Preservation of Philippine Folk Performing Arts

Author(s)	Mr. John David Seven Rocamora
Country	Philippines
Abstract	This study investigated the preservation of Philippine folk performing arts in terms of folk dance, folk music, and folk theater as practiced by public and private junior high school MAPEH teachers in the City of Sto. Tomas. Using a descriptive-correlational design, data were gathered from sixty-one teachers through a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. Findings revealed that most respondents were female, had longer teaching experience, and had attended mainly lower-level trainings. Folk dance was the most consistently preserved, while folk music and folk theater showed moderate levels of preservation. A significant relationship was found between sex and folk dance preservation, while other profile variables showed no significant relationship. Teachers also encountered challenges related to limited resources, student diversity, time constraints, and technology integration. Based on the results, an advocacy program was developed to strengthen the preservation of Philippine folk performing arts in secondary education.
Keywords	Philippine folk performing arts, cultural preservation, MAPEH teachers
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On	2025-12-31
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.65226

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