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Pre-Colonial period refers to the art before the coming of the first colonizers. During those times the Philippines already have an indigenous art tradition that is unique and rich. Culture and traditions were passed on during community gathering through stories, songs, chants, music, and dance. Rituals are considered the earliest form of theater where it involves music, dance and even literature.

https://www.preceden.com/timelines/615669-history-of-philippine-art#:~:text=Pre-Colonial%20period%20refers%20to%20the%20art%20before%20the,gathering%20through%20stories%2C%20songs%2C%20chants%2C%20music%2C%20and%20dance.
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Sculpture, paintings, and pottery were the widely known forms of visual arts in the Pre-Colonial Period, such as the tattoos from the pintados in Panay, the Bulul that is a wooden sculpture of the rice God of Ifugaos, and the Manunggul burial jar that was found in Palawan.

Early Filipino painting can be found in red slip (clay mixed with water) designs embellished on the ritual pottery of the Philippines such as the acclaimed Manunggul Jar. The Manunggul Jar is a secondary burial jar excavated from a Neolithic burial site in Manunggul cave of Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point at Palawan dating from 890–710 B.C

https://www.slideshare.net/JasonCasupanan/development-of-visual-arts-in-the-philippines

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The variety and abundance of Philippine literature evolved even before the colonial periods. Folk tales, epics, poems and marathon chants existed in most ethno linguistic groups that were passed on from generation to generation through word of mouth. Tales associated with the Spanish conquest also took part in the country’s rich cultural heritage. Philippine Pre-colonial Literature.

Sandayo of the Subanon tells of the story of the hero with the same name, who is born through extraordinary circumstances as he fell out of the hair of his mother while she was combing it on the ninth stroke. Thence, he leads his people in the fight against invaders of their land and waterways.

https://www.slideshare.net/AttheaJaneLepiten/philippine-literature-and-texts-precolonial-times-and-spanish-colonizations-77510710#:~:text=The%20variety%20and%20abundance%20of%20Philippine%20literature%20evolved,took%20part%20in%20the%20country%E2%80%99s%20rich%20cultural%20heritage.

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Earliest Filipinos are known to be dwelling in caves. Caves and rock shelters like the Tabon Cave in Palawan served as shelters for the early Filipinos.  Later on the invention of various tools allowed for the fabrication of tent-like shelters and tree houses.

Early pre-historic houses were characterized by rectangular structures elevated on stilt foundations and covered by voluminous thatched roofs ornamented with gable-finials and its structure could be lifted as a whole and carried to a new site.  Examples include the Ifugao House, bahay kubo and the Maranao’s torogan.

https://triptheislands.com/travel-tips/a-brief-history-of-philippine-architecture/#:~:text=Caves%20and%20rock%20shelters%20like%20the%20Tabon%20Cave,the%20fabrication%20of%20tent-like%20shelters%20and%20tree%20houses.

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Philippine indigenous music before the colonial era was largely functional. Expressed either instrumentally or vocally or a combination of both, music was deeply integrated with the activities of the natives. The ancient Filipinos had music practically for all occasions, for every phase of life, from birth to death.

A cordillera percussion or flat gongs is a single hand held smooth surfaced gong with a narrow rim. It is usually made of copper and iron alloy, this instrument are valued by the

Cordillera group such as Gaddang. It is integral part of peace pact gatherings, marrianges, prestiges ceremonies, feasts, or rituals. A set of gangsa, which is plaed one gong per musician, consists of gnagsa tuned to different notes, dependeng on regional or local cultural preferences.

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/university-of-perpetual-help-system-dalta/philippine-literature/pre-colonial-period-lecture-notes-1-10/17058996
https://www.slideshare.net/dreicapz/early-philippine-music#:~:text=Philippine%20indigenous%20music%20before%20the%20colonial%20era%20was,every%20phase%20of%20life%2C%20from%20birth%20to%20death.

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Before the recorded history of the Philippines, before the Spanish conquistadors conquered and Christianized the populace, from the earliest occupation of this volcanic archipelago, the people danced. They danced to appease the gods, to curry favor from powerful spirits, to celebrate a hunt or harvest, to mimic the exotic life forms around them. They danced their stories and their shamanic rituals, their rites of passage and their remembered legends and history.
Rural dances include such favorites as the high-stepping Tinikling, which mimics a bird, and the Gaway-Gaway, which features the movements of children pulling the stalks of the gaway roots during a bountiful harvest. The pagan tribes, the Higaonon, Subanon, Bagogo, and others who have inhabited the Philippines for thousands of years, preserved their customs and symbolic dances. Partly through isolation, they kept their culture free from the influence of the waves of immigrants who settled the archipelago over the centuries.

https://dance.lovetoknow.com/Philippine_Folk_Dance_History#:~:text=In%20the%20Philippines%2C%20folk%20dance%20is%20a%20strong,occupation%20of%20this%20volcanic%20archipelago%2C%20the%20people%20danced.
https://www.pinterest.ph/sunlitskies/pre-colonial-philippines/