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Angono in Rizal Province is considered as the Art Capital of the Philippines because of the town's rich artistic expressions that include music, painting, sculptures, and folk arts. The town is also known for its higantes.

Named in honor of the Philippines' National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, the province has gained a reputation as the “Cradle of Philippine Art.” Known for its artists' communities and folk festivals, Rizal also offers diverse natural and man-made attractions.

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Paete, Laguna is known for its generations of skilled artisans and their woodcarvings—from life-size statues of saints, to miniature sculptures and wall hangings. The town is also famous for its craft of colorful taka or papier-mache horses.

CREDITS:https://findanyanswer.com/what-are-the-arts-and-crafts-of-laguna

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Folk Arts of Southern Tagalog and Bicol Region ukit Paete wood carving LAGUNA Underground River Wood Carving Capital of the Philippines.

Among the Arts and Crafts of Bicol region include:Baskets,Bags,Slippers, Coins purses.

-Made from Abaca and Raffia fibers

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Romblon is famous for its traditional weaving and basketry. Handicrafts are a major home industry in which the women are engaged. The province is noted, especially, for its fine and delicate crochet laces and bedspreads. Since the mineral's discovery in the late 19th century, marble has been synonymous to Romblon

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Kundiman is a genre of traditional Filipino love songs. The lyrics of the Kundiman are written in Tagalog. The melody is characterized by a smooth, flowing and gentle rhythm with dramatic intervals. Kundiman was the traditional means of serenade in the Philippines.

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Harana, one of the Philippines' many courtship traditions, for example, is a traditional form of courtship music in which a man (in many cases) woos a woman by singing underneath her window or outside her house at night.
Another occasion for the ritual is when women from other villages or cities visit, and men organise a harana session to catch a glimpse of the new arrivals and introduce themselves with chaste formality

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Polka is a type of dance written in duple time.
•The national dance of Czech Republic.
•"Leron-leron sinta", "Magtanim ay di biro"
•Polkabal - Atimonan, Quezon
•Polka Salsa - Calapan, Oriental
Mindoro.

CREDITS:https://quizlet.com/512691466/vocal-music-of-luzon-lowlands-flash-cards/

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kumintang also refers to a guitar-plucking style, considered the most melodious and beautiful of all guitar styles accompanying the old kinanluran style of pandangguhan dance songs.

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The mass song's musical characteristics  is a song ensured easy comprehension and performance by non-professional "masses''. A mass song is typically an alternating sequence of four-line stanzas and refrains in a non-sophisticated musical form which employed most common vocal register. It is also a sacrament of the Eucharist mostly celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church.

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Folk songs are songs written by the folk and are sung to accompany daily activities such as farming, fishing, and putting the baby to sleep, traditionally passed on orally. Most Philippine folk songs have Spanish and other Western influences. The people created melodic chants and indigenous instrument based on the materials available where they lived. The folk songs of Luzon lowlands are performed in their native language such as Ilocano, Pangasinense, Kampampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano, and others.

CREDITS: https://www.slideshare.net/joannebuenafemilladas/folksongs-of-the-luzon-lowlands

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Pastores is a Christmas Season folk dance and song and it is practiced  in many parts of samar. The pastores (shepherds) recounts the story of the shepherds who visited the child Jesus in the manger through a song. They go house to house singing the daygon (worship). In some place the song is also called pastores or pastorada.

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Pabasang Pasyon is a verse narrative on the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ.

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Senakulo is a Lenten play that describes events from the Old and New Testaments related to the life, suffering and Death of Christ and Senakulo also is a nationwide event that helps devout locals relieve biblical events pertinent to the life, tribulations and ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

It was named after the Upper Room (Cenacle), which is thought to be the place where the Last Supper was held. Senakulo is very important for the culture of Filipino people, but it’s not an event exclusive to their tradition. In fact, Senakulo is simply the Filipino version of this Catholic tradition, which is known as Passion Play around the world.

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https://brainly.ph/question/4000444

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Salubong is an eastern sunday pre-dawn ritual that reenacts the risen christ's meeting with his mother. Also ''Salubong'' is tagalog word that means ''To welcome or to meet.'' is an  annual reenactment of the Biblical account of the Virgin Mary's meeting with the resurrected Jesus Christ.

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https://www.efe.com/efe/english/life/filipinos-gather-at-sunrise-to-celebrate-salubong/50000263-3238769#:~:text=Salubong%2C%20a%20Tagalog%20word%20meaning,with%20the%20resurrected%20Jesus%20Christ.

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The vocal forms of sacred music ( low lands)

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The vocal forms of sacred music ( low lands)

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The two types of Vocal Music of Luzon are called Sacred and Secular.

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Panunuluyan is a dramatization of the search for Bethlehem by Joseph and Mary right before the birth of Jesus Christ

lodging is a traditional Christmas Eve play about the search for lodging of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph in Jerusalem and the birth of Jesus in a manger. It comes from Spanish culture, specifically from Mexico, which is posadas — a tradition of celebration in which a couple seeks a posada or tavern to stay.

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The Santacruzan (from the Spanish santa cruz, "holy cross") is the ritual pageant held on the last day of the Flores de Mayo. It honors the finding of the True Cross by Helena of Constantinople (known as Reyna Elena) and Constantine the Great. Its connection with May stems from the May 3 date of Roodmas, which Pope John deleted in the 1960s due to the trend at the time to abolish holy days that were either duplicates or dedicated to ahistorical saints. The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross on September 14, which commemorates the recovery of the relic by Emperor Heraclius from the Persians instead of the finding by Saint Helena combines that occasion with Roodmas in the present General

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Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "flowers of May") is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire year. The Santacruzan (from the Spanish santa cruz, "holy cross") is the ritual pageant held on the last day of the Flores de Mayo. The annual Flores de Mayo traditions are usually celebrated in larger groups wherein communities pray the Rosary and sing songs. In some tight-knit communities, families take turns preparing agape (love) feasts.

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''What is Sacred Music?'' Sacred music or religious music is a music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.

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''What is Secular Music?'' Secular music is non-religious music. Secular means being separate from religion.