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This list contains an overview of the government recognized Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Central Visayas. The list is based on the official lists provided by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines.
A form of leaf-folding art is puni, which uses palm leaves to create forms such as birds and insects. [201] Bamboo art is also common, with products including kitchen utensils, toys, furniture, and musical instruments such as the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ (the world's only organ made of bamboo). [202]
The National Museum has also established numerous satellite museums outside Metro Manila. Currently, there are no regional museums in 10 of 18 regions in the country, namely Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, Soccsksargen, and the Bangsamoro.
The Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA) is an art museum in Iloilo City, Philippines.It is the first museum in the Visayas and Mindanao dedicated to modern art.. The museum is housed at the Casa de Emperador (Emperor's House) beside the Brandy Museum, the country's first brandy museum, [1] by Emperador brandy in the real estate giant Megaworld's Iloilo Business Park township in ...
Kalis Ilustrisimo means "The Bladed Art of Ilustrisimo": calis (or caris) being another term for sword, blade and knife in Luzon and the Visayas, and its usage as esgrimir and esgrima (Spanish for fencing/sword fighting).
Film and Broadcast Arts Lázaro Ángeles Francisco (1898–1980) Bataan: Literature Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (1932–2011) Manila: Visual Arts – Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media Benigno Aquino III 2014 [6] Alice García Reyes van Doorn (b. 1942) Manila: Dance Francisco Vicente Coching (1919–1998) Manila: Visual Arts posthumous conferment
Bulul, also known as bu-lul or tinagtaggu, is a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao (and their sub-tribe Kalanguya) people of northern Luzon. The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestors and are thought to gain power and wealth from the presence of the ancestral spirit. [ 1 ]
On the main lobby, three large Capiz-shell chandeliers hang from the third floor ceiling, each symbolizing the three main geographical divisions of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. At the orchestra entrance, a brass sculpture, The Seven Arts by Vicente Manansala welcomes the audience into the main theater.