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The Philippines is known to have the first hip-hop music scene in Asia, emerging in the early 1980s, largely due to the country's historical connections with the United States where hip-hop originated. Rap music released in the Philippines has appeared in different languages such as Tagalog, Chavacano, Cebuano, Ilocano, and English.
Compared to the more rigid literature of the Spanish era, the American period saw the popularity of the "free verse" in the Philippines, allowing for flexible poetry, prose, and other wordcraft. [8] The introduction of the English language was also of equal importance, as it became one of the most common languages that Filipino writers would ...
During the 19th century, Spain introduced drama which is a play that is usually done within one act. Drama mainly focuses on the contemporary lives of Filipinos. Drama had three subgroups which included: (1) melodrama which aimed to make people cry, (2) comedy which aimed for people to laugh and (3) drama simboliko which taught the audience ...
Walang Sugat (literally, "no wound" or "unwounded") [1] is an 1898 Tagalog-language zarzuela (a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that includes music, singing, and poetry) written by Filipino playwright Severino Reyes.
Based on Philippine Drama Movie Kastilyong Buhangin: Naku, Boss Ko! GMA Network: 8 My Super D: ABS-CBN: 64 Oh, My Mama! GMA Network: 55 Once Again: GMA Network: 59 Poor Señorita: GMA Network: 79 Sa Piling ni Nanay (Ysabel) GMA Network: 164 Sinungaling Mong Puso (Cruel Lies) GMA Network: 74 Television adaptation Someone to Watch Over Me: GMA ...
His unpublished plays have either been broadcast on the radio or staged in various parts of the Philippines. Guerrero's plays can be found in various anthologies: 13 Plays (first published in 1947), 8 Other Plays (1952), 7 More Plays (1962), 12 New Plays (1975), My Favorite 11 Plays (1976), 4 Latest Plays (1980), and Retribution and eight other ...
Philippine television drama, also known as teleserye is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. Teleserye is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for " telebisyón " (television), and " serye " (series).
Philippine folk literature refers to the traditional oral literature of the Filipino people. Thus, the scope of the field covers the ancient folk literature of the Philippines' various ethnic groups , as well as various pieces of folklore that have evolved since the Philippines became a single ethno-political unit.