving
Ukkil etched on
coral gives a grave
distinctive marker
known as Sunduk
Its Shape indicates
the sex of the
deceased:
hexagonal posts for
males and flat
combs for females
23. Jewelry
Used by the people belonged in upper class or
royal families
25. Filipino Bawisak Earrings
Traditional Ifugao
Tribe bead and shell
earrings
The bottom shell
designs have been
described as either
representing
butterflies or a
certain item of male
generative anatomy
26. Weaving
Weaving means to
make cloth and
other objects
Threads or strands
of material are
passed under and
over each other
27. Malong with Okir Designs
The Maranaos call
their ornamental
design Okir, a
general term for
both the scroll and
the geometric
form
28. Physical Ornaments
Bontoc, Ifugao and
Kalinga Tribal textiles
with a variety of
silver and brass
“Linglingo” Fertility
Charms
30. Tattoos
The Pintados (painted
ones), inhabitants of
the Visayan islands as
described by the first
Spaniards to set eyes
upon them
They used sharp metal
instruments previously
heated over fire
31. Silup
The tattooing imitated
the upper garment
worn by the men of
North Kalinga
The women of South
Kalinga painted their
faces bright red
32. Petroglyphs
The Angono
Petroglyphs is the
oldest known work
of art in the
Philippines
There are 127 human
and animal figures
engraved on the
rock wall dating
back to 3000 B.C.
33. Literature
The early form of literature during pre- Spanish
period was a classified into written or oral.
Written
Biag ni Lam- ang (Ilocano Epic)
Indarapatra at Sulayman and Bidasari (Muslim Epics)
Handiong (Bicolanos)
Oral
Maxims (sabi)
Bugtong (riddles)
Boat Song (talindaw)
Victory Songs (tagumpay)
Lullaby (uyayi)
Wedding Songs (ihiman)
War Song (Kumintang)