Tourism- travel for recreational leisure or business purposes
Heritage Tourism- the national trust for Historic Preservation in the United States defines heritage tourism as “travelling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past
I. Arts
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A. Philippine Visual Arts.
Pottery- combines design and function. *Manunggul Jar (Palawan)- has a cover which features two men rowing a boat, suggesting the belief of early Filipinos in an afterlife that one reaches after crossing a mythical body of water.
Pre Colonial Period
Basketry
Cordilleras- rich in basket *Pasking/backpack- structured to support the human frame
Woodcarving
Anito(Cordillera groups)- which they called it bulol, signify the value of fertility.
Okir-a-datu (Maranao&Tausog Mindanao)- ornate curvilinear designs and motifs applied to wood carving. *Sarimanok-painted in many colors, holding a fish in its beak. *Naga- form of an elaborate mythical serpent *Pako rabong- stylized growing fern with a broad base gracefully. Panolog(Sarimanok&Naga)- the extended floor beam of the torogan or the large sultan’s house.
Jewerly- amulets and charms to ward off evil spirits or to give supernatural powers. Ling-ling-o(Cordilleras)- signify fertility.
B. Indigenous Dramas
-rituals and dances which are still performed with urgency and vitality by the various cultural communities that comprise about 8% of the country’s population are held or performed together or separately on the various occasions of a person’s birth, baptism, circumcision, initial menstruation, courtship, wedding, sickness and death.
Rituals of Pagdiwata(Tagbanua of Palawan)- after rice harvest on the last 3 days to ask supreme deity Magindusa.
Karis Hangs- wavy long knife
Ugsong- stripped palm leaves with bells.
Atang-atang