BASAAN SA SAN JUAN

By Weriel Mallari

Celis, Andrew
Lasta, Andre
Mabida, Verg
Sarmiento, Franz
 Overview
Basaan sa San Juan
Basaan Festival (literally: dousing of water) is the feast of
St. John the Baptist, patron saint of San Juan, Metro
Manila, and of many other communities throughout the
Philippines, held every 24 June.
 01 AUTHOR'S NAME

02 MEDIUM AND TECHNIQUES

PARTS
DIMENTIONS AND
03 MEASUREMENTS

04 DATE OF WORK

05 PROVENANCE
 AUTHOR'S NAME

Weriel Mallari
• a student of Tarlac State
University, had the distinction
of winning two grand prizes in
Painting.
• His work, Libre Lang Maging
Masaya, May Sukli Pa won a
grand prize in the oil/acrylic
painting category, while
Basaan sa San Juan earned a
grand prize in the water-based
painting category.
MEDIUM AND TECHNIQUES

Water-based Painting

Regular Canvas
DIMENTIONS AND MEASUREMENTS

109 cm x 80 cm
DATE OF WORK

2015
PROVENANCE

It's with Weriel Mallari

TITLE
Basaan sa San Juan
Religion
Smiles

Joy Wet
Interrelationships
and
Interpretations
 Basaan sa San Juan Iconic Plane
gleeful boy also holds a mini statue of
Saint San Juan in his right hand.
Semiotic Plane
child sitting on the shoulders his
father or older brother, an oddly
playful act for a wet, messy setting.
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Evaluative Plane
In times of struggle, God becomes one of the
03 04
Contextual Plane Filipinos’ source of dependence, and this
• The theme of the contest is Lakbay painting also represents that.
Kasiyahan: Our Journey of Happiness.
 Paragraph Analysis
(1) Basaan sa San Juan speaks volumes of the Filipinos’ unrivaled
fortitude regardless of calamities, hardships, and struggles. (2)The
Philippines is a country visited regularly by storms and calamities,
and the “basaan” signifies that in this painting. (3) Regardless,
Filipinos find the strength to widely smile, and the painting even
centers around the child sitting on the shoulders his father or older
brother, an oddly playful act for a wet, messy setting. (4) This playful
child sitting on his brother or father’s shoulders may also represent
the youth’s dependence on their families in times of trouble. (5)
Moreover, this gleeful boy also holds a mini statue of Saint San Juan
in his right hand, symbolizing the Filipinos’ prayerful and Catholic
culture. (6) In times of struggle, God becomes one of the Filipinos’
source of dependence, and this painting also represents that.
(7) While the painting is surely about joy and laughter captured in a
town’s annual “basaan” festival, the painting speaks much more
depth and subtly communicates to the viewer one of Filipinos’ best
pride – their resilience and fortitude.
THANKS